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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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*[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]
  
 
*[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]
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==Allied Forces==
  
==Prisoners of War and Detainees==
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*[[The Royal Navy]]
  
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 Army|The British Army]]
  
Archives Division and Research Service<br>
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*[[The Royal Air Force]]
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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*[[Australia#Military_History|Australia: Military History]]
  
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*[[Canada#Military_History|Canada: Military History]]
  
*[http://www.kriegsgefangen.de/ POW - The German Prisoners of World War 2]
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*[[India#Military_History|India: Military History]]
  
*[http://www.merkki.com/index.htm WW2 Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I ]
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*[[New_Zealand#Military_History|New Zealand: Military History]]
  
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php Behind the Wire. POW 1914-1918]
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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]
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*[[USA#Military_History|USA: Military History]]
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*[http://www.cofepow.org.uk/ COFEPOW ~ The Children (& Families) of the Far East Prisoners of War]
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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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*[http://34thdivdeathcasualties.homestead.com/files/POW_109MED.htm Prisoners of War 109TH Medical Battalion (1942 - 1945) WW2 & Beyond]
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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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*[http://www.holocaust-history.org/ The Holocaust History Project]
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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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*[http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals]
 
 
 
 
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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