World War II in Newspapers

World War II was a global war fought between 1939 and 1945 in which countries around the world were divided between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis. The war began with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany in 1939 and ended with the surrender of Japan in 1945. In addition to the high number of military casualties, there were numerous civilian causalities as well, compounded by events such as the Holocaust and the atomic bombing of Japan.

Explore the topics below to learn more about this period through newspaper articles and clippings.

German forces entering Warsaw in September 1939 during Invasion of Poland

1939 Invasion of Poland

442nd Regimental Combat Team in France in late 1944

442nd Regimental Combat Team

Anne Frank smiling for her school photograph, December 1941

Anne Frank

Atomic cloud over Hiroshima

Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Pearl Harbor Bombing

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Prisoners on the Bataan Death March, April 1942

Bataan Death March

A company of American Marines are briefed <a href=during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 20 February 1945" width="250" height="188" />

Battle of Iwo Jima

USS St. Lo explodes after being hit by a kamikaze aircraft during Battle of Leyte Gulf

Battle of Leyte Gulf

USS Yorktown is hit by a Japanese aerial torpedo <a href=during the Battle of Midway" width="250" height="197" />

Battle of Midway

German troops in Stalingrad, 1942

Battle of Stalingrad

American infantrymen of the 290th Regiment , <a href=during the Battle of the Bulge, January 1945" width="250" height="195" />

Battle of the Bulge

Battle of the Philippine Sea

Battle of the Philippine Sea

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