World War Two

submitted by Jess

General World War Two Links

• Lesser known facts about WW2

• Second World War in Northern Ireland

• COFEPOW ~ The Children (& Families) of the Far East Prisoners of War

• The U-Boat War~Excellent site and very informative!

• The Midnight Watch - The Home Front

• Bletchley Park Archives

• Prisoners of War 109TH Medical Battalion (1942 - 1945) WW2 & beyond

• WW2 Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I

• Nuremberg Trials Project

• The Holocaust History Project

• The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals

• Conscription Heroes

• North African campaign

• New Zealand troops in North Africa

• The Africa Star campaign medal – picture and description

• Polish links for WW2

• Civilian life in WW2

• 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

• Chesham in the Second World War

Cemeteries and Memorial Links

• Yokohama War Cemetery-Japan

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........

• Cowra NSW ~ Australian burials

This is a personal family history site that lists detailed descriptions of Australian casualties from WW2 buried there. 522 Japanese are buried there too.

• 1939-1945 Military Cemeteries and Memorials

Covers Belgium, Canada, China (including Hong Kong), Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand.

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