Major Military Events

• http://www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/english/peace/
  

  • This website is the official website of the city of Hiroshima. It outlines current events, letters, statements, and history.

  
  

• http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki

  • Provided by History.com, this website touches on the development of nuclear weapons and the events leading up to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

  
  

• http://www.exploratorium.edu/nagasaki/

  • This project was by the Exploratorium, in collaboration with IDG films and Rupert Jenkins “in observance of the 50^th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”. It consists of pictures of the Japanese army and a public forum dealing with issues related to the atomic age.

  
  

• http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/the-pacific-war-1941-to-1945/the-bombing-of-nagasaki/

  • Provided by “The History Learning Site”, and hosted in the United Kingdom, this website focuses specifically on the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the difficulties involved.

The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in October 1962, and involved a very dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that almost plunged all involved into a nuclear war.

• http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis

  • Provided by History.com, this website contains text, videos, and additional supplementary information.

  
  
  

• http://www.cubanmissilecrisis.org/background/

  • Provided by the Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, this website dedicated entirely to the Cuban missile crisis. This is an excellent source for those who need an introduction to this topic.

  
  
  

• https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/cuban-missile-crisis

  • Supplied by the US Department of State Office of the Historian. This official government website discusses the events leading up to Cuban Missile Crisis and the political ramifications of it.

  
  
  

• https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/colc.html

  • This brief article is provided by the U.S. Library of Congress. Although this would not be good as a primary source, this can easily stand as a supplementary source on a research paper.