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 •  Alexander the Great
 •  The Boxer Rebellion
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 •  Russo-Japanese War
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 •  The Conquistadors
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General Resources
Alex's Military History (in-depth treatment of selected military conflicts)
De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History (links, articles, and organization news)
Web Sources for Military History (annotated links, arranged by period) (Richard Jensen, U. Illinois)
West Point: Department Maps (collection of atlases) (United States Military Academy, West Point)
Military History Online (articles on a general range of matters, particularly World War II) (Brian Williams)
Society for Military History (homepage, including an extensive page of links) (Virginia Military I.)
US Armed Forces General Resources
Office of Medical History (images, organizational histories, bibliographies, and more) (Office of the Surgeon General, Washington, DC)
The National Museum of the United States Army (Fort Belvoir, VA)
Naval Historical Center (articles arranged by subject) (NHC, Dept. of the Navy, Washington, DC)
United States Army Military History Institute (links to other sites, organization information) (US Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, PN)
US Army Center of Military History: A View of Our Past (virtual exhibits, articles, and other resources) (John S. Brown, Center of Military History, US Army)
US Army Center for Military History (images, museum information, and more) (US Army)
The War Zone (extensive site, with links and articles on a wide range of military events) (Simonides.Org)
The War Times Journal (homepage, with numerous articles and links) (James Burbeck)
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African Warfare
The Anglo Boer War Museum (includes chronology, photos, and more) (Bloemfontein, South Africa)
The Anglo-Zulu War (articles and images on the conflict, as well as on Zulu culture) (Ian Knight)
Abubakar A. Atofarati The Nigerian Civil War, Causes, Strategies, And Lessons Learnt (1992 essay)
Pekka Masonen (U. of Tampere) and Humphrey J. Fisher (S. of Oriental and African Studies) Not Quite Venus From the Waves: The Almoravid Conquest of Africa in the Modern Historiography of Western Africa (about 1076 conquest of Ghana)
David W. Koeller (North Park U., Chicago, IL) Shaka Zulu: 1785-1828 (biography)
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Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great (virtual exhibit) (History Channel.com)
Alexander in Brief (annotated links on online Alexander resources) (Tim Spalding)
The Jewish Encyclopedia: Alexander the Great (article on Alexander's relation to Jewish history)
Alexander the Great of Macedon: From History to Eternity (articles with images, arranged by topic, covering Alexander;s full career) (John J. Popovic)
Alexander the Great: Bibliography (John Paul Adams, Cal State U., Northridge)
Empire of Alexander the Great- -Expansion into Asia and Central Asia (overview article and links) (Irma Marx, Silkroad Foundation)
Chris Whitten Alexander the Great: World Conqueror (essay with images and maps, giving historical overview)
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The American Revolutionary War
The American Revolution: National Discussions of Our Revolutionary Origins (articles and links; designed to complement PBS's Liberty! series) (Mark L. Cornbluh, Michigan State U.)
americanrevolution.org (links, cultural and historical information, and images (History Channel)
The Battle of Brooklyn (essay) (Brooklyn Online)
The Battle of Breed's Hil/Bunker Hill (synopsis, with statistics and tactical info) (AROTC, Worcester Polytechnic I.)
Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (includes historical articles and images) (CTSSAR, East Haddam, CT)
Robert K. Wright, Jr. The Continental Army (monograph on army organization) (US Army Center for Military History)
Historical Statements Concerning the Battles of Kings Mountain and the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (e-text of 1928 publication) (US Army Center for Military History
Drums Along the Mohawk: The American Revolution on the New York Frontier (chronicles, letters, timeline, and more) (Gregory F. Ketcham)
Expédition Particulière (history of French involvement, including links) (Xenophon Group)
The Papers of Nathanael Greene (historical information, primary sources, links) (Dennis M. Conrad, U. of South Carolina)
Intelligence in the War of Independence (articles, primary documents) (Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC)
Military Science: Army ROTC, Bay State Batallion (links to detailed analysis of 4 Revolution battles) (AROTC, Worcester Polytechnic I.)
