Websites for WWII or Related Research (i.e. Family History)

This one is courtesy of Za on another thread:

Command and General Staff College Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library http://cgsc.leavenworth.army.mil/carl/contentdm/home.htm

 

Thanks, Scott!

 

Means other English Forum, WW2Talk, I found this:

The London Gazette website

Jan.

 

Very nice!
Hey Michelle, earlier you asked about the blue/purple thing, Skipper answered it actually, your computer remembers which sites you have visited (purple) and which sites you haven't.
Just wanted to let you know, wasn't sure if you got the answer you were looking for!

Anyway thanks again for all these links!!

 

Hi

Bit of self-promotion here (which I hope you don't mind!)

Recollections of WWII - Home Page is a site I'm working on.

It is a directory of oral history collections in the UK which hold recordings of personal accounts of the war. Quite a few of the collections have sites which include full transcripts, mp3s and videos.

There are still a lot of collections to add, and if anyone has any further suggestions, PM me!

 

Michelle yes I started one up on the German side of things back in 01 which may have gone through changes - out the window - do to the server change Otto implemented times back.

lets not forget WASt as well as the Volksbund sites for death and recovery, quite the historical analysis actually with many of those seeking the whereabouts of next of kin. there are others of course such as the comprehensive www.forum.axishistory.com and www.forum.marinearchiv.de
you also have the German site : www.luftarchiv.de for an excellent search possibilities

thanks for posting the lengthy links

 

I discovered those instructions in other Forum about Axis History Factbook: How to use the German War Graves database



Jan.

 

Includes most of my current World War II and related websites. Some of these will be familiar, a few will be links to a couple of Forums pages, a few will be the pages developed by some Forum members, and others will have been provided on other threads by members including myself. I hope they will be helpful or useful for those doing research. They are in alphabetical order, not by category - and while I have tried to ensure they were not already included in this thread some may be duplicates or are updates to previous posts here which I could not edit.

