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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] | ||
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| − | + | ====Evacuation==== | |
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| + | [[Evacuation and Evacuees]] | ||
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| − | + | ====The Home Guard==== | |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.homesweethomefront.co.uk/web_pages/hshf_homeguard_pg.htm#top The Story of the Home Guard] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/meltingpot/oxford/330/hg/hg.html The Home Guard] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://met.open.ac.uk/group/jwl/hg_manual/homeguard.htm Home Guard Pocket Manual] |
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| − | + | ==Land Girls== | |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/womenslandarmy.php Reminiscences of Land Army Girls] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&catprofession=Women%92s+Land+Army Times past - Land Army Girls] |
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| − | + | ==Prisoners of War and Detainees== | |
| − | + | 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: | |
| − | + | Archives Division and Research Service<br> | |
| + | International Committee of the Red Cross<br> | ||
| + | 19 Avenue de la Paix,<br> | ||
| + | Geneva CH-1202,<br> | ||
| + | Switzerland | ||
| − | + | email: archives.gva@icrc.org | |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.kriegsgefangen.de/ POW - The German Prisoners of World War 2] |
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*[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] | ||
| + | *[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. | + | *[http://www.holocaust-history.org/ The Holocaust History Project] |
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| + | 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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Revision as of 16:12, 28 October 2009
Contents
The Home Front
Evacuation
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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