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
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
Maps
Navy
Philippine Records
Photographs
Refugees
Sound Recordings
Teaching Resources
- The Great Depression and World War II, Resources for Teachers and Students
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