Historical Primary Sources: Military History

This series indexes correspondence concerning badges, medals, decorations and awards which were presented to enlisted personnel and officers for service in the Civil War, Indian Wars, China, the Philippines, the Spanish-American War, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Mexican Border Service.

The digital collection is based on a large physical reference collection held by the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Section of the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Justification books are prepared by federal government agencies as part of the federal budget cycle.

An indexed collection of Training Schools and Unit Books from across the United States.

Digitized collection of 55,000 documents of the early War Department

This NARA series consists of photographs documenting American activity, the bulk of which is military, from the French and Indian War through the Vietnam War

Includes military intelligence collected on China, France, Germany, Italy, Argentina, Mexico, and the Soviet Union. Also includes Biweekly Intelligence Summaries for 1928-1938 and Combat Estimates for Europe and the Western Hemisphere.

The set of documents provides a detailed record of U.S. military space organizations, operations and policy from 1945 to the present.

Images, oral histories, diaries and more illustrating Britain's military experience especially in the 20th century

This collection is drawn from the personal papers of Professor Henry Spensor Wilkinson (1853-1937) and traces the rise of modern warfare tactics through correspondence with some of Britain’s most decorated military figures. Wilkinson’s influential position as a military historian and journalist informed his correspondence with a range of military and political figures, including Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, Lord Kitchener, General Ian Hamilton, and Field Marshal William Robertson.

Over 250 Canadian posters from the two World Wars.

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) holds an extensive collection of records of the Canadian men and women who have served their country in military and in the early years of the North West Mounted Police.