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World War II

Within History

4 people, 3 men and 1 woman, stand next to each other on a city street looking off in one direction.

Black and white photo of the midsection of a woman with long, dark hair. Caption. Sarah was also the first American Indian.

Man in a black Nazi uniform stands in front and addresses another man seated at a desk. Caption. But not all are as quick as you, even in the Party.

Men in green military fatigues and helmets run towards camera with rifles in hands and waves crashing behind them. Caption. The men are left with virtually no cover on the beach.

Closeup of a person front loading a Civil War-era cannon attached to a wheel. Caption. Without accepting the eager pool of black volunteers.

Animation of a battleship at Dunkirk with soldiers onboard. Caption. And will determine the course of the Second World War.

Animation of World War 2 Soviet commanders speaking in front of a battlefield map to a crowded room of officers. Caption. To fortify the Kursk region and to wait.

Digital map titled "Battle of Iwo Jima" with 3 red arrows pointing from the Pacific Northwest towards Japan and its occupied territories.

Digital map titled "Battle of Stalingrad." Germany and its occupied territories are green with red swastikas. The U, S, S, R is yellow with 2 red stars with yellow arrows pointing towards Germany's eastern fronts.

Digital map titled "Battle of the Bulge." France, Belgium, and Paris are yellow. Blue rectangles appear on German border with 2 blue stars in France and another in Belgium. Germany and occupied northern Italy are red and labeled, "Germany." Swastikas are visible north of Italy and in Germany near eastern Belgium.

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: World War II (Part 1)

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: World War II Part 2--The Home Front

Still image from: Crash Course World History II: World War II--A War for Resources

Still image from: Crash Course World History: World War II

Black and white photo of military soldiers walking up a hill, tanks and trucks in the distance. Caption. Are ashore all along the coast of Normandy.

Digital illustration shows a determined Army medic carrying a wounded soldier over his shoulders. Text reads, “Desmond Doss. The Medic Who Fought a War Without a Weapon.”

Computer image compares the features of 2 war planes. The P-51C Mustang has speed and maneuverability. The FW-190 has durability and armament. Caption. But the FW-190 is more rugged and has better armament.

Girl seated next to a small window and talking to a teenage boy. Caption. How long have you been keeping a diary?

Black and white frame of a WW2 US Army Japanese American soldier standing below a crouching White US Army soldier. Caption. I want to see him the minute he gets back.

Senior man sits beside a young boy in a hospital bed. Caption. Can't I come home with you, Mr. Tom?

Black and white frame shows a middle-aged man in a white shirt and dark vest leaning to one side and looking down. Caption. You were born in Wurttemberg and I in Paris. But that doesn't stop us from being pals.

Senior woman faces camera and looks slightly down as if participating in a recorded interview. Title card identifies her as Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Interviewed in 1997. Caption. You know how to run an adding machine.

Color photo of Adolf Hitler standing in a black convertible raising one hand in a seig heil a large crowd of people in the background.

Digital illustration shows soldiers firing weapons alongside members of the Mafia in Italy. Text reads, “How the Mafia Collaborated with the U.S. Military in World War Two.”

Black and white photo of men wearing dress military clothing with plumed hats riding horses. Caption. Militarism, wars of conquest.

Cartoon Joseph Stalin wears a gray military uniform as he smokes a pipe and glares at us. Text reads, "Joseph Stalin. Leader of the Soviet Union, 1878 to 1953."

Senior man with white hair and glasses crosses arms and parts lips in mid-speech. Caption. That people have of the place.

Black and white illustration of Godzilla baring its teeth and gripping an object. The word, "Kreeeonk!" cuts diagonally across the bottom right corner.

Still image from: Museum Access: The Best of America

Large gray World War 2 aircraft carrier sits at dock on a sunny day with calm waters. Multiple airplanes are visible on its deck.

A person opens the door of a 2-story building with white metal siding and green beams and roof. A sign at the top reads, "The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History." There's a tower with a large model of an atom to one side.

Small silver plane with a front propeller and a sealed cockpit sits outside a large warehouse. Text on the plane reads, "Toulouse Nuts."

Slide shows white text highlighted in red on a blue background that reads, "NATO. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Cold War."

Black and white photo of 4 military soldiers walking through rocky terrain. Caption. And then three other code talkers were wounded.

Black and white image of woman walking arm and arm with 2 men. Caption. She's troubled and struggles with that.

Still image from: Obachan Told Me Gaman: A Child's View of Topaz

Sepia photo of teenage girl from movie, One Survivor Remembers. Caption. And it was sort of a very, very special, memorable day.

