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The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory
This online exhibit by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History explores the role of wars in the history and development of the U.S. and includes a timeline, historical essays, videos and slide shows and pictures of related artifacts held by the museum. Searchable by conflict, country and military branch.
Subjects: Wars & Conflicts
The U.S.-Mexican War
http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/index_flash.html
An in depth resource on the 19th century war between the U.S. and Mexico. It includes expert articles, biographies of important American and Mexican figures, primary source images and an interactive timeline. The entire site is searchable and is available in both English and Spanish.
Subjects: Wars & Conflicts
American Civil War Homepage
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
An extensive list of links related to the American Civil War (1861-1965), including biographies, campaign information, reenactors, fiction, images and rosters. Maintained by George Hoemann from the University of Tennessee, this list is organized by topic (such as "Fictional Accounts of Wartime") with a linked table of contents.
Subjects: Wars & Conflicts
American Civil War Collections
http://etext.virginia.edu/civilwar
A wonderful resource providing primary sources such as letters, diaries, and newspaper articles on the subject of the U.S. Civil War. Features digital images and transcripts.
Subjects: Wars & Conflicts
First World War.com
http://www.firstworldwar.com
First World War.com is an extensive collection of source documents detailing origins, treaties, major speeches, personalities, battles and weapons of the war. Of special note are the photograph collections and the feature articles on topics such as trench warfare and the Christmas Truce. Well maintained by Michael Duffy, this site has very easy-to-use menus as well as a search engine.
Subjects: Wars & Conflicts
BBC – History
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
The site is an online history of the World War II and includes a time-line, origins of the war, major events, the Holocaust and personalities involved. It contains a search feature and pull-down menus featuring information on all aspects of the war and its international impact.
Subjects: Ancient History Wars & Conflicts World History History
World War I Document Archive
http://www.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi
Brigham Young University's (BYU) collection of primary documents of WWI, assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L). Included are conventions, treaties, official papers, documents by year, personal reminiscences, and a biographical dictionary. Searchable by keyword search engine, and year and topic subcollections.
Subjects: Wars & Conflicts
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