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U.S. Aces of World
War II
Brief biographies and stories of high scoring
American fighter pilots of World War Two.
Canonesa,
Convoy HX72 & U-100
This site describes the events surrounding the loss
of the Canonesa, the attack on Convoy HX72, and the
exploits of the U-boat which sank seven ships in just
over three hours; U-100, captained by Joachim Schepke.
London
War Room
Learn about and collect historical miniatures.
With an extensive online catalogue, you could
spend a long time at this site!
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World War Two History Links
See Also:
- National World War II Memorial
- The first national memorial dedicated to all who served during the Second World War. The memorial, established by the American Battle Monuments Commission, honors all military veterans of the war, the citizens on the home front, the nation at large, and the high moral purpose and idealism that motivated the nation's call to arms. The Second World War is the only 20th-century event commemorated on the Mall's central axis. The memorial was dedicated on Saturday, May 29, 2004.
- Absolute
Authority on World War II - A comprehensive collection
of authorities, directories, articles, education, community
related to the Second World War.
- America
at War: WW II -- Wallpaper / Screen Saver - Full-screen
photos from the war that shaped the modern world.
- Army
Hospital Ships In World War II - A brief introduction
of the history of hospital ships in warfare. Links to
World War II Army and Navy hospital ships.
- Association
Normandy 44 - 90th US Division - Tribute to the Men
of the 90th US Infantry Division who liberated Periers
(France) in 1944
- Audio:
Declaration of War Against Japan - 7 Minutes, 44 seconds.
Available in Real Audio, and MP3. Delivered by President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the 8th of December, 1941.
- Aviation in
Newfoundland and Labrador - A brief look at air and
army base development and World War Two/post-war operations.
- Bataan
Corregidor Memorial Foundation of New Mexico, Inc.
- To preserve the memory of the New Mexico defenders of
Bataan and Corregidor.
- The Battles of Winter
War - General and detailed information about the Finnish-Soviet
Winter War, November 30th 1939 - March 13th 1940
- The
Black Watch - Personal biography, original photographs
and documents. Dedicated to the veterans of the "Chindits",
fighting behind the Japanese lines in Burma in 1944.
- Canada and World War II - Canadian history resources on Canada in World War II - Canadian units, secret agents, battles, Books of Remembrance and the homefront in the Second World War.
- - Your authoritative source of accurate, reliable information on the Canadian War Brides of World War Two.
- Civvy street
in World War Two - Stories of civilian life in Bristol,
England during the Second World War. Includes related
links and image and audio galleries.
- 2d Infantry
Division in WW II - History of the Second Infantry
Division in World War Two. Includes battles, organic units,
medals earned, shoulder patches, statistics, veterans'
message board, and photo album.
- Dave's
Page: WW2 Battles and Campaigns - Information from
all theatres. Pictures, links, and much more in depth
information on the major campaigns.
- Drop Zone Virtual
Museum - A memorial of World War II through the first-person
accounts of airborne soldiers.
- Finding
Granddad's War Buddies - Jeff always wondered what
his deceased grandfather did in the war - so one-by-one
he tracked down his former war buddies. Here's his story....
- Freedom
Rises from the Rubble - IBM's involvement in the rebuilding
of the Frauenkirche, destroyed in the Dresden air raid.
Some information about the raid itself.
- Grandad's
War Memoirs - Personal memories of the British 14th
Army campaign in Burma 1940-1945.
- In Hell
There Is A Place Called Death's Railway - Stanley
Willner's experience as a prisoner of war of the Japanese
at the River Kwai. Includes image gallery and links to
related information.
- Island Farm
POW CAMP 198 / Special Camp 11 - Island Farm German
POW CAMP 198, Special Camp 11.
- Kodiak Alaska Military
History - WWII and Cold War structures remaining on
Kodiak Island explained.