'Go while you can; the enemy's coming' Guernsey under German rule - Times Online
1939 in music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1939 Timeline
1940 in music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1940's Sounds & Music
1941 in music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1942 in music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1943 in music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1944 in music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1945 in music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2nd Canadian Infantry Division Information From Answers.com
7th Medium Regiment, Canadian Artillery - World War II Forums
50 Div in Normandy: A Critical Analysis fo the British 50th Division on D-Day and Normandy
A Brief History of Precision Guided Weapons
A History of the Air Services in Canada
Actors who Served in WW2 [Archive] - WW2inColor Talk
Adrian Carton de Wiart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
afhra Numbered USAF Historical Studies 151-200
AFTA Index
Air Crew Remembrance Society
Air Force Association of Canada Heritage Section
Air Force Combat Units of World War II - Part 2
Air of Authority: A History of RAF Organisation
Air Raid Shelters world war 2 Trench Shelters
Alexander Archer Vandegrift, General, United States Marine Corps
American War Bride Experience
AN AUXILIARY UNIT
ARMOR Magazine
Army and Navy Medals Awarded to Mariners During World War II
Army Headquarters (AHQ) Reports (1948-1959) - Directorate of History and Heritage (DHH) WWII reports
Baseball in Wartime - Canuck Baseball in Wartime
Battlefields of WW2 by Paul Reed
Battle for the Kasserine Pass
BBC - Children of World War 2
BBC - History - Countdown to World War Two Sunday 3 September 1939
BBC - Search results for World War II
BBC - WW2 People's War - Memories of a Girl born into a Police Family [Mrs.Welch]
BCATP html
Before Taps Sounded The story of a 1st division infantryman
Bombing of Berlin pt. 1
Bombing of Darwin Australian War Memorial
Brest - 343d Infantry Division, May 18 Sep 44 - Storming Media
Brian Horrocks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Britain and the Second World War - Undergraduate Course Materials & Details - Department Of History - Trinity College Dublin
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Schools in Canada
British Intelligence in the Second ... - Google Book Search
British Military History Books with ISBN number at Balogh International
C20th Fashion History 1940s - Utility Clothing 1940s
Camp X Did you know
Canada at War - Page WWII The Falaise Gap
Canada’s Pier 21 Online Story Collections including WWII Veterans, War Brides, Evacuees, Displaced Persons
Canadian Airborne Brotherhood
Canadian Genealogy and History Links
Canadian Military Heritage Museum Saskatoon Collections
Canadian Military History (CMH) - LCMSDS
Canadian Military Journal includes Historical Articles
CANADIAN MILITARY HISTORY
Canadian Military History Magazine Summer 2000 see 3 Days in the Falaise Gap
Canadian Military HQ Reports - Online Resources - History and Archives - Directorate of History and Heritage (DHH)
Canadian Operational Art: The Siege of Boulogne and Calais by Terry Copp
Canadian War Brides
Canadian World War II Posters
CANLOAN Army Officers Association
CBA Wales Newsletter 23
CBC Radio News Program Radio CBC Archives
Channel 4 - History - London The greatest city
Channel Island Occupation and Their Jewish Population
Chapter 5 - World War II
Chapter IV Heroes and Honours
Charles A Lockwood
Chilliwack War Memorial WW2
Chronology of the Holocaust 1939-1941
Chronology of World War II (1939)
Civilization.ca - Online resources for Canadian heritage - Military and naval history
Clash of Arms How the Allies Won in ... - Google Book Search
Clearing the South Bank of the Valli Di Commachio
Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library Compound Object Viewer
commentary The General That History Forgot; and One That Popular Lore Created
Complete Broadcast 1939 Old Time Radio
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
Controversy The Valour and the Horror - Normandy
Conversations with EA Campbell
Canadian Involved in The Great Escape
Courtney Hodges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
D-Day Film of Juno Beach - Canada on D-Day
D-Day, 6th of June, The Invasion of Normandy Collection
D-Day: U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division’s Desperate Hours on Omaha Beach
Darwin was bombed 64 times; details here
Definitions of Military Terms and Use
Detail Map of the Falais Pocket
Dieppe Raid - Google Image Search
Edward R. Murrow's Night Raid on Berlin - Pt 2
Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Normandy 1944
EyeWitness To World War Two
Field Artillery Regiments
Find A Grave - Annapolis
Finding Aid
First Sioux to Receive Medal of Honor
Frank Maxwell Andrews, Lieutenant General, United States Army
Frederick Browning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
FSSFHomepage01
Generals of World War II
German Antiguerrilla Operations in the Balkans (1941-1944)
German-English Military Glossary
German Uniforms
Grace Hopper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Great Gunners (Canada)
Groningen
Historic Government Documents from World War II
History of the Big Red ONe
Hockey, Olympic Gold, and the RCAF
HOLNET - London at War 1939-1945
Holocaust News History - 1944 - Deportation of Hungarian Jews
Horror Beyond Dieppe Legion Magazine
Howstuffworks World War II Timeline September 7, 1939-September 20, 1939
Howstuffworks World War II
Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
hyperwar Dominion of Canada in World War II
hyperwar From Pachino to Ortona The Canadian Campaign in Sicily and Italy, 1943
hyperwar Six Years of War The Army in Canada, Britain and the Pacific
hyperwar The Canadian Army 1939-1945 An Official Historical Summary [Chapter 11]
hyperwar World War II on the World Wide Web
Illustrated London News 1940 - October 5th
Ilustrated London News 1944
Information on British Torpedoes
Internet Archive Search Canadian Army
Introduction - Faces of War - Library and Archives Canada
Isaac C. Kidd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jody Perrun - Best-Laid Plans Guy Simonds and Operation Totalize, 7-10 August 1944 - Journal of Military History 671
John (Jack) Maddock HMS Pasteur 1940 to 1941
John Babcock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John F. Kennedy PT-109 loss
John S. McCain, Sr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Journal of Military and Strategic Studies
Kenneth R. Wheeler, Vice Admiral, United States Navy
Lancaster KB879 Crash
Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies
Le forum de la Poche de Chambois
Leaders and Battles of World War II ()
Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lesser Known Facts of WWII Pre-War to 1939, 1940
Lest We Forget - 1939-1945
Libertyship&helicopter
Life during World War II
Life in Wales and Britain since 1930
London After Dark - TIME
London Goes to War, 1939
Love and War Canadian War Brides - Conflict and War - CBC Archives

I'll do this in more than one post - I still don't know how large a post can get!

