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1759 - From the Warpath to the Plains of Abraham
Braddock's March - Gen. Edward Braddock's March to Ft. Duquesne
Fort Pitt Museum & Bushy Run Battlefield - Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The French and Indian War - Historical sites interactive map
The French and Indian War Homepage - The struggle for Colonial America during Europe's Seven Years War
The French and Indian War in Pennsylvania - Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Lake Champlain, Lake George and the Richelieu River Historic Map Site - Experience the French and Indian War from Americas' Historic Lakes
Maps of the French and Indian War - Maps of the French and Indian War
Seven Years War in Canada - From the Quebec History Encyclopedia
The Seven Years War Website - Articles and links on the conflict with information on reenactments.
American Revolution (1775-1783)
American Revolution.Org - Over 1,500 links on on the Revolution and featured articles by historians.
American Revolution Round Table Of Philadelphia - Local Philadelphia group dedicated to the Study of the American Revolution.
Liberty! The American Revolution - Companion site for the PBS series.
Revolutionary War Links - A listing of links on the struggle from revwar.com.Spy Letters of the American Revolution - A collection of original materials related to the craft during the war.
The American Revolution - Maps from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
The David Library of American Revolution - Study of American History from 1750 to 1800.
The War that Made America - American History
Napoleon.org - From the Foundation Napoleon.
The Napoleonic Wars Series - From the War Times Journal.
The Barbary Treaties 1786-1836 - Historical documents from the Avalon Project at Yale University Law School.
Documents on The American War of 1812 - Links to historical documents from the Hillsdale College History Department's collection in military history.
The War of 1812 - Ontario Archives (Canada)War Of 1812 - Articles, book reviews, quizzes, and reenactment information from MilitaryHeritage.com.
War of 1812 - West Point Maps
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Aztec Club of 1847 (Military Society of the Mexican War) - This society was founded by veterans of the war and is continued today by their descendants. The site includes comprehensive information on the battles that were fought, an art gallery, and a history of the society.
Texas War Of Independence (1832-1836) - Prelude to the Mexican-American War outlining Texas' fight for independence from Mexico. Accounts of the Alamo and Battle of San Jacinto.
The U.S. Mexican War - Companion site to the PBS series.
Civil War - United States (1861-1865)
African American Civil War Memorial - Memorial and museum honoring the role of the African American in the Civil War.
American Civil War Collections - Online diaries and letters from the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia
The American Civil War - Award winning site of comprehensive links from James A. Janke at Dakota State University.
The American Civil War Home Page - Listing of Civil War sites broken down by categories ranging from biographical and state information to regimental histories and round tables.
The Civil War Home Page - Links to associations, battles, documents, letters, diaries and photographs. Useful search engine for easy access to materials.
The Civil War Library and Museum - Philadelphia area collection of materials on the Civil War.Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System - Resources from the National Pak Service related to the Civil War.
Civil War Women - Online archival materials from the Special Collections Library at Duke University.
Confederate States of America Documents - Primary documents available through the Avalon Project at Yale University Law School.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Part of Cornell University Library's digital Making of America collection of primary sources in United States social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
Letters from an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War - Letters from Newton Robert Scott, Private, Company A, of the 36th Infantry, Iowa Volunteers to friend Hannah Cone describing his war experiences.
The National Civil War Museum - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania museum.
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion - Part of Cornell University Library's digital Making of America collection of primary sources.
Selected Civil War Pictures - Photographs from the American Memory collections at the Library of Congress.
The Southern Home Front 1861-1865 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill online collections documenting Southern life during the Civil War.
U.S. Civil War History Selected Primary and Secondary Sources - Research guide to selected materials available through the Van Pelt Library of the University of Pennsylvania.
United States Civil War - Learn about the war's causes, battles, and leaders from this award winning site.
The United States Civil War Center - Comprehensive web based clearing house for Civil War information located at Louisiana State University.