- Lead
the Way Rangers, A History of the Fifth Ranger Battalion
- A day by day chronicle of the Fifth Ranger Battalion
during World War II from 1943 to 1945. Written by Sgt.
Henry Glassman in 1945.
- Lectures
for the History of World War II - Good allround presentations
by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College
- understandable for laymen.
- Lessons
of the Winter War in Finland - History and lessons
of the Winter War between Finland and Stalin«s Red Army.
- Lest
We Forget - A tribute to the author's father and other
veterans. Site includes photos of, and by, this gentleman,
who served with the Dutch army in Holland and Indonesia.
- Lest
We Forget: World War II - Essays, pictures, timelines,
and more dealing with all aspects of WW II in all theatres.
- Lost
Art Internet Database - An government-sponsored German
database of art objects either stolen by the Nazis or
for which no legal proprietor has been found.
- Maps
of World War Two - A history of the Second World War
through maps. Includes critical battles and campaigns
such as Dunkirk, Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kursk, D-Day,
Normandy, Berlin and others.
- Massacres
and Atrocities of the Second World War - "A compilation
of facts gathered from various sources including encyclopaedias,
almanacs, biographies, magazines and newspapers, and from
the many books published since the end of WWII"
- Navajo
Code Talkers - The United States Marine Corps employed
Navajo volunteers in communications security roles in
the Pacific Theater during World War Two. The Japanese
were never able to break the code when the Navajo spoke
in their native language. Includes articles and links.
- The Nazi Children's
Home Page - Norwegian self-help group for those whose
parents were members of a fascist or national socialistic
movement during the war.
- 102nd
Infantry Division - History of an American division
fighting in Germany during World War Two. Includes text
history, photo gallery, and annual reunion information.
- Norway
1940 - Describes the German invasion, with Orders
of Battle, battle descriptions, historical background,
politics etc. It concentrates on the Norwegian side of
the conflict.
- 1939
- On The Brink of War - At daybreak on the first day of September, 1939, the residents
of Poland awakened to grave news...
- Phil's
World War II Pages - A general WW II resource - Adolf
Hitler biography, leaders, important dates, books, casualty
figures and trivia.
- The
Poster Girls of World War II - Posters of women and
girls used as propaganda during World War II
- A
Raid on Munich - The actual accounting of a bombing
raid over Germany during WW2, and the capture,imprisonment
and forced Death March that ensued.
- A
Reminiscence of War 1939-45 - Personal memoir by James
Glass, a scot who served in the army in North Africa,
Palestine, Syria, Iraq (as Kingston's Column) and Iran.
- Ruins of
the Reich - Video tour traces the rise and fall of
the Third Reich thru the ruins of its monuments and buildings.
Ruins include Hitler's Wolffs Lair hdqtrs and Mountain
retreat. Tannenburg, sub pens.
- Scott's
World War Two - Pictures, battles, and stories of
the war in the Pacific during World War II.
- Second
World War Posters - The planning, design and reception
of British Home Front propaganda posters of the Second
World War.
- Shadow's Folly
- Vehicle listings for participants in World War II. Tanks,
self-propelled tanks, half tracks, armored cars, etc.
- Society
of the 3rd Infantry Division, US Army - The official
website of The Society of the 3rd Infantry Division, US
Army.
- The
Story of Oscar Schindler - A member of the Nazi Party,
a gambler, an alcoholic and a shameless womanizer of the
worst sort - and at the same time, one of the greatest,
if not the greatest, humane figure in the horrors of Holocaust.
- 50th Anniversary
of D-Day - US Army Rangers WWII veterans return to
Grandcamp, Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach, in Normandy,France,
for the 50th Anniversary of D-Day in June 1994.
- 12th
Armored Division - 12th Armored Division served in
Europe during WWII
- 6th Armored
Division Assn. - Devoted to the history of the "Super
Sixth" 6th Armored Division, one of Patton's spearheading
units of the Third Army. Includes unit histories, personal
stories, and contact information about the post-war Association
and its final reunion in September 2000.
