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World War II

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Multimedia Timelines
The War
The timelines are divided into 5 parts, covering the pre-American participation years through the end of the war in 1945. Overviews of the war are presented, accompanied by more detailed multimedia timelines
 
The American Homefront
The American Home Front
This section covers American home front materials that are not already presented in their own sections below. Subjects include: pre-war defense, "Remember Pearl Harbor!", anti-Japanese, anti-German/axis, pitching-in, and general war-themed
 
Major Pop Culture Collections
American Music
American Music
This section presents both sheet music and 78 rpm recordings of songs directly related to the war.
 
The American Comic Book
The American Comic Book
[planned for the future]
 
 
Newspaper Comic Strips
Newspaper Comic Strips
[planned for the future]

 

 
Old-Time Radio Programs
Old-Time Radio Drama
[planned for the future]
 
 
American Cinema
American Cinema
[planned for the future]
 
 
'Toons
War 'Toons
The section presents clips of animated shorts produced by various studios to help support the war effort. Many of these are controversial today because of their ethnic stereotyping
 
Children's Literature
Children's Literature
[planned for the future]
 
 
Cultural Attitudes Toward the Enemy
(Links go to subsections throughout the site)
Japanese
Homefront > "Remember Pearl Harbor!" > War 'Toons
Homefront > Anti-Japanese  
Music > Pearl Harbor & Reaction  
Music > Axis & Allies > Anti-Axis  
German
Homefront > Anti-German  
Music > Axis & Allies > Anti-German  
Music > Axis & Allies > Anti-Axis  
> War 'Toons  
 
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Last modified July 17, 2012