The Canny Link Directory

CNN - 1996 Year in Review            


Cold War

Conflict Seems Vaguely Un-American: Teaching the Conflicts and the Legacy of Cold War - written by Alan Filreis, this essay was published in Review, volume 17 (1995).

Learning Curve The The exhibition uses an extensive range of original source material including documents (shown in original format), photographs, posters and video, to encourage investigation of the Cold War. Constructed around a set of themes, each with case studies, this is a unique opportunity to work with raw primary material on the Cold War.

NAEWF E-3A Component

NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency - develops, procures and implements cost-effective systems to support the political consultation and military command-control functions of NATO.

NATO SACLANTCEN Undersea Research Center - The Centre's mission is to conduct undersea research to assist SACLANT and other MNCs in their mission. The Centre will concentrate on areas that have potential application for the detection, classification, and localization of submarines and for mine warfare.

Open Society Archives - a research institution focusing on Communism and the Cold War, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, in the period after World War II.

Cuban Missile Crisis [bilkent.edu]

Empire, Illusion and the Pursuit of Happiness - 20th century to 1930, and electronic text, by Frank E. Smitha.            


Holocaust The

Always Remember - dedicated to examining Jewish resistance during the Holocaust.

Among Blind Fools - documentary film dedicated to research project about life and work of rabbi Michael Dov Weissmandl of Bratislava and Nitra, Slovakia.

Appleman-Jurman, Alicia

Beyond the Holocaust: Survival or Extinction - to advance human progress and survival.

Bulgarian Jews during WW II - an archive of materials

Cybrary of the Holocaust - articles, pictures, and information about the Holocaust.

Do You Know? Will You Remember? - reviews of books about the Holocaust suitable for young adults. Provides links to related websites.

Einsatzgruppen Archives, The - history of the mobile killing units in photos, documents, and testimonies.

Ghetto Bochnia, Holocaust 1941-1943

Holocaust - In Remembrance

Holocaust FAQ Information - an FTP site with materials on the Holocaust.

Holocaust Heroes - tribute to the unsung heroes of the holocaust who risked and sacrificed so much to help others during the Nazi reign of terror.

Holocaust Timeline - comprehensive chronology with text and photos.

Holocaust [David Graham]

Holocaust and Genocide Studies - Holocaust and genocide studies including links, recommended readings, and chronology.

Holocaust/Shoah

Holocaust: A Tragic Legacy

Jeff & Elliott's Holocaust Page - listing of links. Includes a few revisionist sites.

Jews in Poland

Literature on the Holocaust - full array of materials relating to The Literature of the Holocaust (English 293) in the English Gopher at Penn.

Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust - an overview of the people and events of the Holocaust through text, documents, photographs, art, and literature.

To Save a Life: Stories of Jewish Rescue - illustrated book: narratives of people who rescued Jews matched with narratives of those they rescued.

Usenet - soc.culture.jewish.holocaust

WWII Underground Systems Research Group - researching extensive underground systems including factories and headquarters.

Wolf Lewkowicz Collection - Yiddish letters (with English translations) written by a Polish Jew to his American nephew from 1922 to 1939. They provide insight into Jewish life in pre-war Poland.

Korean War

50th Anniversary of the Korean War

FAQ - Korean War - fequently asked questions about the Korean War, campaign stories from Chinese perspective, factual descriptions of political asepects unavailable from US sources.

Jim's Korean War Page - a vet remembers his experiences in the Korean War.

Korea 1935-1955: An Eye Witness - Korean account of history from 1930 to 1955. Contains photos and excerpts from recently declassified US, Chinese and Russian documents.

Korean War Project - history and reference, maps, memorials, recollections, POW/MIA information, and more.

War Eagles Air Museum - dedicated to collecting, restoring and displaying historic aircraft of the World War II and the Korean Conflict eras.

Sayings of Chairman Mao - quotations from Chairman Mao's Little Red Book, in English and Chinese.

Usenet - alt.politics.socialism.mao

People's Century - relive the events of the 20th century through the eyes of the people who witnessed them. This site features a timeline of 20th century world events, teaching notes and more.            


