You will prepare and submit an annotated Webography outlining seven (7) Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) resource/response/counter-proliferation websites. Attached are the following documents to assi

fortified positions after the attack on Pearl Harbor , then describes how the strategy was used later to penetrate Japanese defenses by attacking from multiple directions in the War Against Japan sub -section. The official documents section is a compilation of diplomatic and political d ocuments including those from conferences, relevant US legislation, international pacts, and treaties. This section proves to be vaguely useful for this specific topic. It displays the formal commitments of the U.S., but it does not fully explain the pur pose or extent of the commitments. The Theater of Operations section is separated into four sub -sections. Each sub -section gives a more detailed account of significant events in specific theaters including the Pacific, European, China -Burma - India, and Am erican Theaters. This section provides much useful information in the same manner that the General Accounts section does, but the Theater of Operations section provides a more specific and detailed account of campaigns and battles. Yet, the Theater of Ope rations section falls short of explaining the effects or future contributions of each section. This website proves very useful for this specific topic by giving general and specific accounts of the participation of the U.S. Military as well as a broad acc ount of the causes and effects of specific U.S. Military contributions. 8 MM iilliittaarryy OO pp eerraattiioo nn ss:: WW oo rrlldd WW aarr IIII This World War II website is part of a military section of the Global Security website separated into six sections. The First section is an article concerning the events of World War II. It chronologically accounts for the significant events of all theaters of the war that shaped the immediate events causing the war to the defeat of Japan and Germany. The second section is a list of analytic al papers. The list includes topics such as the meaning of World War II, testimony of ex -German leaders, and explaining Hitler. The third section is a list of related websites for further research in World War II. The fourth section is a list of links t o U.S. Army documents that cover a variety of specific topics such as the Women’s Army Corps, training for mountain and winter warfare, and the Battle of the Bulge. The fifth is a list of links to U.S. Naval documents that cover a variety of specific topi cs such as casualties, Operation Tiger, and patrol torpedo boats. The final section is a list of links to U.S. Air Force documents, but it only includes one link concerning the U.S. Strategic Bombing Strategy. Lacking specific details and facts to suppor t this specific topic, most of this website was not adequate for research. The first section gave a good overview of the war, which could be used to build a general understanding. Yet, the article was too broad to be use d sufficiently. All of the analyt ical papers of the second section were irrelevant for this topic. Many of the articles under the last three sections proved useful, thou. Useful articles provided amplifying data in subject areas such as American campaigns, U.S. Army Special Forces, and Navajo code talkers. The only portion of this website that was useful for research of this specific topic was a majority of the Army, Naval, and Air Force documents. 9 WW oo rrlldd WW aarr IIII TT iimm eelliinn ee This website is a database of articles related to Worl d War II. The articles include descriptive papers, detailed outlines, maps, documents, analytical accounts, and reference listings. Specific topics of these articles include those directly concerning the war such as battles, equipment, places, and people as well as those indirectly concerning the war such as movies, the influence of postwar events, effects of the war, policies, and related websites. This website proved very useful in any level of research for any specific topic related to World War II. Its format allows the researcher to explore the website by date, topic, links on the internet, pictures, maps, documents, or bibliographies. It covered almost every aspect of World War II from its effects like the reason for the boom of San Diego, Califor nia to policies causing the war including U.S. isolationism to descriptive accounts of World War II events such as Operation Torch. The range of the articles from broad topics such as the aftermath era and the air war to specific topics such as U.S. “fast carriers,” code breaking, and films about Pearl Harbor allow the reader to choose the focus of research. The website, also, covers a vast range in time from 1917 to 1949 and expands with a brief account of the Cold War period up to 1991. The many picture s allow the researcher to easily understand the text. For this specific topic, there were many articles within this website that proved very useful. The vast amount of subjects allows the researcher to view many aspects of the topic. Yet, most of the ar ticles only give a general account of the given subject by briefly describing significant events or factors. Most articles lack a detailed account of the causes and effects of each subject. Only lacking detailed accounts of specific subjects, the vast ra nge of subjects, timeline, and focus as well as the easily navigational format and amplifying information provided by the pictures make this website a useful resource for this specific topic. 10 WW oo rrlldd WW aarr TT ww oo This website is a division of the B ritish Broadcasting Channel website. It is a collection of articles separated chronologically into eight sections. The first section covers the era between World War I and World War II. The next six sections divide the World War II years into sections titled Blitzkrieg, Britain Alone, Allies in Retreat, The Tide Turns, Axis in Retreat, and End Game. The last section covers the reconstruction and retribution period. At the end of each section , a dropdown menu is provided containing a list of articles gi ving a general account of specific periods of that section. Each section contains articles written by various authors. Each article gives a detailed, historical, and comprehensive account of the significant events of the war with a focus on the battles o f the war. Each article provides a table of contents that allows easier navigation. Yet, the vast amount of information within this website hinders the researcher ’s ability to locate pertinent information in a timely manner. Thus, overall navigation of this site is poor. This material contained in this website is an adequate source for research in any topic concerning World War II. For this specific topic, it gives specific accounts of U.S.

