World War II Records

For a comprehensive overview, see:
Selected Finding Aids Related to NARA's World War II Holdings

African Americans

• Records of Military Agencies Relating to African Americans from the Post-World War I Period to the Korean War , Reference Information Paper
   

Casualty Lists and Missing

• Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs)  
   
• World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel
   
• State Summary of War Casualties from World War II for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel
   
• World War II Dead Buried in American Battle Monument Commission Cemeteries, Missing in Action, or Buried or Lost at Sea

D-Day

• D-Day Records at the National Archives
   

Draft Records

• World War II Draft Registration: Use the National Archives Catalog for Ohio men born between April 28, 1877 and February 16, 1897, whose surnames began with "Aa" and "Ab"
   

Electronic Records

• Electronic Records related to WWII
   
• Search WWII Electronic Records in the Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
   

Family History / Genealogy

• Finding Information on Personal Participation in World War II, a brochure on some of NARA's relevant records, and how to get started. 
   
• Search WWII Electronic Records in the Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
   

Finding Aids

• Records Holdings Relating to World War II at the National Archives at Riverside, originals and microfilm
   
• Records Relating to Personal Participation in World War II: The "American Soldier" Surveys, A finding aid
   
• Holocaust Era Assets
   
• Office of Strategic Services Records
   

German Records

• Captured German Records, Description of Records on Microform
   
• Captured Nazi recordings, List of speeches and broadcasts in the collection
   
• Nazi War Criminal Records (Interagency Working Group)
   

Homefront

• America on the Homefront: Selected World War II Records, Records from NARA's Regional Archives in Boston
   

Internment Records

• Civilian Internment and Relocation Records
   

Maps

• Cartographic World War II Records Guide

Navy

• Treasures from World War II US Navy Command Files

Philippine Records

• Philippine Army and Guerrilla Records
   
• Philippine Archives Collection
   

Photographs

• African Americans During World War II, Photographs
   
• World War II, Photographs
   

Refugees

• Records Relating to World War II Era Refugees
   

Sound Recordings

• WWII: Sound Recordings from 1937-1945
   

Teaching Resources

• The Great Depression and World War II, Resources for Teachers and Students