Adolf Hitler looks towards us with an angry expression as men in military uniforms stand around him. Text reads, "Operation Valkyrie. The Plot to Kill Hitler."

Black and white photo of a sinking battleship. Caption. Eighteen other ships are sunk.

Black and white image of rows of men in suits looking down, some at papers. Long desk in front is labeled with the names of various countries. Caption. The U, N brokered frequent truces.

Title card on rusty light brown background reads, "World War 2 was a military conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 and involved 2 alliances that opposed each other."

Black and white photo of a large war ship labeled, "U, S 282." Spanish caption. Con la participación de los Estados Unidos en la guerra.

Black and white photo of a smiling senior woman gazing into the distance. Title card reads, "Surviving Birkenau, The Dr. Susan Spatz story."

World War 2 map of the Philippines showing the islands of Corregidor, Luzon, Mindoro and Leyte. A red dot for the capital, Manilla, appears on Luzon. A U, S, flag image appears over southern islands. Text on screen reads, "Philippines."

2 people stand on a path lined with weathered stone buildings. Title card reads, "Interactive Live Tours Using Real-time Guides in V, R and A, R."

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2014)

Black and white image with bird's eye view of figures in white milling about a field. Caption. In India, the Crown could not maintain its respect.

Mount Everest covered in patches of snow with fluffy clouds and blue sky in background. Caption. The 29th of May, the day of reaching the top."

Young soldier in uniform salutes and smiles uncomfortably while people in uniform stand in the grass behind him. Text reads, "The Six-Year-Old Red Army Lieutenant of World War Two. Sergei "Seryozha" Aleshkov, Son of the Regiment. World War Two."

Soldier in uniform turns toward a man who wears an army jacket and a worried expression. Other soldiers stand around a tank in the background. Text reads, "The Americans that Fought for Germany in World War Two."

Black and white illustration of words in chalk-like font printed on gray background. Caption. Behind everything bad that happened in the world.

Black and white print of Anne Frank's portrait next to an excerpt from her diary. There is a square grid overlay and red markings over her portrait.

Group of Pacific Islander children. 1 of the older girls wears an American flag bandana on her head and holds a baby to her chest.

Man wears an eyepatch and uniform as he grits his teeth and holds up a weapon in each hand. Soldiers lay on city street behind him. Text reads, "The One-Eyed Scout Who Liberated a Whole Town By Himself."

Frame of 2 White officers with 3 White soldiers behind in Nazi uniforms. Higher ranking officer is speaking to other officer while pointing forward.

Man in a cowboy hat standing next to a black horse with luggage tied onto its saddle Caption. We'll keep it on till dark, I guess.

White text on a black background reads, "The Silent Soldier and the Portrait. A film by Garland Waller."

White text highlighted in red over a gray map of the Eastern Hemisphere with a gold crest in the middle reads, "The Warsaw Pact. Formation of the Warsaw Treaty Organization. The Cold War."

Sophia Loren and teenage girl standing. Sophia cradles the head of the girl. Both have expressions of fear.

Soldier wears a helmet and holds a weapon in front of a wall lined with military uniforms. Text reads, "Uniform of the American G.I. on D-Day."

Men in military uniform sit amongst civilians in a crowd of people. Caption. Man 2 as narrator. That at Iwo Jima, all those who fought.

Black and white image shows the wreckage of a large building that was bombed during WWII. Caption. One of the worst moments came on November 9, 1938.

Soldier stands in the background of text that reads, "What Was the Most Decorated U.S. Combat Unit in World War Two?"

Battered Spanish soldier holds up a hand with a bloody bandage as a smoke rises in the background. Text reads, "Where Did Neutral Spain Fight in World War Two?"

Two planes connected at the wings fly through the sky toward us. Text reads, "Why Were These Two Planes Stuck Together?"

Still image from: World War II

Grainy black and white photo of 3 World War 2 soldiers in helmets and uniforms sitting atop a large tank with 2 guns in front of a large brick building.

Side view of rows of British and American soldiers in uniform smiling for a photo while holding up an American flag, a British flag, and a solid red flag. Huge crowds are visible in the distance behind them.

Digitally recolored image of Adolf Hitler in uniform in front of several other German soldiers in uniform. Part of a huge Nazi flag is visible behind them.

Historical wartime photo of a palm tree lined beach. Several soldiers are dead at the water's edge, others are seated or walking along the beach.

Still image from: Yamato: Super Battleship--Largest Battleship in History