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Read about the science and technology of WWII here: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31882/12-technological-advancements-world-war-i https://www.ncpedia.org/anchor/science-and-technology-world Poster from the National WWII Museum: http://nnwwiim.org/images/sci-tech-wwii-poster.pdf An overview of weapons used during World War II: https://www.historyonthenet.com/ww2-weapons You might also be interested in the film The Imitation Game (2014), about Alan Turing and the British team that worked to break Germany’s Enigma code. Turing’s work during and post-WWII advanced the field of computer science, and he is known as “the father of artificial intelligence”. Planes! Videos about WWII in the Air:
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You can read about the Pearl Harbor attack here (scroll down to see footage of the attack): https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/attack-pearl-harbor-1941 This article from the WWII museum explores the root of the conflict: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/path-pearl-harbor Virtual field trip - in these videos, a park ranger takes you on a tour of Pearl Harbor sites and talks about personal stories related to each site: https://www.nps.gov/valr/learn/photosmultimedia/moments-of-infamy.htm Here are some videos/ documentaries you may be interested in that go into detail about America’s involvement in the Pacific Front, including discussion of battle strategies and technology. 20th Century Battlefields – 1942 Battle of Midway: Battle 360 – Midway: For some quarantine entertainment...
Time Out magazine's list of 50 best World War II films: https://www.timeout.com/london/film/50-best-world-war-ii-movies Indie Wire's list of the 10 best modern WWII movies: https://www.indiewire.com/2016/08/best-world-war-2-movies-fury-unbroken-1201714330/ My favorites on this list are Fury and Atonement. If you enjoy historical accuracy over entertainment value: https://time.com/5826591/accurate-world-war-ii-movies/ Available to Stream: WWII Movies on Netflix:
Read about the draft here: http://www.americainwwii.com/articles/your-numbers-up/ This archival newsreel covers several developments in the war, including the second draft drawing in the U.S. (toward the end): An overview of Nazi medical experiments from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nazi-medical-experiments From the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum: http://auschwitz.org/en/history/medical-experiments/ Profiles of the Nazi physicians who carried out pseudo-medical experiments at Auschwitz, from the Jewish Virtual Library: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/nazi-medical-experimentation-at-auschwitz-birkenau Examples of some of the most notorious experiments carried out by Nazi doctors, from PBS Nova: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/holocaust/experiside.html  Read about how battlefield medicine changed during WWII:
https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Features/Story/Article/2115192/medical-improvements-saved-many-lives-during-world-war-ii/ This picture slideshow lists 6 medical breakthroughs during WWII: https://www.medicaldaily.com/world-wars-medical-innovations-379354 This article is about the “wonder drug” of WWII – penicillin! : https://www.historynet.com/penicillin-wonder-drug-world-war-ii.htm  Articles and websites: You can read more about the Manhattan Project here: https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/manhattan-project Check out oral histories of Manhattan Project scientists and veterans here: https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/ You can read about the Los Alamos site here: https://www.atomicheritage.org/location/los-alamos-nm and see photos that give us insight on community life at Los Alamos here: https://www.lindau-nobel.org/the-manhattan-project-life-in-los-alamos/ Manhattan Project photo gallery: https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Resources/photo_gallery/photo_gallery.htm Field Trip!: You can click around this website for a “virtual tour” of Manhattan Project sites, including the site of the Trinity test: https://www.atomicheritage.org/tours or watch this “electronic field trip” from the National WWII Museum: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/distance-learning/k-12-distance-learning/electronic-field-trips/manhattan-project Videos: A video about life in the secret city of Los Alamos (Weird History): The atomic bomb from more of a science angle (Crash Course History of Science): 550,000 Jewish Americans served in WWII. PBS produced a documentary called G.I. Jews, which is unfortunately unavailable to watch in its entirety without a subscription. However, you can go to the documentary homepage and click around to watch clips from the film: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gi-jews/ Here’s a preview of the documentary: This article from BBC News discusses the liberation of British servicemen from Japanese P.O.W. camps:
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33931660 You may also be interested in the 2014 film Unbroken. From Wikipedia: "The film stars Jack O'Connell as USA Olympian and army officer Louis "Louie" Zamperini, who survived in a raft for 47 days after his bomber crash-landed in the ocean during the Second World War, before being captured by the Japanese and being sent to a series of prisoner of war camps." |