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World War II Web Sites
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- Entertainment
- History (1)
- War (8)
- 7 visitors recommend:
Music of WWII
Source: Marion J Chard , VI Corps
E-mail: wd@6thcorpscombatengineers.com
- A WWII Jukebox currently featuring over six hours of the finest tunes from that era.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
51 Highland Division - Official Online Museum
Source: 51 Highland Division Trust Fund
City: Europe, Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: contactme@ianlivingstone.me.uk
- The Official 51 Highland Division
Website and Online Museum - Read their detailed history and browse photographs, maps and personal
accounts from those who fought with the 51HD.
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- 17 visitors recommend:
The Iron Men of Metz - 95th Infantry Division
Source: Mathieu Gitzhofer
City: Metz [France], Country: France
- A French website designed to preserve the history of the U.S. 95th Infantry Division and to honor the memory of the veterans of this 95th. The website is focused on the fighting in and around Metz and contains a nice collection of Then-and-Now photos. The website is available in both French and English.
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- 11 visitors recommend:
D-Day
Source: WorldWar2History.info
- Features, links, and a basic overview of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe that began on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
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- 9 visitors recommend:
Comando Supremo: Italy at War
Source: Jim Heddlesten
E-mail: webmaster@comandosupremo.com
- Detailed information about the Italian military and politics of World War II. Includes photos and specification of the Fiat G.55 fighter as well as biographies, audio files and a forum.
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- 8 visitors recommend:
World War II 'All you need to know and more'
Source: Anton Kemmeren
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: anton_kemmeren@hotmail.com
- A World War II site, including sections on weapons and equipment.
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- 8 visitors recommend:
Wereldoorlog 2 (Belgian World War 2 site)
Source: Matthyssen Jeroen
Country: Belgium
E-mail: jeroen122@hotmail.com
- A Belgian site with WW 2 vehicles, books, and a large document about a "workkamp" in Poland. Almost entirely in Belgian.
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- 4 visitors recommend:
World War 2 Pillboxes and Anti-Invasion Defences in the UK
Source: Ian Sanders
Author: Ian Sanders
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: pillboxesuk@yahoo.co.uk
- In 1940, a network of defences was hastily built all over the British Isles to prevent an anticipated German invasion. Sited at road junctions, canals and other strategic points these constructions were called "pillboxes". This site attempts to show what remains of them today.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
War Relics Forum
Source: War Relics
Country: Estonia
E-mail: forum@warrelics.eu
- War relics discussion forums.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Women of World War II
Source: Margie Burke
E-mail: meburke66@gmail.com
- A comprehensive collection of military
photos and images from WWII, focusing on
the women who served in the US war effort.
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- 6 visitors recommend:
Aviation History - WWII Facts & Photographs
Source: AviationHistory.org
- Aircraft information specification picture galleries with a variety of historic aviation fun fact quizes and in-depth book reviews.
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- 6 visitors recommend:
USAAF First Motion Picture Unit of WWII
Source: G.E. Nordell
City: Culver City, State: CA
E-mail: magiclanternstore@email.com
- The USAAF First Motion Picture Unit was formed in 1942 to produce training, morale and propaganda films. The unit was located at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California.
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- 4 visitors recommend:
IX Engineer Command
Source: David Little
E-mail: david@ixengineercommand.com
- History of the IX Engineer Command who were responsible for building, maintaining and defending airfields in the European theatre following the D-Day invasion.
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- 23 visitors recommend:
85th Combat Engineers Heavy Ponton Battalion
Source: 85th Veteran
E-mail: k.s.obarr@juno.com
- A web site dedicated to the 85th Engineers of WWII.
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- 10 visitors recommend:
Scorpio's Site: Battle of the Huertgen Forest
Source: Scorpio
City: Huertgen Forest, Country: Germany
- Website about the Battle of the Huertgen Forest, with history overview, veteran accounts, stories, images, timeline and interactive map.
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- 5 visitors recommend:
D-Day: The people and their stories
Source: Colin McGarry
Country: France
- An interactive French site on Normandy. It offers stories from D-Day and invites you to tell your own story.
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- 4 visitors recommend:
6th Corps Combat Engineers WWII
Source: Marion Chard
E-mail: mjchard@6thcorpscombatengineers.com
- Dedicated to a 540th Combat Engineer and his fellow VI Corps Engineers (36th, 39th, 540th) of WWII. The site includes Memory Pages from vets from various other WWII units too.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
World War II for Kids
Source: Marge Olmstead
E-mail: wwii4kids@gmail.com
- "World War II for Kids seeks to make learning about an important piece of history fun by presenting topics of interest to kids and making fun WWII products available."
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- 1 visitors recommend:
9th Infantry Division Association
Source: Torry Crass
E-mail: tcrass@octofoil.org
- This website is the home of The Ninth
Infantry Division Association and its two
auxiliaries; The Ladies Auxiliary and The
Sons and Daughters Auxiliary. This sites
main focus is on the 9th Infantry and its
contributions throughout World War II.
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- 34 visitors recommend:
SS Leopoldville Troopship Disaster
Source: Allan Andrade
- The troopship Leopoldville was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on December 24, 1944. There were 763 soldiers of the U.S. 66th Infantry Division killed. Bodies of 493 soldiers never found. Many photos on the Web site and drawings by Richard Rockwell (nephew of Norman Rockwell) depicting disaster.
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- 7 visitors recommend:
Naval-History.Net
Source: Gordon Smith
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: naval-history@ntlworld.com
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- 10 visitors recommend:
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment
Source: Lance Faulkner
State: AZ
E-mail: webmaster@501stpir.com
- A brief history of the 501st PIR, it's men, and experiences during World War II.
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- 7 visitors recommend:
Men of Easy Company - official website
Source: The Men of Easy Company Association
E-mail: info@menofeasycompany.com
- The veterans known through the HBO
miniseries "Band of Brothers" have their own website with personal stories and more.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Airborne, Infantry and Marine Reenactment
Source: Living History Group in the UK
City: Birmingham, Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: jojessholli@hotmail.com
- "Our Living History reenactment group is dedicated to preserving the memory of the service men and women of the Second World War. We have three main impressions, 501st PIR, 3rd Infantry and 2nd USMC."
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- 2 visitors recommend:
World War Two Paratroopers
Source: Mark Patterson
State: AZ
E-mail: Pathfinder.Tours@yahoo.com
- Website about the WW2 American
Paratrooper: Uniforms, Equipment, Stories
and other information.
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- 4 visitors recommend:
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
Source: Matthew White
- Excellent resource with a variety of maps to chart socio-economic trends, systems of government, cities, and wars and massacres throughout the 20th Century.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
World War II Information including a timeline, definitions, pictures, newspaper clippings and letters home from those who served.
Source: Brent Cummings
E-mail: brent@worldwar02.com
- From the webmaster: "My site is an ever-
expanding repository of World War II
information that I think would make an
excellent addition to your site, and will
be of beneficial interest to your
readers."
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- 9 visitors recommend:
Cybrary of the Holocaust
Source: Project ABE
- A wealth of perspectives, images, personal accounts, and more about the Holocaust.
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