United States History: Military History

Photographs and primary documents from the National Security Archive. Short introductory comments accompany each document to help readers understand the context of the sources.

Part of the Avalon Project created by the Yale Law School. The site includes press releases, briefings, legislation, executive orders that relate to the terrorist attack on 9/11. Chronologically arranged list aided by a variety of drop-down menus.

Includes a listing of primary documents from the WWII era.

Developed by the U.S. Army. Offers access to an increasing number of books, pamphlets, and reports published by the CMH, including one on the Gulf War. Has links to many electronic texts. Extensive bibliographies relating to major U.S. wars. Many primary source documents. Has a search engine. Links to Navy, the Marines, and the Air Force official web sites.

Part of the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School. The site includes some general information and more than 200 primary documents.

A very useful overview with an impressive collection of links, photos, primary sources, battlefield descriptions, technological innovations, who was who, multimedia files, clips of speeches and other materials.

From PBS, interviews with military leaders, soldiers, and analysts. Information on weapons and technology. Includes a chronology of the war.

This online exhibit features National Park sites and collections commemorating significant events and individuals of the American Revolutionary War.

Useful introduction to the people and events surrounding D-Day. The site includes links to other webpages, notes on current exhibits, timelines, and FAQs.

Information on wars and battles, naval aviation history, and photographs.

From the National Archives, this site provides a pictorial history of the War.

The Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war.

Maintained at Texas Tech University, this site contains more than 1.5 million pages of materials including photographs, video recordings and oral histories.

A collection of oral histories from the Vietnam War.

Very interesting site. Not very much data now but promises much more for the future. Has an archives section (documents, memoirs, and illustrations). an articles section (the articles were written for the site by authors whose credentials are not given), a "War Series" section (Napoleonic Wars, The Great War, the Civil War), a "Book Shop" section, and a "War And Games" section.

The purpose of the Women's Memorial Web site is to recognize the achievements of women who have served in the military from the American Revolution to the present.

Developed and maintained by Mike Iavarone, a computer scientist. Links to much information on the war. Also, access to documents, maps, time lines, poetry, and more. Excellent search engine. Audio: songs of the war. Links to other sites, such as The World War I Document Archive.

Documents on World War I including treaties, convention documentation, and personal narratives.

Images, primary documents, chronologies and more. All sensibly organized.