Join Us | Login

"A brilliant and highly original website. It offers a splendid, new and stimulating way of exploring the most terrible war in history." Professor Sir Ian Kershaw

WW2History.com Highlights
World War 2 Timeline
Search

To see this content you need to install Flash player 10 or above.

WW2History.com is a multimedia resource on World War II, brought to you by award winning historian and filmmaker Laurence Rees. More about us

Join Us

Become a Member today
Join WW2 History.com as a monthly subscriber for £5.95 and receive a free WW2 book (RRP £20)*
World War 2 Blog

Souls of the Japanese
Why did so many Japanese kill themselves in WW2? Were they motivated by spiritual or more everyday concerns?
Newly Added

LISTEN
7:55

Pacific
1945

Kamikaze pilot
Kenichiro Oonuki was a Japanese Kamikaze pilot - and yet managed to survive the war.

Other great features that can be found on the site

- Videos
  
  More than three hours of specially made video content.
  Watch a free Video
- Testimony
  
  More than two hours of testimony from over 20 eye witnesses.
  Listen to a free Testimony
- Key Moments
  
  Over 40 specially written articles about the key moments of WW2.
  Read a free Key Moment
- Experts
  
  Around 250,000 words from interviews with world class WW2 historians.
  Read a free Expert interview
- WW2 Timeline
  
  Browse our content chronologically, set within four key subject areas.
  Explore the WW2 Timeline
COMMENTS
- 'Human beings are by their very nature volatile and unpredictable! Trying to arrange even simple things is hard let alone pacts with tyrants.'
  Nicked
Interactive Timeline
- An accessible and authoritative multimedia history of World War Two for the web.
  More about WW2History.com
BLOG
- "Japan was (and is) one of the least spiritual places on earth."
  
  Recent highlights from Laurence Rees's Blog
SHOP

Book of the month
- The Blitz: Our Cities Under Attack
  
  Browse all the products at WW2History.com/shop
Exclusive to teachers
- Free Trial for Teachers
  
  A free 30 day trial of the site is on offer to school history teachers.**
  Inquire here
- Bulk Purchase Discounts
  
  If you purchase 12 or more vouchers for your school or other institution you qualify for a discount.
  Inquire here
- Lesson Plans for Teachers
  
  Specialist educators have devised Lesson Plans for teachers to use with the content of the site.
  View Plans
LINKS
- Holocaust Educational Trust
  Committed to ensuring that the memory of the greatest crime in history never dies.
  
  Browse WW2 links

We have detected that you are using an older version of Internet Explorer and to have access to all the features on this site, you will need to update your browser to Internet Explorer 8. Alternatively, download Mozilla Firefox or Chrome.

WW2History.com is a multimedia resource on World War II, brought to you by award winning historian and filmmaker Laurence Rees. More about us

Other great features that can be found on the site

Exclusive to teachers