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==General Links==
 
 
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*[http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/main.html The Wartime Memories Project]
 
*[http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/main.html The Wartime Memories Project]
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*[http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/facts.html Lesser Known Facts about WW2]
 
*[http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/facts.html Lesser Known Facts about WW2]
 
*[http://memories.384thbombgroup.com/ Memories of the 384th Bombardment Group (USA)]
 
 
*[http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/northafrica New Zealand troops in North Africa]
 
  
 
*[http://www.topedge.com/panels/ww2/na/noframe.html North African Campaign]
 
*[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]
 
*[http://www.nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/php/docs_swi.php?DI=1&text=overview Nuremberg Trials Project]
  
*[http://www.ostrycharz.free-online.co.uk/PolishLinks.html Polish Links for WW2]
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*[http://www.adls.org.uk/t1/ Association of Dunkirk Little Ships]
 
 
*[http://www.secondworldwarni.org/default.aspx?id=1 Second World War in Northern Ireland]
 
 
 
*[http://uboat.net/index.html The U-Boat War]
 
 
*[http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/ WW2 Crew Lists]  
 
  
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*[http://www.japan-101.com/history/index4.htm World War Two and Japan]
  
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==The Home Front==
 
==The Home Front==
 
  
 
*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/homefront/mwindex.html The Midnight Watch - The Home Front]
 
*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/homefront/mwindex.html The Midnight Watch - The Home Front]
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*[http://www.cheshamatwar.com/index.htm Chesham in the Second World War]
 
*[http://www.cheshamatwar.com/index.htm Chesham in the Second World War]
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*[http://www.secondworldwarni.org/default.aspx?id=1 Second World War in Northern Ireland]
  
 
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/categories/c1162/ The People's War]
 
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/categories/c1162/ The People's War]
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====Evacuation====
 
====Evacuation====
  
[[Evacuation and Evacuees]]
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*[[Evacuation and Evacuees]]
  
  
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*[http://met.open.ac.uk/group/jwl/hg_manual/homeguard.htm Home Guard Pocket Manual]
 
*[http://met.open.ac.uk/group/jwl/hg_manual/homeguard.htm Home Guard Pocket Manual]
  
====Land Girls====
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====Land Army Girls====
  
 
*[http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/womenslandarmy.php Reminiscences of Land Army Girls]
 
*[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.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&catprofession=Women%92s+Land+Army Times past - Land Army Girls]
  
==Prisoners of War and Detainees==
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==Allied Forces==
  
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:
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*[[The Royal Navy]]
  
Archives Division and Research Service<br>
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*[[The Army|The British Army]]
International Committee of the Red Cross<br>
 
19 Avenue de la Paix,<br>
 
Geneva CH-1202,<br>
 
Switzerland
 
  
email: archives.gva@icrc.org
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*[[The Royal Air Force]]
  
*[http://www.kriegsgefangen.de/ POW - The German Prisoners of World War 2]
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*[[Australia#Military_History|Australia: Military History]]
  
*[http://www.merkki.com/index.htm WW2 Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I ]
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*[[Canada#Military_History|Canada: Military History]]
  
*[http://www.cofepow.org.uk/  COFEPOW - Children & Families of Far East Prisoners of War]
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*[[India#Military_History|India: Military History]]
  
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php Behind the Wire. POW 1914-1918]
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*[[New_Zealand#Military_History|New Zealand: Military History]]
  
*[http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals]
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*[http://www.ostrycharz.free-online.co.uk/PolishLinks.html Polish Links for WW2]
 
 
*[http://www.cowraregion.com.au/home/2292/POW_Camp_Info.pdf Cowra prisoner of war campsite]
 
 
 
*[http://www.cofepow.org.uk/ COFEPOW ~ The Children (& Families) of the Far East Prisoners of War]
 
 
 
*[http://34thdivdeathcasualties.homestead.com/files/POW_109MED.htm Prisoners of War 109TH Medical Battalion (1942 - 1945) WW2 & Beyond]
 
  
*[http://www.holocaust-history.org/ The Holocaust History Project]
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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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Book: '''Prisoners of War, British Army, 1939 - 1945'''
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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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That lists alphabetically over 107,000 British Army POWs of all ranks held in
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==Prisoners of War==
Germany or in German occupied territories in World War Two. It gives each
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*[[Military History#Prisoners_of_War_and_Internees |Prisoners of War and Internees]]
POW's camp, POW number, surname, initials, rank, army number and
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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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