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Making The Modern World - About science and invention from the 18th century to today. It explains the development and the global spread of modern industrial society and its effects on all our lives.
Historical Figures
Historic Figures - Featuring hundreds of biographies of historic figures. Browse for biographies of the movers and shakers of history.
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General History Sites
Brainy History - Today in History. Find out what happened on this day in history. Events, birthdays, and notable passings are all listed for each day of the year.
History Net - From the world's largest history magazine publisher. Contains daily features, photo galleries, and over 1,200 articles originally published in our various magazines.
Eyewitness To History - Your ringside seat to history, from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it.
History Place - Presents a fact-based, common sense approach in the presentation of the history of humanity, with great care given to accuracy.
History Learning Site - Some topics covered are: Ancient Rome, medieval England, Tudor England, Stuart England, Britain 1700 to 1900, discoveries of the twentieth century, and more.
Greenfield History Site - A modern world history revision site with: Causes of WWI, treaty of Versailles, league of nations, road to WWII, the Cold War, and more.
The History Channel - Website of The History Channel, a cable television station offering programming related to historical events and people.
World War Two
BBC History: World Wart II - The causes, events and people of the most destructive war in history. Features a timeline from September 1939 up to June 1950 with tons of in-depth articles.
PBS: The War - The story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from American towns.
Encyclopedia Of The Second World War - Background to the war, chronology of the war, major offensives, military leaders, resistance in Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, and much more.
World War II - A complete World War 2 timeline about the most titanic conflict in history, detailing every event, day by day from 1939 through to 1945.
Eyewitness: World War II - Accounts of the second World War. Features articles from the beginning of World War II up to the sentencing and execution of the Nazi War Criminals.
Warsaw Uprising - The Warsaw Uprising of 1944. A heroic and tragic 63-day struggle to liberate World War 2 Warsaw from Nazi/German occupation.
World War II Essays - Collection of independent essays by Uri Noy. Its focus is presenting and explaining why and how things happened the way they did in the Second World War.
Civvy Street In World War II - A true story of civilian life in wartime England, written by Tom Fletcher, with pictures, newsreel, and sounds from the period.
Generals of WW II - This project attempts to create a biographical database, which covers the army generals of all participating countries of the Second World War.
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Featured History Site
BBC History - Experience history through animations, games, movies and virtual tours, or delve into hundreds of feature history articles by leading writers.
World War One
BBC History: World War One - Inside World War One. The causes, events and people of the conflict dubbed the 'war to end all wars'.
PBS: The Great War - A companion website to "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century", a television series that goes beyond the military and political history of World War I, to reveal its ongoing social, cultural, and personal impact.
World War One Color Photos - Who would have thought there were original color photos of World War One? This site contains hundreds of photos taken by the French in the last two years of the First World War.
World War One - A World War 1 timeline, detailing events, day by day from 1914 through to 1919. Insight into what was arguably the first industrial war in history.
First World War - A multimedia history of World War One. Site editor Michael Duffy provides you with an overview of the First World War.
World War One Naval History - Mainly about the history of surface warship warfare between the Imperial German Navy and the British Royal Navy during World War One.
The British Army in the Great War - The Long, Long Trail cuts through myth and misinformation to present the facts of the British Army in the First World War.
Holocaust
Holocaust Chronicle - Features 800 pages and more than 1,800 images that can be searched and viewed in a number of ways.
Holocaust Survivors - Read the stories of the survivors Consult our encyclopedia, or read a historical introduction to the Holocaust.
Anne Frank - The most complete and current information with unique photos and film images. Flash player required.
BBC History: Genocide - Features a unique timeline allowing you to judge if you too would have accepted the drip-drip of events that led to murder on an unimaginable scale.
Reflections on the Holocaust - A feature from Encyclopædia Britannica, covering everything from the origins of the Holocaust in the mind of Adolf Hitler, to the legacy of the horror in art and memory.
Nizkor - Dedicated to 12 million Holocaust victims who suffered and died at the hands of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime.
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