Military contributions, but it falls short of explaining the p urpose or effect of U.S. Armed Forces. It supplements other websites in this webography by providing a British account of the war. This website is better suited for U.S. Military contributions in the Western Front, because that is where the emphasis of t he compilation of articles within this website resides. This website proves to be an adequate source of information concerning this specific topic by contributing specific information form a British perspective. 11 TT hh ee WW oo rrlldd aatt WW aarr,, HH iissttoo rryy oo ff WW WW 11993399--11994455 This website is a detailed outline of the events of World War II. Events covered not only include those that occurred during or directly before or after the war but also those events related to the war as early as Adolph Hitler’s birth i n 1889. Sections that cover secret communications, World War II museums, and related World War II websites supplement the outline. Each section of the outline, separated by year in chronological order, covers significant events including campaigns and ba ttles, significant diplomacy including treaties and pacts, and military equipment including tanks and ships. Charts of military strength supplement the outline at certain times or for certain campaigns as well as with pictures and maps. Throughout the ou tline, links are provided to other websites or articles amplifying significant events. The amplifying links include biographies, significant aspects of the war such as World War II aviation, significant equipment such as the Battleship Bismarck, and signi ficant events such as the Bataan Death March. The secret communications section proved to be of marginally useful for this specific topic, because it provides limited information concerning U.S. Military contributions to developing secret operating proced ures for communications and the level of success for the procedures. The World War II museums and related World War II websites sections did not provide useful information for this specific topic, because they did not provide relevant information. This w ebsite proves to be useful, because it gives information in areas that other websites in this webography do not cover. For this specific topic, the articles, maps, and pictures supplement other websites of this webography by providing additional informati on. 12 Summary : Contributions of the U.S. Military to World War II can be found within each source of this annotated webography to varying degrees. The timelines of the Chronology of World War II and the World War 2 Timeline, 1939 -1945 websites can be used to guide research. Information concerning strategy and tactics of the U.S. Military in World War II can be discovered in the World War II Remembered website. U.S. Military contributions to the overall strategy and outcome through its participatio n in campaigns and battles can be found within the Hyper War: A Hypertext History of the Second World War website. Specific contributions of each branch of service can be found within the Mil itary Operations: World War II website. Specific details of con tributions of the U.S. Military can be discovered within the World War II Timeline website. Causes and effects of U.S. Military participation can be found in the Hyper War: A Hypertext History of the Second World War . Different perspectives to the topic can be researched using the World War II Remembered website’s third party bibliographies of top U.S. Generals and the British account of the World War Two website. Finally, The World at War, History of WW, 1939 -1945 website can be used to supplement the other sources through its account of information not contained in the other websites such as significant aspects of the war like the Aviation War and significant military equipment. Complete research of U.S. Military contributions to World War II can be o btained by using the Chronology of World War II and the World War 2 Timeline, 1939 -1945 websites as a guided outline, then beginning research by using the descriptive and definitive information of the World War II Commemoration website as a base of researc h, and finishing research using the other websites for amplifying information.