You can access a variety of subscription databases from the ATC library.
You can access a variety of other useful databases from the State Library of Queensland.
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Use databases to find reliable and authentic information.
Access BRITANNICA ONLINE for articles, images, videos and interactives.
This resource provices an interactive timeline of events which have shaped Australian history.
Trove is an Australian database which you can search for online content. You can find primary sources including images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives. You can find instructions for using TROVE here.
Excerpt from “Hitler’s Order of the Day to the German Troops on the Eastern Front”
Hitler, A. (2000). Hitler, Adolf. In B. C. Bigelow, G. Feldman, C. Slovey, & K. K. Howes (Eds.), World War II Reference Library (Vol. 4, pp. 31-41). Detroit, MI: UXL. Retrieved from http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3411800089/WHIC?u=61_atc&sid=WHIC&xid=a4065c28
Barbarossa June 1941: Who Attacked Whom?
Erickson, J. (2001, July). BARBAROSSA JUNE 1941: WHO ATTACKED WHOM? History Today, 51(7), 11. Retrieved from http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A76402659/WHIC?u=61_atc&sid=WHIC&xid=7a0f7230
WWII: The Battle of Britain | Memories of 'Britain's finest hour'
A collection of memoirs solicited by the BBC and made available to the public.
Battle of Britain Historical Society
This organization preserves memories of the Battle of Britain and has links to many primary sources.
Primary source documents from 1939 showing the build up to hostilities between Britain and Germany.
Eyewitness accounts of life in London and elsewhere during the German bombardment.
A collection from Yale University's Avalon Project.
Did Radar Win the Battle of Britain
Cumming, A. J. (2007). Did radar win the Battle of Britain? The Historian, 69(4), 688+. Retrieved from http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A172330711/WHIC?u=61_atc&sid=WHIC&xid=cf41ba24
World War II Timeline. (2018). In Gale World History in Context. Detroit, MI: Gale. Retrieved from http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CBVLTF071054944/WHIC?u=61_atc&sid=WHIC&xid=025a4093
https://library.atc.qld.edu.au/ld.php?content_id=47142179
Here are just some of the places you can start your search for information on this topic.
History Channel - World War II
World War Two - How the Allies Won