 

M to R

MABEE, F-O Ernest Aubrey (J88781) - Mention in Despatches - Overseas - Award effective 1 January 1946 as per London Gazette of
MAPS AT WAR
Marc Andrew Mitscher, Admiral, United States Navy
Massacres and Atrocities of WWII in Western Europe
Masterpiece Theatre Foyle's War Links + Bibliography
Memorial Roll of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
Memories of the 1940's (1996-1998 archive) Re rationing in WW2
Military history of Canada during the Second World War
Military History Online - Capital Ship Surface Actions World War II
Military History Online
MilitaryImages - Military Photos Images Pictures Discussion
MilitaryInk - the month's new military books
MLU History Page
Museum of London Exhibitions Current Exhibitions Remembering the Blitz
Nancy Wake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Night Raid On Berlin
No Price Too High Canadians and the ... - Google Book Search
Normandy, Neptune, Arcadia, Dieppe, Quebec, Conference, Mulberry, Eisenhower, Tedder, Montgomery, Overlord, Channel
Obee's History Page
Office of Strategic Services Society
Official Histories
Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War Vol 1 Six Years of War CP Stacey
Old Wounds, Lasting Memories Legion Magazine
One Marine, One Ship
OPERATIONS OF 21 ARMY GROUP 6 JUNE 1944 - 5 MAY 1945
Operation Compass
Orders of Battle Sources Reference Page
Original video from the Normandy Landing
Other Liberation Links - Veterans Affairs Canada
Overview of Commando Monument
Panjandrum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
PARKS AT WAR LONDON, 1939-1945. - Parks & Recreation Encyclopedia.com
Part III German Defence Operations in the Sphere of 1st Canadian Army, 23 Aug - 8 Nov 44.
Passengers liners sunk in World War II American War Bride
Personal Stories - Second World War - From Colony to Country
Plastics News - Celebrating a Century of Plastics
Popular Newspapers During World War II, Parts 1 to 5, 1939-1945
Professional Military and Historical Researchers - genealogyPro
Propaganda leaflets of World War 2 Italian theatre of operations
Queen Mary - Record of Wartime Cruises - 1946
Radio Broadcasts 1939-1943
RAF Bomber Command - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rationing in Britain during World War 2
Rationing
RCAF.com Archives General Interest High Flight
RCAF.com » Archives » Photo Collections » Nos. 438 & 439 Squadrons Heading for France by ship
RCAF.com
Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
recollections Leith - World War II - Food
Recollections of the War by Gina James
Reports from Abroad Matthew Halton CBC Archives
Research - World War 2 Talk
Research Library
Research Starters World War II Remembered
Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Coastal Mine Clearance
Ron Goldstein's Army Album
Royal Canadian Artillery
Royal Navy World War II admirals - Wikipedia
Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) officers 1939-1945 -- A

 

S to T (sorry some of the site names start with The)