National Park Service: The American Revolution (links to exhibits) (NPS, US Dept. of the Interior)
The Oneidas and the Birth of the American Nation (history of Oneida military involvement) (Oneida Indian Nation, NY)
The Philadelphia Campaign, 1777 (developing site, with articles and images)(Independence Hall Association, Philadelphia, PA)
Histories of the Battle of Saratoga (links to historiographical accounts) (Richard Jensen, U. of Illinois-Chicago)
W. Gilmore Simms The Life of Francis Marion (e-text biography of "the Swamp Fox" general) (Project Gutenberg, Champaign, IL)
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (homepage, links to historical articles and bibliography) (SAR, Louisville, KY)
Spy Letters of the American Revolution (texts, historical articles, chronology) (Clements Library, U. of Michigan)
Valley Forge National Historical Park (includes links to historical information) (National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior)
Yorktown Campaign (August-October 1781) (summary, bibliography, maps, images) (Xenophon Group)
The First Anglo-Afghan War (article on causes, followed by articles on battles) (Alex's Military History)
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Anglo-Scottish Warfare
The Battle of Bannockburn (articles on details of battle, background and consequences) (Alex's Military History)
Culloden-- The Death of the Clans (articles on background, battle, and consequences) (Alex's Military History)
Stirling Bridge (articles detailing background of battle, the battle itself, and consequences) (Alex's Military History)
Australia's Military History: 1860-2001 (articles arranged by topic) (Department of Defense, Australia)
The Australia-Japan Research Project (articles and images, with focus on 20th-Century militray history) (Australian War Memorial)
The Barbary Wars (historical essay, with images) (The Mariners' Museum, VA)
John E. Muter Bloody, Bloody Britain: Battles on British Soil, 55 BC-1797 (lists of battles with texts on background, plus bibliography) (Alex's Military History)
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The Boer War
The Anglo Boer War Museum (includes chronology, photos, and more) (Bloemfontein, South Africa)
John Rawlings (Stanford U.) Concentration Camps during the South African / Boer War, 1899-1902 (essay, with bibliogrpahy)
Denneys Reitz Commando; a Boer journal of the Boer War  (full text of this c.1929 journal)
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The Boxer Rebellion
Fei Ch'i-hao The Boxer Rebellion, 1900 (English translation of Chinese historical text, within Paul Halsall's Modern History Sourcebook)
Boxer Uprising: China, 1900-1901 (historical overview, photos, and short bibliography) (Australian War Memorial, Canberra)
The Boxer Rebllion (historical overview and images) (J. Buschini, Small Planet Communications.com)
The Centennial of the Boxer Rebellion (article and images) (Yale U. Library)
John W. Guy "Role of the United States Marines During the Relief of Peking, The Boxer Rebellion - 1900" (article and images) (U. San Diego)
George Odgers War Against the Boxers (historical overview and photos, with emphasis on Australian participation)
Boxer Rebellion (Third China War) 1900 (articles, maps, bibliography, and links) (T.F. Mills, Regiments.org)
 The Boxer Rebellion, 1900: A Selection of Prints, Books and Photographs (Frances Wood, British Library, London)
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Classical Warfare (Greek and Roman)
Julius Caesar (tutorial article, within the HSC Online site) (Charles Sturt U., Australia)
Greek Expansion (mini-articles, with images, within larger site on ancient Greece) (Discovery Channel Asia)
Lucan Pharsalia (aka "The Civil War") (1896 Ridley English translation; Online Medieval and Classical Library) (U. California, Berkeley)
Thucydides History of The Peloponnesian War (Crawley English translation) (Internet Classics Archive, Massachusetts I. of Technology)
Warfare in the Greco-Roman World (includes articles and links, arranged by geographical area) (James MacLean)
Warfare in the Roman World (includes bibliography) (Hugh Elton, Trinity C., Conn.)
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The Conquistadors
Gerard Pigeon (U. California, Santa Barbara) The Antillians: The Spanish Conquistadors (section on conquistador activity, within a site devoted to the Antillian islands)
Cabeza de Vaca: All the World is Human (virtual exhibit within the Conquistadors site based on the work of Michael Wood) (Public Broadcasting Service)
1492 Exhibit (Columbus and the New World) (Library of Congress electronic exhibit)
Michael Wood, et. al. Conquistadors (virtual exhibits on da Vaca, Cortes, Pizarro, and Orellana) (Public Broadcasting Service)
Pizarro: The Conquest of the Incas (virtual exhibit within the Conquistadors site based on the work of Michael Wood) (Public Broadcasting Service)
The Conquest of the Aztec Empire: Hernán Cortés (overview, within "The European Voyages of Exploration" site) (U. Calgary)
Bryan Pavlovich Hernando Cortez (historical overview by a high school student, with images and bibliography)
Franco de los Cobos Instructions to Conquistadors, 1517 (English translation of original text) East Tennessee State U.)