The Valley of the Shadow - A unique look at Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania during the war.The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies - Part of Cornell University Library's digital Making of America collection of primary sources.
West Point Atlas of the Civil War - Department of History maps of the war in electronic format.
Spanish-American War (1898)The American West - A look at the history and development of the American West, from the frontier and pioneer days through today.
Buffalo Soldiers & Indian Wars - African American soldiers in the West after the Civil War.
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail - National Park Service guide to the 1804-1806 exploration of the Louisiana Purchase.
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation - Organization dedicated to the preservation of the historic legacy of Lewis and Clark through research, education, preservation, and promotion.
Relations Between The United States and Native Americans - Historic treaty documents between the United States and Native Americans from the Avalon Project at Yale University.
The West - Companion web site to the PBS television series about the American West produced by Ken Burns.
The Spanish-American War: Centennial Website - Provides a chronology of the war with articles on the personalities, navies, weapons, and uniforms. It also includes a virtual tour of Admiral Dewey's flagship the Olympia, which is docked at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia.
- 1914-18 war - Art of the First World War - Guided tour
Aftermath The Aerodrome - Aces and aircraft of World War I.
Battlefield Colloquialisms of the Great War - The language of war.
British War Poets & Poems (WWI) - Recorded by Walter Rufus Eagles in streaming RealMedia audio.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Organization charged with preserving British Commonwealth cemeteries throughout the world.
Doughboy Center - Articles on the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during the Great War.The First World War - The National Archives of the United Kingdom
First World War.com - A multimedia history of World War One.
The Great European and World War - Useful guide to the conflict with numerous articles.
The Great War - Companion to the PBS seriesThe Great War in Flanders Fields -
The Great War: 80 years on - BBC News special with brief audio files from veterans.
The Great War Society - Study the "Great War" and its effect on the 20th Century.Hellfire Corner - Articles relate mainly to British and Empire involvement on the Western Front.
- In Flanders Fields -
The Western Front Association -
U.S. Marine Corps Historical Galleries: World War I - Learn about the marines brave struggle in the Belleau Wood.
Virtual Seminars for Teaching Literature - Discover the poetry of the war through online seminars and links to the Wilfred Owen Digital Archive and The Hydra, the journal of the Craiglockhart War Hospital.World War I Document Archive - Archive of primary documents from World War I maintained by the World War I Military History List.
World War I "The Great War" -
World War I Trenches on the Web - The who, what, when, where, how, and why of World War I on the web.
100th Bomb Group - The site relates the story of the "Bloody Hundredth" bomber group of the U.S. 8th Air Force during the war.
America at War - From the University of Richmond
The Battle Of Britain Historical Society -
D-Day (The American Experience) - Companion web site to the PBS series.
The Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum Home -Eighth Air Force Historical Society -
Fly Girls - Companion to the The American Experience series about women pilots.
- Government Views of D-Day 1944 -
Historic Government Publications from World War II - From SMU
- HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web -
Kriegs Marine- An encyclopedia of the German naval ships and operations of World War II.
The Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum - This site contains a brief history of the 8th Air Force during the war and a comprehensive set of links to World War II in the air and aviation in general.
National WW II Memorial - United States memorial in Washington D.C.
Office of Strategic Services Society -
Photo Gallery :: 8th AF Bases in East Anglia by Mark E. Brotherton -
The Second World War Experience Center - Historian Peter H. Liddle and staff work to save important personal materials from the men and women of the war era.
Sir Winston Churchill - The Churchill Centre
Korean War (1950 - )Stalag Luft- Allied prisoners of war held by the Germans.
Station X - The code breakers of Bletchley Park.
United States Army Air Forces in World War II - Information on U.S. Air power during WW II.
The Women of the Special Operations Executive - British female spies for the SOE during WWII.
World War II - History from the BBC
- WW II Codes and Ciphers -
- World War II : Documents - From the Avalon Project at Yale University Law School.
