A collection of 416 printed maps and 115 reports showing troop positions beginning on June 6, 1944 to July 26, 1945. Starting with the D-Day Invasion, the maps give daily details on the military campaigns in Western Europe, showing the progress of the Allied Forces as they push towards Germany. Some of the sheets are accompanied by a declassified "G-3 Report" giving detailed information on troop positions for the period 3 Mar. 1945-26 July 1945. These maps and reports were used by the commanders of the United States forces in their evaluation of the campaigns and for planning future strategies. From the Library of Congress.
During WW II the Command and General Staff Colleges primary mission was to train large numbers of captains and majors to be staff officers in battalions, brigades, divisions, and corps. To that end, the Army provided copies of documents produced by field units to the College. Operations orders, after action reports, intelligence analyses, logistics appraisals, and similar documents are in the CARL documents collection. Primary focus is on documenting operations at the tactical and operational levels of warfare.
Selections from the digitized collections of the National Museum of the Pacific War located in Fredericksburg, TX.. Includes oral histories, photographs, Word War II documents, Chester W. Nimitz's personal letters, and more,
You can search the Stars and Stripes (European and Pacific Editions) newspaper via Ancestry. To find this newspaper, at the top, go to New Collection. In the page that opens, under title, search for Stars and Stripes.
Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars, researchers, and students at the college and university level. A multi-disciplinary resource, collections cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Particular strengths include U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history.
Collections:
-Liberation Movements in Africa and African America
-European Colonialism in the Early 20th Century: French Colonialism
-European Colonialism in the Early 20th Century: Political and Economic Consolidation of Portuguese Colonies
-European Colonialism in the Early 20th Century: Italy; Political, Economic, and Military Conditions in China
-Foreign Relations Between the US and Latin America
-Revolution in Honduras and America
-Correspondence from German Concentration Camps and Prisons
-Japan at War and Peace, 1930-1949: Records of the U.S. State Department Classified Files
-19th Century English Language Journals of the Far East
-Franklin D. Roosevelt and Race Relations, 1933-1945
-Allied Propaganda in World War II and the British Political Warfare Executive
-The British Mandate in Palestine, Arab-Jewish Relations, and the U.S. Consulate at Jerusalem, 1920-1944
-Conditions & Politics in Occupied Western Europe, 1940-1945
-Holocaust and the Concentration Camp Trials: Prosecution of Nazi War Crimes
-Psychological Warfare and Propaganda in World War II: Air Dropped and Shelled Leaflets and Periodicals
-Arab-Israeli Relations, 1917-1970 and Policing the Shanghai International Settlement, 1894-1945.
-Federal Surveillance of African Americans:1920-1984
-Policing The Shanghai International Settlement:1894-1945
Women's Issues and Identities spans multiple geographic regions, providing a variety of perspectives on women's experiences and cultural impact. Within the archive can be found fascinating historical records from Europe, North and South America, Africa, India, East Asia, and the Pacific Rim with content in English, French, German, and Dutch.
A comprehensive index to articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. (For history outside of North America, see Historical Abstracts). Coverage begins in 1910.
Comprehensive bibliography for material on the history of the world from 1450 to the present. It covers all countries and regions, excluding the United States and Canada (for those countries, see America: History and Life).
Provides image and full text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in several social sciences and humanities disciplines including African-American Studies, Anthropology, Economics, Education, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology. The most current issues (typically from the past three to five years) are not included.
Web of Science provides access to the world's leading citation databases in the Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities, covering approximately 12,000 of the highest impact journals, as well as 160,000 conference proceedings. Centre has access to coverage from 1999 to present.