Ancient Middle America: European Exploration (map of Aztec empire, images, links)(Tim Roufs, U. Minnesota, Duluth)
A Journey through the Spanish Conquest (features timeline, bibliography, primary sources form both native and Spanish participants, plus conquistador biographies) (Jeff Schultz and Sean Johnson, U. Michigan)
The Spanish Invasion: Cortés and La Malinche (part 1 of multi-page historical overview of the conquest of Mexico, within the MEChA site) (MECHA, California State U., Los Angeles)
The Crimean War 1854-56 (historical overview, plus articles on battles) (Alex's Military History)
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The Crusades
Urban II Speech at Council of Clermont, 1095, Five versions of the Speech (English translations; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Albert of Aix Historia Hierosolymita (selections from chronicle; English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Anna Comnena The Alexiad (full English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
The Siege and Capture of Antioch: Collected Accounts (English translations of primary sources, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Bernard of Clairvaux Apologia for the Second Crusade (English translation, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Bibliothèque Nationale de France  (manuscript illuminations from the Crusades) (Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
Paul Crawford Crusading (Articles, with links to primary sources, within the ORB online encyclopedia)
La deuxième croisade (links to chronicle sources related to the Second Crusade, in French) (Marc Carrier, U. of Paris)
La quatrième croisade (links to chronicle sources concerning the Fourth Crusade, in French) (Marc Carrier, U. of Paris)
The Crusades (full electronic course) (E. L. Skip Knox, Boise State U.)
Crusades: A Guide to Online Resources (annotated links, within the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies) (Paul Crawford)
Denmark and the Crusading Movement (project description, articles, links, and more) (U. Southern Denmark)
The First Crusade (overview, lecture transcript) (Lynn Harry Nelson, U. Kansas)
Fulcher of Chartres History of the Expedition to Jerusalem (selections from chronicle; English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Geoffrey de Villehardouin Memoirs or Chronicle of The Fourth Crusade and The Conquest of Constantinople  (English translation, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Gesta francorum (selections; English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Guibert de Nogent On the First Crusade (selections from chronicle; English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Internet Medieval Sourcebook: The Crusades (links to primary sources, arranged by subject and period) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
The Siege and Capture of Jerusalem: Collected Accounts (English translations of primary sources, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
William Urban "An Historical Overview of the Crusade to Livonia" (article within the ORB online encyclopedia)
Thomas Madden "The Impact of the Crusades" (1999) (article, within the ORB online encyclopedia)
Paul Magadalino "The Byzantine Background to the First Crusade" (article) (1996)
Solomon bar Samson The Crusaders in Mainz, May 27, 1096 (translation into English, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Order of Malta: History of the order 1099-1999 (overview) (Order of Malta, Rome)
The Siege and Capture of Nicea: Collected Accounts (English translations of primary sources, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Odo of Deuis The Crusade of Louis VII (English translation of selections, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Osbernus De expugnatione Lyxbonensi, 1147 [The Capture of Lisbon] (English translation, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Peter the Hermit and the Popular Crusade: Collected Accounts (English translations, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
La première croisade (links to chronicle sources related to the First Crusade, in French) (Yves Gravelle, U. of Sherbrooke)
Raymond d'Aguiliers Historia francorum qui ceperint Jerusalem (English translation, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
Cairo History: The Age of Saladin (article, within larger site) (Alaa K. Ashmawy, U. South Florida)
Kenneth M. Setton, ed. A History of the Crusades (online texts) (U. Wisconsin, Madison Libraries)
Third Crusade (within larger online course) (E.L. Skip Knox, Boise State U.)
William of Tyre History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea (selections; English translation; within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook site) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.)
1755: The French and Indian War Page (tables, links, and more) (Larry Roux, Syracuse U.)
Francis Parkman Count Frontenac and New France Under Louis XIV (1877) (analysis of military conflicts in North America in the 1690s) (Project Gutenberg, U. Pennsylvania)
The Geometry of War 1500-1750 (virtual exhibits, focused on technological dimensions of warfare) (Museum of the History of Science, Oxford)
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The Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War Resources (annotated links) (Steven Kreis, Wake Technical Community C., Raleigh, NC)
The Hundred Years' War (manuscript images depicting various battles) (Bibliothèque Nationale Française
Maps of France During the 100 Year's War (gifs)
Lynn Harry Nelson (U. of Kansas) The Hundred Years' War (1336-1565) (overview in essay form)
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US-Indian Wars
James Lewis The Black Hawk War of 1832 (articles, images, primary sources, and more) (Abraham Lincoln Digitization Project, Northern Illinois U.)
