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==General Links==
  
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*[http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/main.html The Wartime Memories Project]
  
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*[http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/TimeCapsule/EC0615B2C01D47D5BBFB64A83A759C87.htm Age Concern Time capsule - Military Service]
  
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*[http://www.conscript-heroes.com Conscript Heroes]
  
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*[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://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.adls.org.uk/t1/ Association of Dunkirk Little Ships]
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*[http://www.japan-101.com/history/index4.htm World War Two and Japan]
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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']
  
==General World War Two Links==
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*[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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*[http://www.recollectionsofwwii.co.uk/ Recollections of WW2]
  
*[http://uboat.net/index.html The U-Boat War~Excellent site and very informative!]
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*[http://www.cheshamatwar.com/index.htm Chesham in the Second World War]
  
*[http://34thdivdeathcasualties.homestead.com/files/POW_109MED.htm Prisoners of War 109TH Medical Battalion (1942 - 1945) WW2 & beyond]
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*[http://www.secondworldwarni.org/default.aspx?id=1 Second World War in Northern Ireland]
  
*[http://www.merkki.com/index.htm WW2 Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I ]
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/categories/c1162/ The People's War]
  
*[http://www.nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/php/docs_swi.php?DI=1&text=overview Nuremberg Trials Project]
 
  
*[http://www.conscript-heroes.com Conscription Heroes]
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====Evacuation====
  
*[http://www.topedge.com/panels/ww2/na/noframe.html North African campaign]
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*[[Evacuation and Evacuees]]
  
*[http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/northafrica New Zealand troops in North Africa]
 
  
*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~medals/afstar.htm The Africa Star campaign medal – picture and description]
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====The Home Guard====
  
*[http://www.ostrycharz.free-online.co.uk/PolishLinks.html Polish links for WW2]
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*[http://www.homesweethomefront.co.uk/web_pages/hshf_homeguard_pg.htm#top The Story of the Home Guard]
  
*[http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/meltingpot/oxford/330/index.html Civilian life in WW2]
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*[http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/meltingpot/oxford/330/hg/hg.html The Home Guard]
  
*[http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/ WW2 Crew lists] covers HMS's Prince of Wales, Repulse, Electra, Express, Tenedos, Cornwall, Dorsetshire, Encounter, Jupiter, Li-Wo, Rapid, Samarez, Stronghold, Thanet, Thracian, Peterel, Dragonfly, Grasshopper, Hollyhock, Paladin, Porpoise, Quilliam, Stonehenge, Stratagem, Uster, Verulam, Virago, Tug, Yin Ping,Vampire and SS Automedon
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*[http://met.open.ac.uk/group/jwl/hg_manual/homeguard.htm Home Guard Pocket Manual]
  
*[http://www.cheshamatwar.com/index.htm Chesham in the Second World War]
 
  
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====Land Army Girls====
  
==Cemeteries and Memorial Links==
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*[http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/womenslandarmy.php Reminiscences of Land Army Girls]
  
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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.roll-of-honour.org.uk/Cemeteries/Yokohama_War_Cemetery/ Yokohama War Cemetery-Japan]
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==Allied Forces==
  
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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*[[The Royal Navy]]
  
*[http://ozfamily.horrorking.com/cowra.html Cowra NSW ~ Australian burials]  
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*[[The Army|The British Army]]
  
This is a personal family history site that lists detailed descriptions of Australian casualties from WW2 buried there. 522 Japanese are buried there too.
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*[[The Royal Air Force]]
  
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*[[Australia#Military_History|Australia: Military History]]
  
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*[[Canada#Military_History|Canada: Military History]]
  
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*[[India#Military_History|India: Military History]]
  
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*[[New_Zealand#Military_History|New Zealand: Military History]]
  
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*[http://www.ostrycharz.free-online.co.uk/PolishLinks.html Polish Links for WW2]
  
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*[[USA#Military_History|USA: Military History]]
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==Cemeteries and Memorials==
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*[[War Memorials]]
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==Merchant Shipping and Maritime History==
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*[[Maritime History]]
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==Medals and Decorations==
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*[[Military History#Medals.2C_Badges_and_Decorations| Medals, Badges and Decorations]]
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==Prisoners of War==
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*[[Military History#Prisoners_of_War_and_Internees |Prisoners of War and Internees]]
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