- 150th
Combat Engineers of WWII - Formed in New England,
in 1943, it consisted mostly of men drafted in the New
England area. The former soldiers of this group have formed
the 150th Combat Engineer Battalion Association.
- The 70th Infantry
Division Association Home Page - A site dedicated
to the veterans of the 70th Infantry Division, the "Trailblazers".
The division served in France and Germany from Dec. 1944
to May 1945.
- 112th
Infantry Regiment - Unit history of HQ Company, 2nd
Batallion, 112th Infantry Regiment. Normandy, liberation
of Paris, Huertgen Forest, Battle of Bulge. Casualty list,
citations and medals, bibliography, links.
- 10th
Mountain Division's 85th Regiment - History of the
85th Mountain Infantry, prepared for the officers and
men who fought with the Regiment in Italy.
- Third Reich
Factbook - A collection on information on various
aspects of the Third Reich.
- Tracing
American Airborne's German Heritage - The German roots
of the United States' airborne units of World War Two.
- Tule Lake Pilgrimage
- July 2000 - A living reminder of the injustices
committed against Japanese Americans during World War
Two.
- Victory
Gardening in W.W. II America - A multimedia presentation
containing historical information about "Victory Gardening"
efforts in support of the war.
- War Gunner
- Photos, links and information on the British Expeditionary
Forces, Vimy Ridge, Dunkirk and North Africa from the
perspective of an Oxfordshire soldier. Also includes a
discussion of army cooking and recipes.
- West
Point Atlas - Asian Theater - The war with Japan described
in 50 maps.
- West
Point Atlas - European Theater - A collection of 83
maps which chart the progress of the war in Europe and
North Africa.
- Whispers of
the Past - Collection of interviews with ordinary
Americans involved in the war, whether in the front line
on on the home front.
- William's
World War II Page - World War II essays, book reviews,
timelines and links.
- The
World at War - Detailed and well-illustrated day-by-day
history of the war, with links to other sites appropriate
to each event. Contains a discussion forum and message
board too.
- World War
2 Battlefield Relics - See what relics can still be
found from World War 2 in this virtual museum.
- World
War 2 in Yugoslavia - Orders of battle and other resources
relating to the war in the Balkans.
- World War II -
Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I - A history of United
States Air Force prisoners of war at Stalag Luft I, a
World War II prison camp located in Barth, Germany. Includes
personal stories, photos, artwork, books, documents, and
the secret camp newsletter.
- World War
II Factbook - A searchable chronology of critical
military and political events during the war with coverage
of special topics such as casualties, ship losses and
the Nuremberg trial. Includes bibliography and links to
related resources.
- World
War II in Europe Timeline - Complete WW II in Europe
timeline with photos, text and over 100 links.
- World
War II Marines - A site for WW II Marines. Numerous
links. Sites for finding your buddies, history, message
boards, etc.
- World
War II Memoirs-3rd Infantry Division - Graphic Official
Photos and descriptions of S/Sgt. William Heller of the
3rd Infantry Division, 3rd Signal Company. From North
Africa, Sicily, Italy Southern France, and Germany in
World War II.
- World
War II: The Homefront - A ThinkQuest site devoted
to World WarII
- World War
Two - Chronology of the war and links to special topics
such as Battle of Britain, D-Day, Hiroshima, and the Japanese
surrender.
- World
War Two: America's time - If bit were not for the
intervention of the United States, Adolf Hitler would
have taken complete control of Europe, and maybe even
the world.
- World
War Two Links - Subject directory on the Second World
War arranged by nationality and topics. Includes links
to websites, books, and videos.
- WorldWar
II - Links to World War Two research. Topics include
history, battles, armaments, leaders, movies, publications,
and memorabilia.
- WWII Resources
- Comprehensive collection of primary source materials,
some on-site, some links to elsewhere.
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