Fallen Timbers Archaeological Project (articles, images, and sources related to the 1795 battle) (Heidelberg C., Tiffin, OH)
Indian Wars (chronology of "named campaigns," followed by descriptions) (Center for Military History, US Army)
Andrew Jackson's Actions and Deeds Against Southeastern Indians (chronology, editotials) (U. California, Riverside)
Andrew Jackson Indian Removal: Extract from Andrew Jackson's Seventh Annual Message to Congress (in the Archives of the West) (Public Broadcasting Service)
Chief Joseph: Nez Perce 1840-1904, Nez Percéé Indian chief (biographical overview, quotations, plus a photograph) (Daniel N. Paul)
The Navajo and Apache Wars (within the History of the West, 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection of the Denver Public Library" exhibition; overview and photos) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC)
National Indian Wars Association (society homepage, with links, articles, and other info related to the Indian Wars period, 1866-1890) (NIWA, Thousand Oaks, CA)
The Red River War (overview of conflict between the "between the United States Army and warriors of the Kiowa, Comanche, Southern Cheyenne, and southern Arapaho Indian tribes," 1874-5) (James Haley, U. Texas)
Paul T. Scheips Darkness and Light: The Interwar Years, 1865-1898 (overview of US military activity) (Center of Military History, Washington, DC)
Territorial Florida, Statehood, and the Seminole Indian Wars (1821-1858) (timeline, images) (Gail CLement, Florida International U.)
The Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapho Wars (within the History of the American West, 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection of the Denver Public Library exhibit; overview and photos) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC)
Isaac V.D. Heard History of the Sioux War and Massacres of 1862 and 1863 (follow link to full e-text of 1864 book) (U. Michigan)
U.S. Indian Policy, 1830-1890 (links to info and resources relating to Native Americans "designed as a resource for all those teaching and studying in France. The title of this page is the topic for the civilization subject of the agrégation [exam] for 1997") (J
"Winning the West: The Army in the Indian Wars, 1865-1890" (excerpt from American Militrary History (Center of Military History, US Army, Washington, DC)
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Indo-Chinese War (1962)
Official 1962 War History (pdf articles) (History Division, Ministry of Defence, Government of India)
Neville Maxwell India's China War (full e-text, arranged by chapter)
Indo-China War, 1962 (tables, links to articles arranged by topic0 (T.F. Mills, Regiments.org)
War in the Himalayas: 1962 Indo-Sino Conflict (articles, images, military history)(Bharat Rakshak)
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The Korean War
The Korean War (within the Korean History: A Bibliography site)(Kenneth R. Robinson, U. Hawaii)
Commemorating the Korean War (virtual exhbit, with multimedia archives) (US Department of Defense)
Conflict and Consequence: The Korean War and its Unsettled Legacy  (virtual exhibit, with articles and other archived material) (Truman Presidential Museum and Library, Independence, MO)
50th Anniversary of the War to Resist US Aggression & Aid Korea  (articles, timelines, and images, through a Chinese perspective on the "Korean War") (the China Internet Information Center)
Russell A. Guegler Combat Actions in Korea (articles arranged by topic; in the US Army Historical Series)
Korean War Maps (US Army Center of Military History)
Cold War International History Project Virtual Archive: New Evidence on the Korean War (links to articles) (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC)
The Battle of Lepanto (articles on battle, background and consequences) (Alex's Military History)
Richard B. White, "The Mahar Movement's Military Component" (U. Texas)
David Freidel (California State U., Hayward) Maya Warfare, Myth and Reality (essay)
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The Mongols
The Legacy of Genghis Khan (virtual exhibits, with historical information, including Mongol history in China and Iran) (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
Reuven Amitai-Preiss "Mamluks and Mongols: an overview" (1995) (etext from larger book)
Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan (virtual exhibits) (U. of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the National Museum of Mongolian History, Ulaanbaatar)
Mike Edwards and Jim Stanfield (National Geographic Society) The Land of Genghis Khan (photographic essay, maps, legacy of Genghis Khan in modern Mongolia)
S. A. M. Adshead "Tamerlane and the Global Arsenal, 1370-1405" (etext of selection form larger book on Central Asia)
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Napoleon And The Revolutionary Wars
Napoleon Page (in French and English) (Information Resource Centre, Canadian Forces C.)
Napoleon-Series (numerous articles focused on military history) (Robert Burnham)
Napoleon's Invasion of Russia (brief essay) (interKnowledge.corp)
Napoleon Site (in French and English) (The Napoleon Foundation)
The Napoleon Series (organization homepage, with links to articles on Napoleon and his era)
The Peninsular War and the Constitution of 1812 (background on the Spanish uprising against Napoleonic France) (Spanish Embassy)
Waterloo on the Net (includes historical information, a panoramic painting by Douis Dumoulin, and a short film by Russia's Bondartchouk; in French, English, Dutch, German) (Braine-l'Alleud)
Naval History: Great Britain (links to primary sources, such as catalogues and contemporary journalistic pieces) (Lars Bruzelius)
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The Norman Conquest of England (1066)
The Battle of Hastings: A Brief History and Virtual Tour (virtual exhibit, with articles, images, and links) (Deborah Vess, Georgia C. and State U.)
The Battle of Hastings 1066 (extensive site, with background info, maps, images, and more) (Glen Ray Crack, Battle1066.com)
The Full Bayeux Tapestry (thumbnail images) (Glen Ray Crack)
Invasion of England, 1066 (historical overview, with illustrations from the Bayeux Tapestry) (eyewitnesstohistory.com)
William Malmesbury The Battle of Hastings, 1066 (English translation of excerpt from chronicle, within Fordham U.'s Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida)
Statutes of William the Conqueror (English translation, within the Avalon Project site) (Yale U.)
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The Opium Wars
Digital China: The Opium War (overview, links to primary sources and other sites) (Harvard Law School)
China: The First Opium War (overview, image, and prmary document) (Joseph V. O'Brien, John Jay C. of Criminal Justice, NY)
Windows on Asia: History of Hong Kong (overview of cession of Hong Kong to Britain due to Chinese military defeat) (Michigan State U.)
Richard Hooker (Washington State U.) The Opium Wars (overview article, within the World Civilizations pages devoted to Chinese history)
Sigrid Schmalzer (U. California, San Diego) Review of Arthur Waley, The Opium War through Chinese Eyes (1958) 
Robert Clive "The Battle of Plassey, 1757" (within the Internet Modern History Sourcebook at Fordham U.) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida)
Gregory Crane (Tufts U.) The Case of Plataia: Start of a World War and an End of History (hypetexted essay on the Greek city-state and its militrary history, plus bibliography)
Russian Navy (homepage, in Russian or in English; links to history of navy, as well as to naval museum)
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Russo-Japanese War
Bill Gordon (Wesleyan U.) "Explanations of Japan’s Imperialistic Expansion, 1894-1910" (2003) (overvioew essay that runs through various theories of imperialism and weighs the value of these to the subject)
Anita Newcombe McGee The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 (article "exhibit," with focus on medicine) (National Museum of Health and Medicine, Washington, DC)
The Russo-Japanese War and American Popular Opinion  (within the Meeting of Frontiers website, in English and in Russian) (Library of COngress, Washington, DC)
The History of the Russian Navy: Port Arthur: Prologue (articles on the Russo-Japanese war, in English) (Russian Navy)
Laurie Barber Russo-Japanese War (historical essay, with images; part of a larger site on Georgi H. Zhukov)
The Russo-Japanese War Research Society (numerous articles, documents, and images)
The Treaty of Portsmouth (1905) (full text of treaty resolving the Russo-Japanese War)(Brigham Young U.)
Yale University Library: Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905  (description of microfilm project, with historical overview of related documents) (Slavic and East European Collections, Yale U. Library)
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The Samurai
Cyrus Amini "The Samurai of Traditional Japan" (essay providing historical overview, along with brief bibliography)(Charlotte Country Day School, NC)
James Clark (Pacific U.) Bushido: The Way of the Warrior (overview, with links to articles, by subject)
Castles and the Unification of the Realm: 15th century to 17th century Japan (overview of exhibit, with images and text) (Natonal Museum of Japanese History, Sakura)
Electric Samurai: Cobweb Castle (images and brief notices on historical samurai) (Kikutake Yuji)
The Heiji War (essay, within the World Civilizations site) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.)
Ron Knight Samurai, Ninja & Medieval Japan Site (Society for CReative Anachronism site with articles arranged by topic, plus bibliography)
Jonathan Dresner (U. Hawai'i at Hilo) How True to History is Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai? (2004) (review and essay)
Miyamoto Musashi A Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) (English translation by Victor Harris, with notes)
Ridgeback Press (links to biographical essays, and publishing information)(Pinole, CA)
The Samurai
Cyrus Amini "The Samurai of Traditional Japan" (essay providing historical overview, along with brief bibliography)(Charlotte Country Day School, NC)
James Clark (Pacific U.) Bushido: The Way of the Warrior (overview, with links to articles, by subject)
Castles and the Unification of the Realm: 15th century to 17th century Japan (overview of exhibit, with images and text) (Natonal Museum of Japanese History, Sakura)
Electric Samurai: Cobweb Castle (images and brief notices on historical samurai) (Kikutake Yuji)
The Heiji War (essay, within the World Civilizations site) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.)
Ron Knight Samurai, Ninja & Medieval Japan Site (Society for CReative Anachronism site with articles arranged by topic, plus bibliography)
Jonathan Dresner (U. Hawai'i at Hilo) How True to History is Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai? (2004) (review and essay)
Miyamoto Musashi A Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) (English translation by Victor Harris, with notes)
Ridgeback Press (links to biographical essays, and publishing information)(Pinole, CA)
The Samurai
Cyrus Amini "The Samurai of Traditional Japan" (essay providing historical overview, along with brief bibliography)(Charlotte Country Day School, NC)
James Clark (Pacific U.) Bushido: The Way of the Warrior (overview, with links to articles, by subject)
Castles and the Unification of the Realm: 15th century to 17th century Japan (overview of exhibit, with images and text) (Natonal Museum of Japanese History, Sakura)
Electric Samurai: Cobweb Castle (images and brief notices on historical samurai) (Kikutake Yuji)
The Heiji War (essay, within the World Civilizations site) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.)
Ron Knight Samurai, Ninja & Medieval Japan Site (Society for CReative Anachronism site with articles arranged by topic, plus bibliography)
Jonathan Dresner (U. Hawai'i at Hilo) How True to History is Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai? (2004) (review and essay)
Miyamoto Musashi A Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) (English translation by Victor Harris, with notes)
Ridgeback Press (links to biographical essays, and publishing information)(Pinole, CA)
The Samurai [Show]
Samurai Archives (historical articles) (C.E. West and F.W. Seal)
Stephanie Thommes and Maggie Pedersen Samurai (articles on the history and culture of the samurai, plus a short bibliography, within the Experience Japan web site) (Creighton U.)
Samurai Archives (historical articles) (C.E. West and F.W. Seal)
Stephanie Thommes and Maggie Pedersen Samurai (articles on the history and culture of the samurai, plus a short bibliography, within the Experience Japan web site) (Creighton U.)
Samurai Archives (historical articles) (C.E. West and F.W. Seal)
Stephanie Thommes and Maggie Pedersen Samurai (articles on the history and culture of the samurai, plus a short bibliography, within the Experience Japan web site) (Creighton U.)
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First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
Bill Gordon (Wesleyan U.) "Explanations of Japan’s Imperialistic Expansion, 1894-1910" (2003) (overvioew essay that runs through various theories of imperialism and weighs the value of these to the subject)
Shimonoseki Armistice, March 30, 1895 (transcription, in English) (Center for East Asian Studies, U. California, Los Angeles)
S. Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (U. Heidelberg) and Marilyn A. Levine (Lewis-Clark State C.) Historical Survey: Sino-Japanese War (overview and images, within electronic course on Chinese history)
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The Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-45)
Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre, 1937-38 (Chiu-yee Cheung, Hong Kong)
Nanking 1937: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Nanking Massacre (virtual exhibit, including historical articles and images) (Princeton U.)
Leon Poon (U. Maryland) Republican China: Anti-Japanese War (overview article, within larger history of China site)
Shanghai 1937: Photographs of Karl Kengelbacher (over 100 photos of a four-month period of the war in Shanghai) (Peter Kengelbacher, and Schauwecker's Guide to Japan)
A Joint Study of the Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1945 (bibliographies, links, documents, conference minutes, description of project seeking to connect scholars) (Asia Center, Harvard U., and Steven Phillips, Towson U.)
A Joint Study of the Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1945 (bibliographies, links, documents, conference minutes, description of project seeking to connect scholars) (Asia Center, Harvard U., and Steven Phillips, Towson U.)
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The Spanish-American War
Anti-Imperialism in the United States, 1898-1935 [Show]
The Spanish-American War Centennial Website (numerous articles and background info) (Jess Giessel and Patrick McSherry)
Crucible of Empire: the Spanish-American War (educational resources, in a site devoted to the televised documentary) (PBS)
A War in Perspective, 1898-1998: Public Appeals, Memory, and the Spanish-American Conflict  (exhibit materials, arranged by subject) (New York Public Library)
Excerpts of Sources on the Thirty Years' War (from J.H. Robinson, ed., 1906) (Sam Houston State U.)
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U.S. Civil War
The American Civil War Homepage (numerous links, many annotated, covering all aspects of the Civil War) (George H. Hoemann and Mary E. Myers, U. of Tennessee)
Constitution of the Confederacy (Karpeles Manuscript Library)
Constitution of the Confederate States (transcription of text) (Ohio U. Law Center)
Crisis at Fort Sumter (articles arranged by subject) (Richard B. Latner et al., Tulane U.)
Gettysburg Address (electronic exhibit, including photos, draft information, and more) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC)
The Ulysses S. Grant Network (educational resources) (marie Kelsey, C. of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN)
George B. Kirchner Kirchner's Map of the Confederacy, 1863 (detailed analysis of aspects of the map)
Abraham Lincoln Online (includes texts of speeches, historical articles, and news)
Roger Norton Abraham Lincoln's Assassination (images, essays, and background information)
The Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress (virtual exhibit) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC)
Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library (virtual exhibit, including papers and related sheet music) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC)
Maps of the American Civil War (Hargrett Library, U. Georgia)
Monitor: History and Legacy (articles arranged by subject) (Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA)
Selected Civil War Photographs (part of the American Memory set of sites) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC)
A Civil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment: Selections from the Tilton C. Reynolds Papers (virtual exhibit) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC)
Selected Civil War Photographs Home Page (Library of Congress) 
Suite101.com: American Civil War (Mike Swogger)
U.S. Civil War Center (Louisiana State U)
The U.S. Civil War Center (includes exhibits, historical information, links, program details, and more) (Louisiana State U.)
The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the Civil War (focus on Augusta County, VA and Franklin County, PN) (Edward L. Ayers, UVA)
Washington During the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865 (virtual exhibit) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC)
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The US-Mexican War
K. Jack Bauer Mexican War (overview) (U. of Texas at Austin Library and the Texas State Historical Ass.
The Mexican War and California (articles) (California Military Museum)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (historical background, with complete text of treaty) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC)
Juan Villegas (U. of San Diego) The Treaty of Gudalupe Hidalgo (overview and images, with relevant links)
Paul R. Machula The Mexican War (history about Arizona and the Mexican War)
Mexican War (maps and military information) (US Military Academy, West Point, NY)
David Saville MUzzey (Columbia U.) The Mexican War (excerpts from 1911 text, plus images) (Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco)
John D. Sloat The Mexican War and California: The Sloat Proclamation (1846)(The California Military Museum)
The US-Mexican War (1846-1848) (timeline, essays, and links) (PBS.org)
The U.S.-Mexican War of 1846-48 (overview and images) (Brazuria County Historical Museum, Angleton, TX)
The U.S. Mexican War (historical articles and images) (Descendants of Mexican War Veterans)
The U.S. Mexican War: 1846-1848 (essays, images, and a timeline) (PBS Online)
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The Vietnam War
Vietnam War Bibliography (Richard Jensen, U. Illinois)
Vietnam War Bibliography (Edwin E. Moïse, Clemson U.)
Online Bookshelves: Vietnam War (CMH publications) (US Army Center of Military History)
The Historical Text Archive: Vietnam War Page (links) (Don Mabry, Mississippi St. U)
Vietnam War: Maps (US Military Academy, West Point, NY)
The My Lai Courts-Martial 1970 (multimedia resources, within larger law case site) (Douglas Linder, U. Missouri-Kansas City School of Law)
Recalling the Vietnam War (articles and interviews with numerous scholars) (Institute of International Studies, U. California, Berkeley)
The Fall of Saigon (archived articles, introductory essay by Malcolm W. Browne, and more) (the New York Times)
The Vietnam Conflict (articles, images, and other resources, arranged by topic) (John K. Swensson, De Anza C.)
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The Vikings
Nova: The Vikings (companion site to series, includes texts and images, as well as video and links) (Nova, PBS.org)
Regia Anglorum (homepage for group devoted to "Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Norman and British Living History," with links to articles and news about re-enactment activities)
Viking Heritage (homepage, with link to general information including history, maps, and images) (Gotland U.)
World of the Vikings (homepage for collaborative project with page of Viking links) (National Museum of Denmark and York Archaeological Trust)
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War of 1812
J. B. Calvert (U. Denver, Colorado) The War of 1812 And All That: An introduction to the War of 1812: an episode in the history of bungling, with its effects on the Indians (detailed overview, with emphasis on military politics, especially as regards various Native American threats)
Joshua Kuss (San Diego U.) The War of 1812 (articles, by topic, plus bibliography)
The James Madison Center: the War of 1812 (primary documents, articles, pedagogical resources, and more) (James Madison U.)
Native American Material: War of 1812 (links to primary documents in facsimile, with descriptions) (Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan U.)
Wesley Allen Riddle (U. Maryland University C.-Camp Doha) The War of 1812 (overview)
the War of 1812 (maps, articles) (US Military Academy, West Point, NY)
The War of 1812 Website (articles, images, documents, and links) (Military Heritage.com)
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The Wars of the Roses
Lara E. Eakins The Tudors in the Wars of the Roses (detailed overview, with hyperlinked notes about key figures and elements, within a larger site devoted to Tudor history)
Liz Laycock (Sheffield Hallam U.) The Wars of the Roses (overview of events, including period images, plus a very extensive set of relevant links)
Wars of the Roses 1450-1487 (detailed descriptions of key battles, including maps) (UK Battlefields Resource Center)
Wars of the Roses: Principal Battles of the Wars of the Roses (chronological list of battles, with links to descriptive essays for each) (The Richard III Foundation)
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World War I
World War I and its Aftermath 1914 - 1921 (links to tutorial articles within the HSC Online site) (Charles Sturt U., Australia)
World War I--Trenches on the Web: An Internet History of the Great War
Homepage (deep, well-organized, sophisticated page of textual and multimedia resources) (Mike Iavarone)
From Chickamauga to Chipilly Ridge: The Long March of John Allan Wyeth ("World War I poetry of an American Civil War vet")
PBS/The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century 
Reference Library
Homepage 
Armory 
Biographies Index 
Document Archive 
Fractal Gallery (Artwork from the Great War) 
Media Room (Audio files) 
Photo Archive 
Timeline Index ("detailed history of the major events leading up to and occurring during World War I")
VRML Hall ("virtual reality objects from WWI")
WWI Publications and Periodicals 
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World War II
WW II Resources (links to primary documents) (Larry Jewell)
Atomic Warfare
Hiroshima Archive (historical, cultural, and artistic resources related to the A-bomb) (Mayu Tsuruya, Lewis & Clark C.)
A-Bomb WWW Museum (includes voice testimonials, articles, images; in Japanese or English) (Mitsuru Ohba & John Benson, Hiroshima, Japan)
Atomic Bomb: Decision (Hiroshima-Nagasaki) (includes links to declassified documents relating to the decision to drop the bomb) (Gene Dannen)
BURN!: Toge Sankichi (Hiroshima Artworks by Iri and Toshi Maruki 
Nagasaki Journey (selective Web version of bicoastal exhibit of 100+ pictures of the ruins of Nakasaki taken by Yosuke Yamahata on Aug. 10, 1945) (International Center of Photography, New York; Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco)
Peace Memorial Museum (includes images of fused, melted, and charred relics of the Hiroshima A-bomb blast) (Hiroshima)
An Auschwitz Alphabet (info and quotes about Auschwitz in a glossary-like arrangement) (Jonathan Blumen)
Churchill and the Great Republic (virtual exhibit) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC)
World War II Links on the Internet (annotated links, arranged by subject) (Steve Schoenherr, U. of San Diego)
Neville Chamberlain with Adolf Hitler, Fall 1938 (audio) (WebCorp)
Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II (exhibition on eight women wartime correspondents) (Library of Congress)
World War II and the US
Children of the Camps: The Japanese American WWII Internment Camp Experience ("documentary captures the experiences of six Americans of Japanese ancestry who were confined as innocent children to internment camps") (Satsuki Ina)
The Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (declassified document) (Navy Historical Center, Washington, DC)
Executive Order 9066: The Internment of 110,000 Japanese Internment (Asian American Studies Center, U. California, Los Angeles)
Doouglas MacArthur War Report: US Occupation of Japan (speech made on August 30, 1945; within larger speech archive) (History Channel.com)
Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II (exhibition on eight women wartime correspondents) (Library of Congress)
Mattie E. Treadwell The Women's Army Corps (monograph telling the history of women in the US armed forces in WWII) (Center of Military History, US Army, Washington, DC)
Books Go to War: The Armed Services Editions in World War Two (virtual exhibit of 1996 exhibition at the Dome Room of the Rotunda) (U. Virginia)
WW II Resources (links to primary documents) (Larry Jewell)
WWII and the Atomic Bomb (see under Asia below) 
Georgi H. Zhukov (link to archived essays covering 20th-century Russian/Soviet military activities, plus links; in Russian or in English) (Robert Beckhusen)
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Zulu
The Anglo-Zulu War (articles and images on the conflict, as well as on Zulu culture) (Ian Knight)
David W. Koeller (North Park U., Chicago, IL) Shaka Zulu: 1785-1828 (biography)
Zululand: History of the Zulu People (Tourism KwaZulu-Natal)


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