Battles & Campaigns

Campaign

cam·paign

 [kam-peyn]

–noun

1. Military .
 
a. military operations for a specific objective.
b. Obsolete . the military operations of an army in the field for one season.

Pearl Harbor Reactions

What did the general public have to say the days after Pearl Harbor?  Find out at the library of Congress.  They have a whole sound collection dedicated to these reactions.  

After the Day of Infamy

Find Your Own Sources

Find some web sites about the different campaigns or battles of World War II.

Try using the keywords "World War II Campaigns" or "World War II  Battles".

Once you find a specific battle you would like to learn more about, try doing a new keyword search using the same method, but replace the word campaign or battle with the specific name of the battle/campaign you want to learn about. 

Google Web Search

D-Day

Japanese Invade Aleutian Islands

Battle of the Bulge

Bataan Death March

Hear from a Bataan Death March survivor.

D-Day Invasion

HQ Twelfth Army Group Situation Map

D-Day Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944

To zoom in, click here

Click here to view other military situation maps

Aleutian Islands

More information about how the Japanese were successful in their attack on the Aleutian Islands.

Battle of the Bulge

Take a step-by-step journey through the Battle of the Bulge.  This interactive essay uses the U.S. Army's situation maps to show the changing lines of battle over four weeks. 

The Battle of the Bulge Interactive Essay

Battle of Bataan Map