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World War II Records

For a comprehensive overview, see:
Selected Finding Aids Related to NARA's World War II Holdings

Selected NARA Resources:

• African Americans During World War II, Photographs
  
  
• America on the Homefront: Selected World War II Records, Records from NARA's Regional Archives in Boston
  
  
• Captured German Records, Description of Records on Microform
  
  
• Captured Nazi recordings, List of speeches and broadcasts in the collection
  
  
• Electronic Records related to WWII
  
  
• Finding Information on Personal Participation in World War II, a brochure on some of NARA's relevant records, and how to get started. 
  
  
• Holocaust Era Assets
  
  
• Japanese American Internment and Relocation Records in the National Archives
  
  
• Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs)  
  
  
• Nazi War Criminal Records (Interagency Working Group)
  
  
• Philippine Army and Guerrilla Records
  
  
• Philippine Archives Collection
  
  
• Records Relating to World War II Era Refugees
  
  
• Records of Military Agencies Relating to African Americans from the Post-World War I Period to the Korean War, Reference Information Paper
  
  
• Records Holdings Relating to World War II in NARA's Pacific Region (Riverside, CA), originals and microfilm
  
  
• Records Relating to Personal Participation in World War II: The "American Soldier" Surveys, A finding aid
  
  
• Search WWII Electronic Records in the Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
  
  
• Search WWII Documents Online through the Archival Research Catalog (ARC)
  
  
• World War II Casualty Lists
  
  
  • 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  
    
    
  • Using the Archival Research Catalog (ARC) for World War II Casualty Lists
    
    
• World War II Records in the Cartographic and Architectural Branch of the National Archives, a reference information paper
  
  
• World War II Draft Registration: Using the Archival Research Catalog (ARC) for Ohio men born between April 28, 1877 and February 16, 1897, whose surnames began with "Aa" and "Ab"
  
  
• World War II, Photographs
  
  
• WWII: Sound Recordings from 1937-1945
  
  

Other Resources:

• World War II Dead Buried in American Battle Monument Commission Cemeteries, Missing in Action, or Buried or Lost at Sea

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