Persian Gulf War

Desert Storm - information on all aspects of the war, including POWs, the weapons, and the soldiers.

Frontline: The Gulf War

GulfLINK - Dept. of Defense Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses. News, medical information for Gulf War veterans, and reports on continuing suspicions about Iraqi biological weapons.

Mistakes of the Gulf War - essay suggesting that miscalculations and mistakes led to Saddam maintaining his regime.

Retro - featuring a variety of classic subjects from the first two thirds of the 20th century.

That Wacky Century! - stuff that happened from 1901 C.E. to 2000 C.E.

Theoldschool.com - take a ride through the good old days.

AKO Titanic Virtual Trial - providing a lesson in the U.S. legal system through the process of a mock trial based on actual events from the Titanic disaster.

Andrews, Thomas - chief designer of RMS Titanic. This site contains information on the life and work of this tragic hero, who went down with his ship after assisting passengers to lifeboats.

Christian Boys' & Men's Titanic Society - dedicated to the proposition that the strong must sacrifice for the weak, and to the enduring legacy of those men who died that women and children might live.

Discover the R.M.S. Titanic - information and pictures.

Enter the Titanic

Eyewitness Account of A Titanic Survivor - Dr. Dodge describes the ordeal of his family as they survived the sinking of the Titanic.

George Behe's Titanic Tidbits - documenting the sinking of the passenger liner Titanic.

Jonathan's RMS Titanic Website - history of the ill-fated steamship, RMS Titanic, in pictures and text.

Kristin's Titanic Site - information on the ship and the people.

NOVA: Titanic's Lost Sister - story of the Britannic, which sank during World War I off the coast of Greece.

Ocean Planet: How Deep Can They Go? - includes lots of links to Titanic information.

R.M.S. Titanic Reading Room - descriptions of fiction and non-fiction books, children's books, poetry, drama, and documents; online reading room and a book exchange.

RMS Titanic & Her Sisters - pages dedicated to the White Star Line ships Titanic, Olympic, Britannic & others.

RMS Titanic, Inc. - company formed to explore the wreck and the surrounding ocean area. Granted the exclusive salvor-in-possession rights to the ship.

RMS Titanic: Her Passengers and Crew - the human side to the tragedy.

RMS Titanic: She Sails On

Support Non-Invasive Titanic Research and Activites - information, legislation, feedback on research and activites that may or may not respect the Titanic wreck or gravesite.

Tim's Titanic Page - a personal tribute.

Titanic - A Tragic Destiny - incorporates and expands upon many frequently asked questions on the Titanic discussion list.

Titanic - The Search for Answers - events that took place after the sinking of the Titanic.

Titanic - Voyage To Eternity - historical insight into the disaster, includes: photos - now & then; crew & passenger profiles, timeline of events; mailing list; and more.

Titanic Disaster: An Enduring Example of Money Management vs. Risk Management - an essay by Roy Brander, a professor of engineering.

Titanic Disaster: Official Casualty Figures and Commentary

Titanic Exhibition Online - presented by the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. Includes offical photographs of the original ship.

Titanic Historical Society

Titanic Homeport - information on the world's greatest maritime disaster, the RMS Titanic. Links, pictures and downloads.

Titanic: The Real Deal in 3-D - from National Geographic.

Titanic: The Ship That Wasn't Unsinkable - dedicated to the lives lost on April 15th, 1912.

Tribute to the RMS Titanic - This has all the information you need to know about the Titanic. It has much text and pictures.

Ulster Titanic Society

Usenet - alt.history.ocean-liners.titanic

Weird & Useless Facts About the Titanic - myths, and legends surrounding the Titanic and her crew.

What really sank the Titanic?

Zach Wile's Titanic Page - background on the conception, construction and tragic loss of the White Star Liner.

Armed Falcon - with a survivors information page, and description of the air battle for An Loc.

Battles and Campaigns

Air Battle for Khe Sanh - essay written by Garrett Moritz.

My Lai Massacre

American Experience: The My Lai Massacre - from Vietnam - In the Trenches.

Heroes & Massacres: My Lai 30 Years Later - from Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti-Imperialist.

Morgana's Observatory: Hidden History - story of the My Lai Massacre.

