Key People & Events
American Experience: D-Day
Experience this WWII turning point through the stories of those who lived through it.
- Tavis Smiley: Tuskegee Airmen
- Listen to Tavis' interview with two Tuskegee airmen.
- American Experience: The Man Behind Hitler
- Read excerpts from Nazi leader Joseph Goebbels' diary.
- The Perilous Fight: Pearl Harbor
- Watch video of the attack on Pearl Harbor, shot by Hollywood director John Ford.
- American Experience: Battle of the Bulge
- Read the stories of soldiers and nurses who were at the Bulge.
- History Detectives: U.S.S. Indianapolis
- Watch an interview with a survivor of the U.S.S. Indianapolis bombing.
For the Classroom
- American Experience: WWII Teacher's Guide
- Explore WWII geography, economics, military strategy and more (high school).
- Secrets of the Dead: D-Day
- Connect the events of D-Day with scientific investigation and creative problem-solving (middle/high school).
- American Experience: Victory in the Pacific
- Help students analyze the impact of the atomic bomb (high school).
- American Experience: Fly Girls
- Spark discussion of the role of women in WWII (high school).