Saskatoon and the Second World War Experience
seaclimate.com - Cooling Europe 1939 (2)
Second world war World news guardian.co.uk
Secret Service
Sgt.William Heller's World War II Memoirs-3rd Infantry Division-www.warfoto.com
Ship Photo Gallery
Small Arms Illustrated
Social History 1920s to 1940s. Life between the Wars in England
Songs of Jo Stafford
Songs of Vera Lynn and others midi files
Special Forces - Roll Of Honour
Special Operations Executive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Special Operations Executive
Special Operations Executive in the Far East
Standing Orders for the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
Terry Copp Legion Magazine
The Avalon Project Judgement The Nazi Regime in Germany
THE BATTLE INLAND
The Battle of Britain - Home Page
The BEF-AASF [Archive] - WW2inColor Talk
The Blitz on London world war 2
The Canadian Army and the Normandy ... - Google Book Search
The Canadian Way of War Serving the ... - Google Book Search
The Carmarthenshire Roll of Honour - Whitland War Memorials
The Decision To Enter WW II Army, Part 1 Legion Magazine
The Generals The Canadian Army's ... - Google Book Search
The Hins World War II Collection - The Netherlands
The History of Camp X - Camp X Historical Society
The Holocaust Lest We Forget - Westerbork liberation - The Carel Ruijsch van Dugteren story
The Home Front World War 2
The Jews of the Channel Islands www.HolocaustResearchProject.org
The Midnight Watch
The National World War II Museum D-Day June 6, 1944
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION -- Related Links
The Second World War Experience Centre
The Second World War Historical Society
The Torch - Be Yours to Hold it High! - Canadian World War II Poster
The Visual Writer, LLC - Dialogue
The War Amps - Canada's Military Heritage Series - Second World War
THE WAR ROOM
The Wartime Memories Project UK
TheHistoryNet World War II World War II Closing the Falaise Pocket
TheHistoryNet World War II World War II RAF Flight Sgt. Jack Nissenthall's Secret Role in Operation Jubilee at Dieppe
Their Past - Your Future: Canada and the Second World War
Their past-yourfuture: Red Beach, Dieppe and the Essex Scottish
The Drive on Caen
Thomas Cassin Kinkaid, Admiral, United States Navy
Thus Perished Operation Sea Lion - The Churchill Centre
TIME Magazine - Search Results
Title Index to Items Published (or reprinted) by the Air Force Historical Studies Office
Top Secret Project Ivory Soap -- Aircraft Repair Ships
Trafford Leigh-Mallory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY (Generals Allen and Roosevelt)
Tweedsmuir Military Camp - Home Page

 

And the rest as of this morning, a few found in between but I'll put them on later!

Under the Red Ensign - TIME
United States Army Green Books (PDF)
US Army Heritage & Education Center
US Army World War II Corps Commanders
US People--Spruance, Raymond A.
US-UK Song Page
USAFE TACS
Using the Legacy of World War I to Evaluate Canadian Military Leadership in WWII
USS Washington BB56 Interesting Links
Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
Verrieres Ridge
Veterans UK Website
Victoria Cross - Page 6 - The Aerodrome Forum
Video of Falaise - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
Video of Groningen Holland 1944 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
Virtual Museum of Canada - Search VMC
Walter Seale - 871st Airborn Engineers
War Brides photos NArc Description Full Display - Search Archives - Library and Archives Canada
War-A Soldier's Diary
WarMuseum.ca - A Chronology of Canadian Military History - 1931-1939
WarMuseum.ca - Democracy at War - Canadian Armed Forces - Canada and the War
Web Research - Second World War - From Colony to Country - Library and Archives Canada
What is Defendu [Archive] - Military Photos
Wild Bill Guarnere.Community Lt. J G Edmund L. Mc Namara
Wild Bill Guarnere.Community (Powered by Invision Power Board)
William E. Fairbairn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Winston Churchill Speeches from WWII
Women at War
World War 2 Era Songs ca. 1944-1948
World War 2 Insightful Essays
World War 2 Talk - Powered by vBulletin
WORLD WAR II - ALLIES FLIX
World War II Allied Operations
World War II Books General Histories
World War II Forums
World War II Islands
World War II Letters on Squidoo
World War II Link Directory
World War II Links on the Internet
World War II Photos
World War II Primary Resources on the Web
World War II The Canadian Encyclopedia
World War II The Western Allies
World War II Website
World War II, or Second World War, or WWII (1939-45) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
World War II
World War Two - General - ww2
WORLDWAR2PLUS55.COM
WW2 - The Second World War
WW2 Prisoners of War, Killed while POW's
ww2db Harold Alexander
WWII Fighter Plane Profiles
WWII Generals & Military
wwii The Casualties
www.bills-bunker.de
www.canadiansoldiers.com – includes Orders of Battle
Your View War brides Share your stories and pictures
YouTube - London Can Take It
YouTube - Ocean Liners and Air Planes of the 1940's
YouTube - Rememberance Day
YouTube - World War II Winston Churchill Quotes 1
YouTube - WW2 Movie