My Lai Courts-Martial - story of the military trial of William Calley. Presented by Famous American Trials.

Diên Biên Phú - provides photos and narrative from a French point of view.

Fall of Saigon - about the last days of the war and the Marines who lived and died in them.

Heroes & Massacres: My Lai 30 Years Later - from Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti-Imperialist.

Just Another Hill - accounts of the November 1965 Ia Drang Valley by the 1st Cavalry Division and of the 1967 battles at Dak To by the 173rd Airborne.

Papeless Archives' Vietnam War Titles  Paperless Archives' Vietnam War titles covering the conflict through a broad range of original historical source documents and photos.

Tet Offensive

General Vo Nguyen Giap - planned the attack and led the Vietcong in the Tet Offensive.

Trapped Behind Enemy Lines - how an American diplomat, disguised as a French priest, survived the occupation of Hue during the Tet Offensive.

Surprised at Tet: US Navel Forces in Vietnam, 1968

Tet Offensive: Turning Point in the Vietnam War - looks at how this battle showed Americans that the war in Vietnam was unwinnable.

Trapped Behind Enemy Lines - how an American diplomat, disguised as a French priest, survived the occupation of Hue during the Tet Offensive.

http://www.thehistorynet.com/Vietnam/articles/1999/0299_cover.htm

Death in the Ia Drang Valley:

Fakta & myter kring Vietnamkriget - in Swedish.

Medal of Honor Citations - list of United States servicemen who received the nations highest military award during the Vietnam War.

The American Experience: Vietnam - comprehensive history of the conflict from the PBS series.

U.S. POW/MIAs in Southeast Asia

Vietnam Combat Art

Vietnam Interactive Portfolio - portfolio of 80 photographs taken in Vietnam (1969-70).

Vietnam War Photo Album - images from the Vietnam war. All branches plus many shoulder patches.

Wars for Viet Nam, 1945 to 1975 - Historian Robert Brigham's overview of the Viet Nam War with links to numerous official documents, including several Hanoi documents unavailable elsewhere.

Why Vietnam Was Inevitable - explanation of why Vietnam was innevitable, where America went wrong. Analysis of strengths and weaknesses of Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon.

British Army on the Western Front , 1914-1918 - study of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front during WW I.

British Posters of World War I - illustrated catalog of exhibit of 25 British posters from the Roger N. Mohovich Collection at Georgetown University Library.

Great War [wtj.com]

Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century - PBS series about World War I. Features interviews, maps, photographs and an interactive timeline.

Great War, The - art, writings, and information about WWI.

Hellfire Corner - articles on the Western Front, 1914-1918.

Heritage of the Great War - articles, pictures, posters and paintings on what happened after the First World War. In English and in Dutch (Flemish).

Life at Camp Funston - contains a series of letters written by a World War One Army trainee during training at Ft. Riley and Camp Funston.

Morris Chaim Blake Memorial - a memorial to a soldier of the Jewish Legion in the 39th Royal Fusiliers during WWI.

World War 1 Naval Combat - Great War Naval history including the Battle of Jutland, Heligoland Bight , Dogger Bank, Coronel and the Falklands and warships sunk..

World War 1 Archive - with sections on the causes, the fronts and campaigns and Armistice Day.

World War I - Trenches on the Web - contains reference materials and images.

World War I Document Archive - collection of material relating to World War I, including original texts and images.

World War I Political Cartoons

Homefront Pictures 1938-1944 - color photographs from the Farm Security Administration and the Office of War Information on the homefront during World War II.

II Guerra Mundial - World War II History - in Portuguese with photos, people, links and maps.

Institute on World War II and the Human Experience - focuses on the everyday life of men and women, military and civilans alike, who experienced the pressures of World War II.

Mulvaney on Bomb Disposal

Selman Field Memorial Page - Army Air Forces navigation school in existence from 1942-46.

Usenet - soc.history.war.world-war-ii

WWII Underground Systems Research Group - researching extensive underground systems including factories and headquarters.

World War II Analyzed - information on battles, generals, units, and much more.

World War II Page, The - information about World War II from Grolier.

World War II: An Online History - includes battles, D-Day history, weekly articles, chronological information and a discussion centre.