World War II Web Ring - Links to some of the best World War II sites on the internet.
The Korean War - Site compiled by Ed Evanhoe, author of DARKMOON: Eighth Army Special Operations in the Korean War.
Korean War.net - A nonprofit educational site dedicated to teaching people about what has become known as the "Forgotten War."
Korean War 50th Anniversary - Commemoration pages produced by the United States Department of Defense.
Korean War Project - this site provides resources for veterans, families, researchers, and students of military history with an interest in the Korean War and its aftermath.
Gulf WarsThe Australian Involvement in Vietnam - Learn more about the Australians, who served along side the American forces during the conflict in Southeast Asia.
Battlefield : Vietnam - Companion site to the PBS series on the Vietnam War.
CNN In-depth Specials - Vietnam at 25 - A look back at the war and its aftermath 25 years after it end.
Edwin Moise Bibliography Of The Vietnam War - This is an excellent website for any individual looking on any aspect of the Vietnamese conflict. In addition there are several links to other valuable Vietnam War-related sites.[Reviewed]
Vietnam Online - Companion site to the American Experience series from PBS.
The Vietnam CenterThe Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page - Internet memorial site dedicated to honoring those who died in the Vietnam War.
The Wars For Vietnam: 1945 to 1975 - A history, documents, and resource links from Vassar College.
1991
Desert Storm.Com - A chronology of the war with information on the soldiers and machines.
The Gulf War - Companion to the PBS production on the series Front-line.2003
Iraq: War and Reconstruction (2003 - ) - A collection of web resources on the war created by the Drexel Library.
Cold War International History Project - A program coordinated by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars providing new perspectives on the historical conflict.
National Security Archives - The Archive functions as a research institute on international affairs, a library and archive of declassified U.S. Documents, a public interest law firm for issues related to the Freedom of Information Act, and a publisher of the documents.
Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact - provides documentation and other information about the development of NATO and the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War.Venona - Codename used for the U.S. Signals Intelligence effort to collect and decrypt the text of Soviet KGB and GRU messages from the 1940's. The Venona Story (PDF).
Balkan's
Balkania.net - Investigative background information on the Balkans compiled by volunteer students and postgraduates of journalism and political science programs from Athens, Thessaloniki, Belgrade, Skopje, Sophia and Timisoara.
Center for Peace in the Balkans - A non profit Toronto based corporation engaged in the collection of information and materials related to the region with the hope of finding peaceful solutions the problems.
Kosovo War References - A page of links on the war from the Drexel Library at Saint Joseph's University.Southeast European Times - Regional news and information website in six languages (Albanian, English, French, Greek, Russian and Serbian) sponsored by the United States Department of Defense.
Israel and Palestine
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Information on the Israeli and Palestinian conflict from the Israeli government.
Israel and the Palestinians - BBC News in-depth coverage of the conflict with historical background and maps.
Palestinian Authority Ministry of Information - The Palestinian and Israeli conflict from the official Palestinian Authority web site.
Pakistan and India
Government of India Directory of Official Web Sites - Links to the Indian government.
Pakistan.Gov - Official web site of the government in Pakistan.
Kashmir Flashpoint - BBC News in-depth coverage of the conflict with historical background and maps.
Freedom of Information Act - Materials released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation related to crimes including espionage.
Intelligence Resources Program - A comprehensive list of intelligence related web sites from the Federation of American Scientists.
International Spy Museum - Museum dedicated to the history of espionage throughout history.
Joint Military Intelligence College - U.S. Department of Defense school for training military and civilian intelligence professionals.
National Cryptologic Museum - Cryptology's place in history from the National Security Agency.
Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies 20th-Century - Companion to the NOVA program on PBS.
Strategic Intelligence - A compilation of web sites on intelligence organizations created by the Political Science Department at Loyola University. Pages are also available for Military Intelligence and Economic and Competitive Intelligence.
The World Responds to Terrorism - 'Web Sites' from the Drexel Library related to the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center and the global response.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States.
