Bibliography

Primary Sources: H.R. 1776: A Bill Further to Promote the Defense of the United States and for Other Purposes. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, 10 January 1941. Legislation of the Lend-lease Act.

Boone, Andrew R. "She Isn't Much to Look at - But They Call Her the Liberator." Popular Science. June 1941. An article about the Liberator and picture of one that was sent to England for hunting U-boats.

Imperial War Museum. 20 February 2011 <http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/>. Source of many original photographs of Royal Air Force Liberators including some of the Liberators attacking and sinking U-boats in the Atlantic.

"Japanese Bombing Honolulu: 350 Dead, U.S. Warship Afire." The Providence Sunday Journal 7 December 1941: 1. A newspaper headline about Pearl Harbor.

Learn About the Battle of the Atlantic. n.d. A video clip with period footage about the Battle of the Atlantic.

Lend-Lease Act (1941). 10 February 2011 <http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=71>. The Lend-Lease document.

"Palm Beach County: History Online." The Enemy Presence: German U-Boats. Historical Society of Palm Beach County. This is where I found photographs about u-boats and merchant ships off the coast of Florida in 1942.

"President Franklin D. Roosevelt, half-length portrait, seated at desk, looking down, signing H.R. 1776, the lend-lease bill to give aid to Great Britain, China and Greece." Washington, D.C.: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), 1941. Photograph of FDR signing the Lend-Lease Act.

"President Roosevelt Signing the Declaration of War Against Germany." Washington, DC: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, 11 December 1941. Photograph of FDR signing the Declaration of War against Germany.

"Roosevelt Asks Congress to Change Neutrality Act." New York Times 15 July 1939: 1-2. A newspaper article about neutrality acts and FDR wanting to change them.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "State of the Union Address." Washington, D.C., 6 January 1941. The audio and transcript of Roosevelts Four Freedoms speech given as his State of the Union Address. He mentions the need for the United States to provide military assistance to help the allied countries under attack.

Treasures of Congress: Congress, Neutrality, and Lend-Lease. 2 December 2010 <http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/treasures_of_congress/page_20.html>. This is a website where I found many primary photos and documents about lend-lease and neutrality.

"U.S. Declares State of War: One Battleship Lost, 1,500 Killed in Hawaii." The Charleston Daily Mail 8 December 1941: 1. A newspaper headline on the United States declaring war on Japan.

U.S. Department of State. "Peace and War: United States Foreign Policy, 19311941." Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1943. The declaration of war on Germany.

"Victory: Nazis Reveal Surrender to Western Allies, Russia." The Stars and Stripes. 8 May 1945. This was the front page of The Stars and Stripes newspaper announcing the surrender of Germany to the Allies and marking the victory in Europe.

Secondary Sources: Battle for the Atlantic. Smithsonian Institute. n.d. This is another series of shows I watched about the battle on the Smithsonian Channel.

Battle of the Atlantic. Prod. Andrew Williams. 2002. This is one of the series of shows I watched to learn about the Battle of the Atlantic on the Military Channel.

Blair, Clay. Hitler's U-boat War: The Hunters, 1939-1942. New York: Modern Library, 1996. This is the first book of two about the U-boat war. The second book isnt yet published which is called The Hunted and covers the years 1942 to the end of the war. The book had a lot of details about the u-boats and how they were used in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Butler, Paul. Air Arsenal North America: Aircraft for the Allies 1938-1945 Purchases and Lend-Lease. Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing, 2004. I got this book for a Christmas present. It has so much information about the planes that were part of the Lend-Lease program. There is a section all about Liberators that were given to other countries and even includes the serial numbers. It also had photographs of the B-24s used by the RAF.

Helgason, G. uboat.net. 11 December 2010 <http://www.uboat.net/index.html>.

This website had a ton of info and photographs about u-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Juno Beach Interactive Centre. 2003. 10 January 2011 <http://www.junobeach.org/images/english/flash/interactive_centre.html>. This is the site where I learned a lot about the role that Canada played in the Battle of the Atlantic. This is where I found the maps that showed the u-boats and the air gap during the battle from the years 19391945.

No. 59 Squadron: Royal Air Force. 1 February 2011 <http://www.number59.com/new_59/liberator.html>. This is where I found many RAF photographs and information.

RAF Liberator Squadrons. 12 January 2011 <http://rafb24.com/>. A website with a bunch of information and photographs about RAF squadrons who flew b-24s.

U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs. LendLease: Routes of Victory. 3 Fabruary 2011 <http://www.america.gov/lend-leaseroutes-of-victory.html>. A website with information about the Lend-Lease program.