The Forties: World War II
The Second World War began in September 1939 when Germany invaded Poland and lasted until 1945

Battle Of Britain - Pearl Harbor - The Draft - Isolationists - Lend-Lease - D-Day - Iwo Jima
Nazis - Concentration Camps - Holocaust - Axis Powers - V-E Day - Gis - Wacs - Waves
Atomic Bomb - War Bonds - V-J Day - Nurenburg Trials - Marshall Plan - The Cold War
Homefront - Radio - Big Bands - Bobbysoxers - Your Hit Parade - "Rosie The Riveter"
"Joe Palooka" Comics - Pinup Girls - "Casablanca" - Victory Gardens - Jukebox
"South Pacific" - GI Bill - "Iron Curtain" - Dior - "The Best Years Of Our Lives"

Winston Churchill - Adolph Hitler - Tojo - Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Joseph Stalin
Douglas Macarthur - Dwight D. Eisenhower - Rommel - Eleanor Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman - George Patton - Edward R. Murrow - Ernie Pyle
Margaret Bourke White - Tennessee Williams - Arthur Miller - Richard Wright
Norman Mailer - Bob Hope - Betty Grable - Rita Hayworth - Cary Grant
Ingrid Bergman - Humphrey Bogart - Frank Sinatra - Joe Dimaggio
Gregory Peck - Cole Porter - Rogers & Hammerstein - Jackie Robinson - Joe Louis

Chronologies & Timelines

973.9 Ame Ref
America In The 20th Century

973.9 Ame Ref
American Decades

973.03 Car Ref
Carruth, Gorton
The Encyclopedia Of American Facts And Dates

902.0202 Car Ref
Carruth, Gorton
Encyclopedia Of World Facts And Dates

909.82 Chr Ref
Chronicle Of The 20th Century

973 Cle Ref
Clements, John
Chronology Of The United States

902.02 Gru (Also in Ref.)
Grun, Bernard
Timetables Of History

909 Imh Ref
Imhoff, Susan
Timelines Of World History

973 Lup Ref
Lupiano, Vincent Depaul
It Was A Very Good Year: A Cultural History Of The U.S

902.02 Tra Ref
Trager, James
The Peoples Chronology

909.82 T918t Ref
20th Century

Popular Culture

391.009 Bak
Baker, Patricia
Fashions Of A Decade. The 1940s

391.009 Eve
Everyday Fashions Of The Forties As Pictured In Sears Catalogs

909.823 Hal
Hall, Carolyn
The Forties In Vogue

305.409 Har
Hartmann, Susan M.
The Home Front And Beyond: American Women In The 1940s

973.917 Hei
Heide, Robert
Home Front America: Popular Culture Of The World War II Era

791.43 Hol
Hollywood In The 1940s: The Stars' Own Stories

Oversize 391.009 Hun
Hunt, Marsha
The Way We Wore: Style Of The 1930s And '40s . . .

909.824 J415f
Jenkins, Alan
The Forties

391.009 Pea
Peacock, John
The 1940s: with 329 Illustrations

391 R563f
Robinson, Julian
Fashion In The Forties

309.173 Z66p
Zinn, Howard
Postwar America: 1945-1971

History

973.917 Bai
Bailey, Ronald H.
The Home Front, U.S.A.

973.92 Coo
Cooke, Alistair
America Observed: From The 1940s To The 1980s

973.917 Dec
Decade Of Triumph, The 40s

940.53 Gil
Gilbert, Martin
The Second World War: A Complete History

940.53 H671h
Hoehling, A. A.
Home Front, U. S. A.

940.53 Kee
Keegan, John
The Second World War

940.53 Kli
Klingaman,William K.
1941: Our Lives In A World On The Edge

940.53 Sul
Sulzberger, C. L.
American Heritage New History Of World War II

Heritage Room 977.3 W344i
Watters, Mary
Illinois In The Second World War

AudioVisual

CD Popular Sixteen
16 Most Requested Songs Of The 1940s Volumes I And II

Book On Cassette C940.53 Bro
Brown, Edward
Home Front: The Drama Of The War Years: Music, People, Events

Book On Cassette C973 Fab
The Fabulous 40's

CD Popular Sentimental
Sentimental Journey: The Forties

Video 940.53 War
War Chronicles - 7 Volume Video Set

Video 940.53 Wor
World War II: Breadlines To Boomtimes - 3 Volume Video Set

Video 940.53 Wor
WWII In Color

Websites

Holocaust History Project

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum