This document provides an overview of several websites that contain information on the United States military's involvement in World War II. It analyzes each website, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses for researching this topic. Some of the websites discussed include the Chronology of World War II, World War 2 Timeline 1939-1945, World War II Commemoration, and HyperWar: A Hypertext History of the Second World War. For each site, the document provides a brief description and evaluates how useful the site is for learning about specific aspects of the US military's role in WWII. Overall, the document aims to guide researchers to the most relevant online sources for this topic.

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http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/01/ The Purdue OWL: Sample Outlines
Alphanumeric Outline THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS I. CHOOSE DESIRED
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pollution is the primary cause of global warming. A. Greenhouse gas emissions are widely
identified by the scientific community to be harmful. 1. The burning of coal and fossil fuels
are the primary releasers of hazardous greenhouse gases. Full sentence outlines are often
accompanied with an APA reference list on a separate page. Quotes within the outline must
also utilize APA in-text citations. Decimal Outline 1.0 Choose Desired College 1.1 Visit and
evaluate college campuses 1.2 Visit and evaluate college websites 1.2.1 Look for interesting
classes 1.2.2 Note important statistics What is a Webography? A webography (aka
webliography) offers students like you a new perspective on an old assignment classic: the
annotated bibliography. Even if you have never heard the phrase “annotated bibliography,”
most (if not all) of you have certainly compiled a bibliography (or a reference list) for a
research project or paper. But you may not yet have been asked to compile and create an
annotated bibliography. So, let’s begin by reviewing terms with which you probably are
journals, websites,
periodicals, etc.) one has used for researching a topic. A bibliography/reference usually just
annotation is a summary and/or evaluation. When we put these two terms together, then,
we arrive at the following definition of “annotated bibliography:” An annotated
bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed
by a brief descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the
annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources
cited. Like the classic annotated bibliography, the webography/webliography offers readers
a list of citations and accompanying annotations to source materials related to a given topic.

2. However, unlike the classic annotated bibliography (which can include both library and
non-library resources), the webography/webliography only includes online resources (i.e.,
webpages). Reference: Stacks, Geoff and Erin Karper. “Annotated Bibliographies.” Online
Writing Lab @ Purdue University. Purdue University. July 2001. Web. 4 May 2006.
Webography 101: A very short introduction to bibliographies on the Internet.
http://1980swebography.weebly.com/what-is-a-webography.html Annotated Webography
For WMD Regulatory/Response Websites By: Student Name HLSS 215 REGULATORY
ISSUES IN WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION Professor: [Insert Professor Name Here] 1
Overview: There are literally hundreds of government agencies and private companies that
provide the public with a substantial amount of information regarding Weapons of Mass
Destruction (WMD)…. Internet Sources: Webography Page First website
selected……………………………………………………………………………………………………pg 3
https://www……. Second website selected
………………………………………………………………………pg 4 http://www…… Nuclear Threat
Initiative………………………………………………………………………pg 5 http://www.nti.org/ Etc
………………………………..……………………………………………………………pg 6 2 Comment [HS1]: Here
is one example of what one would look like…..put each website on a separate page….keep
your review to one page for each website Nuclear Threat Initiative The Nuclear Threat
Initiative is a nonprofit organization that has a mission to strengthen global security by
building trust and transparency that are outlined in the Non-Proliferation Treaty. At first
glance, I noticed the layout of the website is clean and inviting with various colors of white
and light blue. The website is built around a blog style that allows real time information to
be easily located and displayed. I like this because it doesn’t make the website stagnant and
allows the reader to find updated information extremely easy. What caught my eye initially
is the very top navigation bar under “Glossary.” This is a glossary that is independent of NTI
and provides the reader with various terms and definitions that directly relate to the
websites content including WMD. Some of the terms come from the various treaties,
weapons that cause mass destruction, and other miscellaneous terms. As do other websites,
the NTI website provides an “About Page” that describes the company and its mission
statement. Not only does the website provide up to date information, but also provides links
to the two major social websites such as Twitter and Facebook. I like that this website likes
to interact and engage its followers as social networking provides the vehicle for
communicating between the company and its readers. NTI also provides video content as
the world is shifting to this type of medium for information such as YouTube videos. The
profiles of different counties are very informative. If you are interested in a country, such as
Iran and its history as far as WMD is concerned, you just click on the country’s flag and the
information for that state are displayed. A quick overview of that country is explained to
include information related to Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical warfare. Some of the
information is about the state’s position on WMD and where they stand on the NPT. The NTI
website is a very informative site that covers a wide range of information pertaining to
countries and their involvement in WMD. It covers all NBC threats and provides in depth
analysis on a wide range of topics in the form of articles, reports, testimonies, speeches and
opinions. 3 Comment [HS2]: Use pictures that catch the reader’s attention Comment [HS3]:

3. Highlight the website strengths that you have identified And don’t forget to also highlight
what the weaknesses are or what areas they could have covered better. Summary: The
subject of WMD is …… 4 References Don’t toonlyinclude Commentforget [HS4]: You need to
include a reference page if you used direct quotes in your references for all of your material.
web sites in APA format. Smith, D.J….. 5 ANNOTATED WEBOGRAPGY UNITED STATES
MILITARY IN WORLD WAR II Professor __________ Class Name Student Name Overview: This
annotated webography is designed to guide internet-based research for World War II. This
webography concentrates on specific topics that involve significant United States Military
contributions to World War II. The following nine websites contain detailed timelines,
general accounts, analytical papers, and official World War II documentation. Maps, charts,
and pictures displaying amplifying data supplement most of the websites. Each section of
this webography gives a broad description of the website and concentrates on in-depth
analysis of the website’s usefulness to specific topics that involve significant United States
Military contributions to World War II. Example illustrations of each site’s homepage are
included at the end of each analytical paragraph to provide visual aid. Utilizing this
annotated webography, researchers can navigate through the Internet around websites that
are not historically sound for information concerning significant United States Military
contributions to World War II. Sources: Chronology of World War II
……………………………………………………………..…pg 3 http://www.onwar.com/chrono/index.htm
World War 2 Timeline 1939-1945………………………………………………………….pg 4
http://www.worldwar-2.net/index.htm World War II
Commemoration……………………………………………………………..pg 5
http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mainpage.html World War II
Remembered………………………………………………………………….pg 6
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/wwii/ Hyper War: A
Hypertext history of the Second World War…………………………….pg 7
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ Military Operations: World War
II………………………………………………………….pg 8
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/world_war_2.htm World War II
Timeline……………………………………………………………………….pg 9
http://history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/start.html World War
Two………………………………………………………………………..……pg 10
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/ The World at War, History of WW 1939-
1945………………………………………..…pg 11
http://www.euronet.nl/users/wilfried/ww2/ww2.htm 2 Chronology of World War II This
is a “timeline-style” website of the 2,192 days of World War II. It offers a comprehensive
day-by-day account of the war from September 1, 1939 to September 30, 1945. The website
emphasizes on battles and campaigns but also includes significant social and political
events. There is, also, supporting sections for maps and tanks of World War II. The maps
section proves to be adequate in providing visual aid, but the tanks section’s technical data
did not contain useful information for this specific topic. Yet, the main portion of the
website, the timeline, is useful in displaying a complete picture of the war. It is easy to
navigate through by categorizing a search by year then by month then by day. The website’s

4. format is a bulletined timeline that only contains subject lines but lacks explanatory,
descriptive, or definitive information. For example, on Friday, February 27, 1942, the
website declares “The Battle of the Java Sea. Allied Admiral Doorman commanding a four-
nation task force of five cruisers and eleven destroyers attempts to engage a Japanese
invasion force commanded by Admiral Takagi on its way to Java. In a series of running
engagements (February 2728th), the Allied force is almost totally destroyed.” In this
example, the website states that the Battle of the Java Sea occurred, and it gives a general
account of the events of the battle. The insert fails to give details of why the battle occurred,
the significance of the battle, the effects of the battle, or how the outcome arose. Although it
lacks enough information to conduct complete research, this website is marginally adequate
for this specific subject, because it provides the complete picture of the World War II story.
3 World War 2 Timeline 1939-1945 This is a “timeline-style” website that covers significant
events during World War II. A prewar section, a section for films concerning World War II,
and a section for resource links for categories such as famous quotes and casualties
supplement the body of the timeline. This website is much like the Chronology of World
War II. They both present the entire picture of the “war years” through a timeline-style
website that limits the information presented to subject lines. Like the Chronology of World
War II website, this website is a marginally adequate source, because it fails to give a
complete account. It tells the entire story of World War II, but it lacks detailed information.
There is one major difference between World War 2 Timeline 1939-1945 and Chronology of
World War II websites…the format of the timelines. This website provides a different
perspective that allows the researcher to look into topic specific timelines such as the war
in Europe, the events in the Americas, and the Holocaust. In some instances, this website
gives a varying account that the Chronology of World War II website. For example, in
relation to the example presented in the section of this webography for the Chronology of
World War II, this website does not have an entry for the Battle of Java Sea. Instead it states
in its Asia and the Pacific section, “Japanese land on Java” on Saturday, February 28, 1942.
Yet, together with the Chronology of World War II website, this website provides multiple
means of searching through time for significant events as well as the events that led up to
those significant events and at the same time providing a multi-source timeline for
researchers. 4 World War II Commemoration This website is a World War II dedicated
website divided into six sections of general categories. Each section is further separated into
subsections of specific topics. The first section concerns the story of World War II, and it
contains subsections concerning specific topics such as campaigns, diplomatic history, and
the prewar and post war eras. The second section concerns biographies on significant
individuals as well as articles concerning specific topics. The third section is a collection of
actual air combat films. The fourth section is a collection of photographs. The fifth section is
a World War II history test. The final section is a list of related links. The website builds a
progressive account of the World War II story. The first section gives a general account of
events before, during, and immediately after the war while providing reasoning for
significant events. It starts with a broad story of the war, and then breaks down the story
into fourteen more specific chronological sections from the prewar era to war era. The
section ends with amplifying information including cost, casualties, and a chronological

5. timeline. The second section supplements the first by giving more detailed information of
significant events such as D-Day and the Atomic Bomb while also providing biographies on
important people such as Omar Bradley and Benito Mussolini. As articles within the first
section focus on a descriptive style, the style of the second section changes slightly more
definitive in order to adequately supplement the first section. The third and fourth sections
further provide amplifying data thorough visual aid. This website proves to be an adequate
resource for this specific topic by providing general and detailed descriptive and definitive
information. 5 World War II Remembered This website is a division of Scholastic.com
tailored to assist those starting a research paper. Sections of this website include
recommended research topics, a list of articles, and a list of other online World War II
resources. The only section that provides useful resource information is the section
concerning a list of articles. The list of articles includes general accounts of the war
separated into three parts supplemented with separate articles on significant events,
aspects, equipment, and people. For other topics such as intelligence operations, blitzkrieg,
the Normandy invasion, Luftwaffe, and high profile generals such as George Patton and
Erwin Rommel the website proves to be an excellent resource, because it provides specific
articles for these subjects. For this specific topic, the website provides limited contribution.
Its contributions include a different approach through third party accounts of top U.S.
Generals including George Patton, Dwight Eisenhower, and Omar Bradley. It, also, provides
information concerning strategies and tactics. The articles focus on principles of each topic.
By doing so, the website supplements other resources by providing amplifying information.
Yet, the website is not an adequate World War II website due to its focus on being a
“research starter” instead of being a source of the subject. Because of this approach, the
website lacks enough subject matter to be an adequate World War II source. Although this
website cannot be used as a stand-alone source, it proves to be useful in supplementing
research for this specific topic by providing a different approach as well as information on
strategies and tactics. 6 HyperWar: A Hypertext History of the Second World War This web
site is a collection of material related to World War II. The contents are official government
histories, source documents, primary references, and order of battle information. It is a
public domain categorized into general accounts, official documents, and by each theater of
operations. The General Accounts section is complied from American Military History of
1973 (Maurice Matlof, General Editor). This section is separated into four sub-sections that
cover the accounts of the Allied Powers including their defensive plan, grand strategy, war
against Germany and Italy, and war against Japan. Each sub-section covers strategy and
significant events of each topic chronologically and supplements the information with maps
and pictures. The General Accounts section proves very useful for this specific topic,
because it not only describes how the U.S. Military participated in the war but also describes
the causes and effects of U.S. participation. For example, the website describes U.S. fortified
positions after the attack on Pearl Harbor, then describes how the strategy was used later to
penetrate Japanese defenses by attacking from multiple directions in the War Against Japan
sub-section. The official documents section is a compilation of diplomatic and political
documents including those from conferences, relevant US legislation, international pacts,
and treaties. This section proves to be vaguely useful for this specific topic. It displays the

6. formal commitments of the U.S., but it does not fully explain the purpose or extent of the
commitments. The Theater of Operations section is separated into four sub-sections. Each
sub-section gives a more detailed account of significant events in specific theaters including
the Pacific, European, China-BurmaIndia, and American Theaters. This section provides
much useful information in the same manner that the General Accounts section does, but
the Theater of Operations section provides a more specific and detailed account of
campaigns and battles. Yet, the Theater of Operations section falls short of explaining the
effects or future contributions of each section. This website proves very useful for this
specific topic by giving general and specific accounts of the participation of the U.S. Military
as well as a broad account of the causes and effects of specific U.S. Military contributions.
Military Operations: World War II This World War II website is part of a military section of
the Global Security website separated into six sections. The First section is an article
concerning the events of World War II. It chronologically accounts for the significant events
of all theaters of the war that shaped the immediate events causing the war to the defeat of
Japan and Germany. The second section is a list of analytical papers. The list includes topics
such as the meaning of World War II, testimony of ex-German leaders, and explaining Hitler.
The third section is a list of related websites for further research in World War II. The
fourth section is a list of links to U.S. Army documents that cover a variety of specific topics
such as the Women’s Army Corps, training for mountain and winter warfare, and the Battle
of the Bulge. The fifth is a list of links to U.S. Naval documents that cover a variety of specific
topics such as casualties, Operation Tiger, and patrol torpedo boats. The final section is a list
of links to U.S. Air Force documents, but it only includes one link concerning the U.S.
Strategic Bombing Strategy. Lacking specific details and facts to support this specific topic,
most of this website was not adequate for research. The first section gave a good overview
of the war, which could be used to build a general understanding. Yet, the article was too
broad to be used sufficiently. All of the analytical papers of the second section were
irrelevant for this topic. Many of the articles under the last three sections proved useful,
thou. Useful articles provided amplifying data in subject areas such as American campaigns,
U.S. Army Special Forces, and Navajo code talkers. The only portion of this website that was
useful for research of this specific topic was a majority of the Army, Naval, and Air Force
documents. 8 World War II Timeline This website is a database of articles related to World
War II. The articles include descriptive papers, detailed outlines, maps, documents,
analytical accounts, and reference listings. Specific topics of these articles include those
directly concerning the war such as battles, equipment, places, and people as well as those
indirectly concerning the war such as movies, the influence of postwar events, effects of the
war, policies, and related websites. This website proved very useful in any level of research
for any specific topic related to World War II. Its format allows the researcher to explore the
website by date, topic, links on the internet, pictures, maps, documents, or bibliographies. It
covered almost every aspect of World War II from its effects like the reason for the boom of
San Diego, California to policies causing the war including U.S. isolationism to descriptive
accounts of World War II events such as Operation Torch. The range of the articles from
broad topics such as the aftermath era and the air war to specific topics such as U.S. “fast
carriers,” code breaking, and films about Pearl Harbor allow the reader to choose the focus

7. of research. The website, also, covers a vast range in time from 1917 to 1949 and expands
with a brief account of the Cold War period up to 1991. The many pictures allow the
researcher to easily understand the text. For this specific topic, there were many articles
within this website that proved very useful. The vast amount of subjects allows the
researcher to view many aspects of the topic. Yet, most of the articles only give a general
account of the given subject by briefly describing significant events or factors. Most articles
lack a detailed account of the causes and effects of each subject. Only lacking detailed
accounts of specific subjects, the vast range of subjects, timeline, and focus as well as the
easily navigational format and amplifying information provided by the pictures make this
website a useful resource for this specific topic. 9 World War Two This website is a division
of the British Broadcasting Channel website. It is a collection of articles separated
chronologically into eight sections. The first section covers the era between World War I
and World War II. The next six sections divide the World War II years into sections titled
Blitzkrieg, Britain Alone, Allies in Retreat, The Tide Turns, Axis in Retreat, and End Game.
The last section covers the reconstruction and retribution period. At the end of each section,
a dropdown menu is provided containing a list of articles giving a general account of
specific periods of that section. Each section contains articles written by various authors.
Each article gives a detailed, historical, and comprehensive account of the significant events
of the war with a focus on the battles of the war. Each article provides a table of contents
that allows easier navigation. Yet, the vast amount of information within this website
hinders the researcher’s ability to locate pertinent information in a timely manner. Thus,
overall navigation of this site is poor. This material contained in this website is an adequate
source for research in any topic concerning World War II. For this specific topic, it gives
specific accounts of U.S. Military contributions, but it falls short of explaining the purpose or
effect of U.S. Armed Forces. It supplements other websites in this webography by providing
a British account of the war. This website is better suited for U.S. Military contributions in
the Western Front, because that is where the emphasis of the compilation of articles within
this website resides. This website proves to be an adequate source of information
concerning this specific topic by contributing specific information form a British
perspective. 10 The World at War, History of WW 1939-1945 This website is a detailed
outline of the events of World War II. Events covered not only include those that occurred
during or directly before or after the war but also those events related to the war as early as
Adolph Hitler’s birth in 1889. Sections that cover secret communications, World War II
museums, and related World War II websites supplement the outline. Each section of the
outline, separated by year in chronological order, covers significant events including
campaigns and battles, significant diplomacy including treaties and pacts, and military
equipment including tanks and ships. Charts of military strength supplement the outline at
certain times or for certain campaigns as well as with pictures and maps. Throughout the
outline, links are provided to other websites or articles amplifying significant events. The
amplifying links include biographies, significant aspects of the war such as World War II
aviation, significant equipment such as the Battleship Bismarck, and significant events such
as the Bataan Death March. The secret communications section proved to be of marginally
useful for this specific topic, because it provides limited information concerning U.S.

8. Military contributions to developing secret operating procedures for communications and
the level of success for the procedures. The World War II museums and related World War
II websites sections did not provide useful information for this specific topic, because they
did not provide relevant information. This website proves to be useful, because it gives
information in areas that other websites in this webography do not cover. For this specific
topic, the articles, maps, and pictures supplement other websites of this webography by
providing additional information. 11 Summary: Contributions of the U.S. Military to World
War II can be found within each source of this annotated webography to varying degrees.
The timelines of the Chronology of World War II and the World War 2 Timeline, 1939-1945
websites can be used to guide research. Information concerning strategy and tactics of the
U.S. Military in World War II can be discovered in the World War II Remembered website.
U.S. Military contributions to the overall strategy and outcome through its participation in
campaigns and battles can be found within the Hyper War: A Hypertext History of the
Second World War website. Specific contributions of each branch of service can be found
within the Military Operations: World War II website. Specific details of contributions of the
U.S. Military can be discovered within the World War II Timeline website. Causes and effects
of U.S. Military participation can be found in the Hyper War: A Hypertext History of the
Second World War. Different perspectives to the topic can be researched using the World
War II Remembered website’s third party bibliographies of top U.S. Generals and the British
account of the World War Two website. Finally, The World at War, History of WW, 1939-
1945 website can be used to supplement the other sources through its account of
information not contained in the other websites such as significant aspects of the war like
the Aviation War and significant military equipment. Complete research of U.S. Military
contributions to World War II can be obtained by using the Chronology of World War II and
the World War 2 Timeline, 1939-1945 websites as a guided outline, then beginning
research by using the descriptive and definitive information of the World War II
Commemoration website as a base of research, and finishing research using the other
websites for amplifying information. 12