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Maps, Aerial Photographs, and GIS Exhibits: References

Resources from the Government Documents & Maps Department

Sources Utilized

Besides the government documents and maps cited, the following have been valuable resources for the weekly write ups:

Gilbert, Martin. History of the Twentieth Century. New York: W. Morrow, 2001. Print.

Carter, Kit C. and  Robert Mueller. Combat Chronology, 1941-1945. Washington, DC: Center for Air Force History, 1991. Print.

Rohrbach, Peter T.  The largest Event: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of World War II. Washington: GPO, 1994.

Doyle, Peter. World War II in Numbers: An Infographic Guide to the Conflict, Its Conduct, and Its Casualties. Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books Ltd., 2013.

Bradley, James, with Ron Powers. Flags of Our Fathers. New York: Bantam Books, 2006. Print.

Reader's Guide. Compiled and edited by Richard D. Adamczyk and Morris J. MacGregor. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1992. Print.

Hook, Alex. Defining Moments: World War II. Surrey, UK: TAJ Books Ltd., 2005.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "Timeline of Events." Available at: http://www.ushmm.org/learn/timeline-of-events/1942-1945

Chen, C. Peter. World War II Database. Lava Development, LLC, 2015. Available at: http://ww2d

A&E Television Networks, LLC. History.com, 2015. Available at: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland. "Poland and the United Nations." Available at: http://www.msz.gov.pl/en/foreign_policy/international_organisations/united_nations/poland_and_the_un/

Budge, Kent G. The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia. Available at: http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/chronology.htm

Atomic Heritage Foundation. "Tinian Island." Available at: http://www.atomicheritage.org/location/tinian-island

Missouri University of Science and Technology. "The Use of Tinian Island During World War II." Available at: http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/umrcourses/ge342/Tinian%20Island.pdf

Kristof, Nicholas D. Unmasking Horror--A Special Report.; Japan Confronting Gruesome War Atrocity. New York Times. March 17, 1995. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/17/world/unmasking-horror-a-special-report-japan-confronting-gruesome-war-atrocity.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

Mikesell, Raymond F. "Ratifying the Bretton Woods Agreements." Available at: http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/files/chapter_4.pdf

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum. "The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb." Available at: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/

Central Intelligence Agency. "The Information War in the Pacific, 1945: Paths to Peace." Written by Josette H. Williams and available at: https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol46no3/article07.html

Southard, Susan. Nagasaki, the Forgotten City. New York Times. August 7, 2015. Available at: http://nyti.ms/1KU9iY0

Wilson, Ward. The Bomb Didn't Beat Japan...Stalin Did. Foreign Policy Group. May 30, 2013. Available at: http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/05/30/the-bomb-didnt-beat-japan-stalin-did/

United States Strategic Bombing Survey Summary Report. www.ibiblio.org. Available at: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/USSBS/PTO-Summary.html

Stephan, John J. The Russian Far East: A History. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1994. Print.

Dower, John W. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999. Print.

Clark, George B. Treading Softly: U.S. Marines in China, 1918-1949. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2001. ebook.

Scott, George C. and Karl Malden. Patton. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. Los Angeles, CA:Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 1970. DVD.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "Holocaust Encylopedia: International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg." Available at: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007069

Rosenberg, Elliot. Navy Day in New York, 1945. The Wall Street Journal. October 26, 2015. Available at: http://www.wsj.com/articles/navy-day-in-new-york-1945-1445899687

Destroyer Escort Sailor Association. "Japanese Surrender of Kusaie." Available at: http://www.desausa.org/kusaie%20Surrender/kusaie_island_surrender.htm

Library of Congress. "General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the day..." Available at: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96522674/

Lael, Richard L. The Yamashita Precedent: War Crimes and Command Responsibility.  Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources Inc., 1982. Print.

Smidt, Michael L. "Yamashita, Medina, and Beyond: Command Responsibility in Contemporary Military Operations." Military Law Review, 2000 Jun, Vol.164, pp.155-234. Available at: http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=false&handle=hein.journals/milrv164&page=155&collection=journals

War Crimes, War Criminals, and War Crimes Trials. Compiled and edited by Norman E. Tutorow. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1986. Print.

Ito , Hiroki and Tsukasa Kimura. Abandoned in Manchuria, Japanese migrants became ‘living corpses’ after World War II. The Asahi Shimbun. December 8, 2015. Available at: http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201512180024

The official Website of General George S. Patton, Jr. Biography. Available at: http://www.generalpatton.com/

American Battle Monuments Commission. "Ardennes American Cemetery, Belgium." Available at: https://abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/ardennes-american-cemetery#.VoGFwFJ2HTo