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==General World War Two Links==
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*[http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/main.html The Wartime Memories Project]
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*[http://www.conscript-heroes.com Conscript Heroes]
  
 
*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~medals/afstar.htm The Africa Star Campaign Medal]
 
*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~medals/afstar.htm The Africa Star Campaign Medal]
  
 
*[http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/edu/archives/ Bletchley Park Archives]
 
*[http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/edu/archives/ Bletchley Park Archives]
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*[http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/facts.html Lesser Known Facts about WW2]
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*[http://memories.384thbombgroup.com/ Memories of the 384th Bombardment Group (USA)]
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*[http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/northafrica New Zealand troops in North Africa]
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*[http://www.topedge.com/panels/ww2/na/noframe.html North African Campaign]
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*[http://www.nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/php/docs_swi.php?DI=1&text=overview Nuremberg Trials Project]
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*[http://www.ostrycharz.free-online.co.uk/PolishLinks.html Polish Links for WW2]
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*[http://www.secondworldwarni.org/default.aspx?id=1 Second World War in Northern Ireland]
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*[http://uboat.net/index.html The U-Boat War]
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*[http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/ WW2 Crew Lists]
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==The Home Front==
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*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/homefront/mwindex.html The Midnight Watch - The Home Front]
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*[http://www.homesweethomefront.co.uk/templates/hshf_frameset_tem.htm 'Home Sweet Home Front']
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*[http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/meltingpot/oxford/330/index.html Civilian Life in WW2]
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*[http://www.recollectionsofwwii.co.uk/ Recollections of WW2]
  
 
*[http://www.cheshamatwar.com/index.htm Chesham in the Second World War]
 
*[http://www.cheshamatwar.com/index.htm Chesham in the Second World War]
  
*[http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/meltingpot/oxford/330/index.html Civilian Life in WW2]
 
  
*[http://www.cofepow.org.uk/ COFEPOW ~ The Children (& Families) of the Far East Prisoners of War]
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====Evacuation====
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[[Evacuation and Evacuees]]
  
*[http://www.conscript-heroes.com Conscript Heroes]
 
  
*[http://www.holocaust-history.org/ The Holocaust History Project]
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====The Home Guard====
  
*[http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/facts.html Lesser Known Facts about WW2]
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*[http://www.homesweethomefront.co.uk/web_pages/hshf_homeguard_pg.htm#top The Story of the Home Guard]
  
*[http://memories.384thbombgroup.com/ Memories of the 384th Bombardment Group (USA)]
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*[http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/meltingpot/oxford/330/hg/hg.html The Home Guard]
  
*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/homefront/mwindex.html The Midnight Watch - The Home Front]
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*[http://met.open.ac.uk/group/jwl/hg_manual/homeguard.htm Home Guard Pocket Manual]
  
*[http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals]
 
  
*[http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/northafrica New Zealand troops in North Africa]
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==Land Girls==
  
*[http://www.topedge.com/panels/ww2/na/noframe.html North African Campaign]
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*[http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/womenslandarmy.php Reminiscences of Land Army Girls]
  
*[http://www.nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/php/docs_swi.php?DI=1&text=overview Nuremberg Trials Project]
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*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&catprofession=Women%92s+Land+Army Times past - Land Army Girls]
  
*[http://www.ostrycharz.free-online.co.uk/PolishLinks.html Polish Links for WW2]
 
  
*[http://www.kriegsgefangen.de/ POW - The German Prisoners of World War 2]
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==Prisoners of War and Detainees==
  
*[http://34thdivdeathcasualties.homestead.com/files/POW_109MED.htm Prisoners of War 109TH Medical Battalion (1942 - 1945) WW2 & Beyond]
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The [http://www.icrc.org/eng International Committee of the Red Cross] in Geneva keeps lists of all known POWs and internees of all nationalities for the Second World War. Enquiries concerning these lists should be directed to:
  
*[http://www.recollectionsofwwii.co.uk/ Recollections of WW2]
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Archives Division and Research Service<br>
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International Committee of the Red Cross<br>
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19 Avenue de la Paix,<br>
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Geneva CH-1202,<br>
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Switzerland
  
*[http://www.secondworldwarni.org/default.aspx?id=1 Second World War in Northern Ireland]
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email: archives.gva@icrc.org
  
*[http://uboat.net/index.html The U-Boat War]
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*[http://www.kriegsgefangen.de/ POW - The German Prisoners of World War 2]
 
*[http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/ WW2 Crew Lists]  
 
  
 
*[http://www.merkki.com/index.htm WW2 Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I ]
 
*[http://www.merkki.com/index.htm WW2 Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I ]
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*[http://www.cofepow.org.uk/  COFEPOW - Children & Families of Far East Prisoners of War]
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*[http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php Behind the Wire. POW 1914-1918]
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*[http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals]
  
 
*[http://www.cowraregion.com.au/home/2292/POW_Camp_Info.pdf Cowra prisoner of war campsite]
 
*[http://www.cowraregion.com.au/home/2292/POW_Camp_Info.pdf Cowra prisoner of war campsite]
  
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*[http://www.cofepow.org.uk/ COFEPOW ~ The Children (& Families) of the Far East Prisoners of War]
  
==Cemeteries and Memorial Links==
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*[http://34thdivdeathcasualties.homestead.com/files/POW_109MED.htm Prisoners of War 109TH Medical Battalion (1942 - 1945) WW2 & Beyond]
  
*[http://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/Cemeteries/Yokohama_War_Cemetery/ Yokohama War Cemetery-Japan]
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*[http://www.holocaust-history.org/ The Holocaust History Project]
  
This is a very professional site dedicated to soldiers that died over in Yokohama Japan in the concentration camps and for soldiers from elsewhere like India. It has a very good site map and a very clear, detailed index of the soldiers with military number and next of kin where available. Well worth a look........
 
  
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Book: '''Prisoners of War, British Army, 1939 - 1945'''
  
*[http://ww1cemeteries.com/othercemeteries/ww2_cemeteries_index.htm 1939-1945 Military Cemeteries and Memorials]
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That lists alphabetically over 107,000 British Army POWs of all ranks held in
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Germany or in German occupied territories in World War Two. It gives each
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POW's camp, POW number, surname, initials, rank, army number and
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regiment/corps.
  
Covers Belgium, Canada, China (including Hong Kong), Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Singapore, and Thailand. 
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It was re-published in 1990, by J B Hayward and Sons of Polstead, Suffolk (cost £38) ISBN 0-903754-61-
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Revision as of 16:12, 28 October 2009

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The Home Front


Evacuation

Evacuation and Evacuees


The Home Guard


Land Girls


Prisoners of War and Detainees

The International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva keeps lists of all known POWs and internees of all nationalities for the Second World War. Enquiries concerning these lists should be directed to:

Archives Division and Research Service
International Committee of the Red Cross
19 Avenue de la Paix,
Geneva CH-1202,
Switzerland

email: archives.gva@icrc.org


Book: Prisoners of War, British Army, 1939 - 1945

That lists alphabetically over 107,000 British Army POWs of all ranks held in Germany or in German occupied territories in World War Two. It gives each POW's camp, POW number, surname, initials, rank, army number and regiment/corps.

It was re-published in 1990, by J B Hayward and Sons of Polstead, Suffolk (cost £38) ISBN 0-903754-61-


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