The Carter Center - The Center promotes peace through collaborative efforts to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and human rights, and build strong democracies.
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace - Stanford University based public policy research center, founded by Herbert Hoover, devoted to advanced study of politics, economics, and political economy—both domestic and foreign—as well as international affairs.
U.S. Institute of Peace - An independent, nonpartisan federal institution created and funded by Congress to strengthen the nation's capacity to promote the peaceful resolution of international conflict.
Military Museums (Selective List)
Canada
Canada Aviation Museum - Excellent collection of Canadian aircraft.
Canadian War Museum - Learn about Canada's military heritage.
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Collection features aircraft used by the Canadian Military from the beginning of World War II to the present.
Europe
United Kingdom
The American Air Museum - Award winning museum of American military aircraft housed at the Duxford branch of the Imperial War Museum.
Imperial War Museum - Unique museum with several branches covering of conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present day.Royal Naval Museum -
The National Army Museum - Online exhibit provides an outline of the history of the British Army from early times to the present day.
National Maritime Museum - Very well done virtual presentations of some of the museum's magnificent collections in maritime history.United States
National Civil War Museum - Attempts to relate an equally balanced history of America's Civil War without bias toward either the Union or Confederate causes.
The National D-Day Museum - New museum dedicated to the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
National Museum of Civil War Medicine - Center for the study and interpretation of the medical history of the War Between the States.
National Museum of the Pacific War - Museum dedicated to telling the story of the World War II in the Pacific Theatre.National Museum of the United States Air Force- Expansive online exhibitions of military aircraft and missiles.
The Navy Museum - United States Navy Museum. Part of the Naval Historical Center.
The U.S. Army Ordnance Museum - Virtual display of the museum's collection of tanks, fighting vehicles, artillery, bombs, and missiles from world conflicts.
West Point Museum - Basic introduction to the collections of military history house at the United States Military Academy.World
Australian War Memorial - Site dedicated to the remembrance of Australians, who fought and died in the world's major conflicts. Contains numerous detailed virtual resources.
American Battle Monuments Commission - Organization created by the United States Congress in 1923 to commemorate America's war dead from overseas conflicts.
Air Force Historical Research Agency - The agency's repository of historical documents is the world's largest and most valuable organized collection of documents on US military aviation. Some materials are available electronically from this site.
The Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection - Military history collection housed in the John Hay Library at Brown University.
Cyndi's List - U.K. - Military -
Documents in Military History - Hillsdale College's collection of primary sources for military history focusing on European military history before the twentieth century.
H-War Military History Network - Moderated electronic discussion group and bulletin board for scholars, librarians, and teachers in the field of military history.
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century - Maps chronicling the history of the 20th Century.
The History Channel - Learn more about the historical documentaries presented by the History Channel.
Making Of America - Cornell University's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the ante-bellum period through reconstruction.Military History - About.com's comprehensive guide to military history.
Military History Encyclopedia on the Web
MilitaryWeek.com - A weekly anthology of war reporting.
The Minerva Center - Nonprofit educational foundation supporting the study of women in war and women and the military.
National Archives and Records Administration - An independent federal agency that preserves our nation's history and oversees the management of all federal records.
Naval Historical Center - Preserves, analyzes, and interprets the history of the United States Navy.Regiments.Org - Historical information on British Army regimental organizations.
Special Operations.Com - Site offers a look into the world of elite military and civilian special operations.
U.S. Army Center Of Military History - This site provides information on resources and online features related to the history of the United States Army.U.S. Army Military History Institute
U.S. Marine Corps - History & Museums DivisionWest Point Atlases - Detailed maps from the United States Military Academy covering American conflicts from Colonial times to the 1990s.
War and Military - Library and Archives Canada -
- WWW-VL History Index. Military History -
| Christopher O. Dixon
Government Information Services / Reference Librarian Saint Joseph's University | Last revision / review: March 10, 2008 |
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