 

I found out it shows purple for the sites I renamed today from how I originally had them saved in my Favourites as well as having visited them prior to posting.

 

I found the following which has a 83 slide powerpoint presentation on Canada and World War II. It has the activities in chronological order mixed in with other major events in World War II. Lots of pictures. Not greatly detailed but an introduction.

Canada World War II Canadians live fireproof ppt Presentation

 

Official Report of debates in UK Parliament 1803–2005

I think that this link is very interesting for all you: HANSARD 1803–2005

Read the presentation......

Jan.

 

for the 1st page lwag web-site/German is going down Richard Eger can no longer maintain

also of note is any private site with aol.com domain is being pulled by Aol

so get your infos while you can. as ot AFHRA at maxwell for US records suggest contacting Lynn Gamma directly as it is much faster and will not have to go through possible sublinks and broken channels for your requests, expect a long wait of 6 weeks or more if you are living in the US. the email should be listed on the web-site

also go to the databases at ArmyAirForces.com

the listing is rather large but obatainable and easy to understand instructions on how to find more info.'s on next of kin. the web-site -forum is very beneficial for that first hand on the spot help for the relative that took part in the Army A/F.

 

awesome post, great finds!

 

Hace unos días encontré este recurso online. Como creo que es muy interesante compartirlo, os lo dejo para que lo disfrutéis. Y si descubrís alguno similar en vuestros países, no dudéis en postearlo.....​

La Hemeroteca de La Vanguardia -In Spanish, but very interesting-​

La Hemeroteca de La Vanguardia desde 1881 -Newspaper of Barcelona​

http://www.lavanguardia.es/hemeroteca/index.html​

Jan.

 

Some great additions, this thread is getting to be a very useful database. I use it quite often , and some of the links are in purple to show I tried out these site

Another useful site: Service Pals | Welcome!

 

Here are links to information on Ortona:

Units & Organizations: Canadian

www.canadiansoldiers.com

CBC News Indepth: Ortona

Battle of Ortona - Canadian Army Newsreel
YouTube - Battle of Ortona - Canadian Army Newsreel

No Price Too High by J.T. (Terry) Copp See the part "The Road to Ortona"
No Price Too High: Canadians and the ... - Google Book Search

Thread regarding an Italian Documentary about the Battle for Ortona
A italian movie about the battle for Ortona.. - Page 2 - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums

Into Ortona: Army, Part 69 | Legion Magazine

World War II: Christmas at Ortona
World War II: Christmas at Ortona. | Full text Armies articles from leading publications on ArticleArchives.com.

Canada at War - Page: WWII: The Italian Campaign

Battle of Ortona: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article

Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War Volume II: The Canadians in Italy 1943-1945 G.W.L. Nicholson http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/C...ly/Italy_e.pdf​

The Italian Campaign: Attacking Ortona - From the CBC Archives Radio Broadcast Dec 24, 1943
The Italian Campaign | CBC Archives​

Canadians in Italy - Veterans Affairs Canada​

FALLSCHIRMJÄGER RGT. 3​

http://sill-www.army.mil/FAMAG/1944/...ES_120_129.pdf​

CBC News Indepth: Ortona​

Canadian Armed Forces Blogger: Ortona: A soldier's story​

Pvt. Issie Mayoff and the Battle of Ortona​

http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/caj/doc...ol6.2_13_e.pdf​