World War II in the Pacific: Websites

A PDF version of the Treaty in its entirety.

Extract from the Treaty - Articles 227-231.
Article 231 - often known as the "war guilt clause" was the opening Article of the Reparations section, compelling Germany to pay reparations for WWI.

Summary of the terms of the treaty and its criticism

Describes the Treaty and briefly examines the role it had in the rise of Nazism.

Outlines the Singapore Strategy and the Fall of Singapore as a defining moment in Australian history.

Summary of the conflict.

Article about the Fall of Singapore and Australian POW, with reflections on the political fallout of the defeat.

Outlines the Japanese advance, before and after the Fall of Singapore.

Transcript and audio of a speech by Dr Chris Coulthard-Clark on the 60th anniversary of the surrender of Singapore.

Summarises the background and aftermath of the attack which marked the formal entry of the US into World War II.

Information about the attack, as well as background information summarising Japanese expansion in the 1930s.

This website for the memorial park includes information resources - archive photos, video and audio, personal stories about the history of Pearl Harbor.

Information about the Kokoda Track, with photographs and embedded video of war correspondent Damien Parer's award winning documentary Kokoda Front Line!

Concise summary of the Kokoda Trail Campaign.

Concise description of the Bombing of Darwin attack.

An online library collection of photographic images, newspaper reports, the government enquiry and other documents relating to the bombing of Darwin.

Images, video and commentary outlining the pivotal moments of the bombing, and reflections from those involved and affected.

Information and personal accounts of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Provides comprehensive information about events, people, places, processes, and the science behind the Manhattan Project.

An article about the science of the bomb, its impact, why it was used and its contemporary relevance.