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Links to other WWII sites

Second World War Experience Centre We have created the Second World War Experience Centre to save a crucial part of our heritage. Year by year, countless letters, diaries and memories from the Second World War period are disappearing, despite invaluable efforts by national war collections, local history bodies and regimental museumsThe tale of all men and women during the Second World War is of absorbing interest and teaches vital lessons about our past. We have an obligation to join in rescuing all the material we can about this most terrible of conflicts before it is too late.

314th Infantry Regiment and 79th Reconnaissance Troop Official site of veterans of the 314th Infantry Regiment and 79th Reconnaissance Troop (Mech), 79th Infantry Division, World War II.

84th Infantry Division The Railsplitters Despite having played a vital part in World War Two notably in The Battle of the Bulge and in the liberation of Germany, has for too long been overlooked by many historians and students of military history.

70th Infantry Division Association In combat for 86 consecutive days, the "Trailblazers" put up a valiant fight in Operation Nordwind (Jan 45) and went on to take Forbach and Saarbrucken in Feb. and Mar 1945.

461st Bomb Group - 15th Air Force A comprehensive look at the operational history of the 461st BG(H) during WW2. Features include: First hand accounts, Nose Art, Mission Summaries, Photographs of Torretta Field Italy.

504th PIR during WW II This site honors the brave paratroopers who served during WW II. It has as section for decorations and medals and a complete casualty list with additional information that includes those interned in overseas cemeteries.

Americas secret War American Intervention In The Russian Civil War, 1918-1920

B17 Virtual tour This is a virtual tour of a real B-17 Flying Fortress using both Quick Time VR panoramas and Quicktime VR object movies.

Battleship USS Washington BB56 In the Third Battle of Savo , she fought and won a classic ship to ship duel with the Japanese Battleship Kirishima. This made her the first U.S. Battleship to fight an enemy battleship and the only one to singly destroy one. The Washington also sinks the Destroyer Ayanami in the same battle.

Battle of the Bulge 110th Regiment, Regimental Combat Team

D+66 World War II through single soldiers eyes Col. (retie war time memoirs of Van R. Mayhall, Sr.,USAR )

A Tribute To Col. Jack M. Ilfrey This website is a tribute to one of the greatest fighter pilots of all time, Col. Jack M. Ilfrey (USAAF) and the Fighter Groups he flew with. This is a labor of love we have set forth on to right the wrongs of those who have basically overlooked this man's colorful and often dramatic career in the history texts across the world. Col. Ilfrey (and all veterans of the greatest conflict in history) deserves to be remembered for his accomplishments and his generosity to those of us who still care.

Phil and Eddie - A View From the Past A tribute to Sgt. Phil Bonelli of the 602nd tank destroyer battalion and Sgt. Eddie Rossi of the 79th Infantry Division.

Staff Sgt. Bill Heller The War memoirs of Staff Sgt. Bill Heller, 3rd Signal Company 3rd Infantry Division by my good friend Richard Heller who has always been there for me when I need encouragement. This is an excellent site

The Skylighters 225th AAA Searchlight Battalion

Thru the eyes of an Air Force First Lieutenant Norval Seeley now lives at House Springs, Missouri and recently visited Branson. As you may know Branson has many attractions and special events for veterans each year. As on of our "native" Missouri sons, we hereby present you with the true stories of World War II as written by Norval.

William M. Nelsen Jim Moran has built a great web site all about his Grandfather and the The 3rd Armored Division

USS OAKLAND CL/CLAA-95 The Flying "O" We Delivered When Called Upon The OAKLAND fired so fast and so long that the paint melted off the 5 inch 38 cal. gun barrels. All you could see was the red lead paint undercoating.

43 Special Mission David Kriek's account of 43 Special Mission, which was led by Lt Col Laurens van der Post in 1942 on Java. Kriek was in charge of a Dutch territorial force and gave considerable assistance to 43 Special Mission and Van der Post.

Boleslaw Belz A Polish WWII Veteran, who fought in the Battle of Monte Cassino

The Royal Navy Ships of Victor Johns in W.W.II This is a personal page dealing with the ships my father served on in the Royal Navy during W.W.II" H.M.S. Resolution, H.M.S., Mauritius, H.M.S. Liverpool, H.M.S. Intrepid, H.M.S. Arethusa, H.M.S. Norfolk and H.M.S. Vengeance.

Memories of Pt. Tom BarkerTom was in the same Battalion as Sid and his story is an excellent read. Service No 2982252 Regiment. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Service . Palestine 1939-40. Libyan Desert, Crete. Wounded and taken POW on Crete. June 6, 1941 Four years POW. Stalag 3D Teltow. Stalag 404 Grossbeeren. Stalag 4B Muhlberg. Left Muhlberg while the war was still raging in Berlin. Hiked across the Elbe river via Torgau. Picked up by American Officer in a Jeep and taken to an air strip. Transported from the air strip in Germany to France 1945 by Air Marshal Tedder. Landed at Reims France and interrogated by American Officer. Transported from Reims France to Buckinghamshire U.K. In the bomb bay of a Lancaster Bomber. Interrogated by British Officer.

A Tribute to a Hero This is another site about Tom ( above ). Everyone has a favorite hero. For some, admiration for a popular star inspires a website. Others venerate an author or poet. But there are quieter and lesser known heroes out there. Tom Barker is one of them, and this site is for him.

Pte.William "Cocky" Cochrane The Black Watch The Royal Highland Regiment 2nd Battalion 14th Brigade L.R.P Operation "Thursday" Special Force "The Chindits" Burma April-August 1944

Sergeant Pilot David Bell RAF Is the history of 31 Squadron RAF but mostly it's a site dedicated to finding out more information on Ron Tee's cousin Flight Sgt. David Bell who was lost was flying over Burma during the war.

My Dads Story. Ron Bereznicki,s site about his Fathers war time service with the 2nd Polish Corps. Very good site

Letters of Eric Carpenter, Gunner,RA, Dover Letters written by Eric Carpenter throughout the war to Ella Hemsley. The first page covers his first few weeks in the Royal Artillery at Dover.

Bob"Flash"Clayton Although he still has a limp from his wounds in Hong Kong and the beriberi he contracted as a prisoner of war, Bob Clayton, now 70, still jogs and bicycles every day.

Jack Cull Bob Culls father was a British 8th Army soldier in N. Africa, Italy, and Yugoslavia.

Michael John Donoghue 13 Platoon 'C' Company 1st Battalion London Irish Rifles Royal Ulster Rifles

Billy's War This is a new site I have mabe about William edwards how served at Monte Cassino, Sicily and Egypt with Argyll and Southern Highlanders. The site has many of Billy's War time photos

John Green M.B.E Coldstream Guards

HMAS BENDIGO "The Fall of Singapore" personal diaries of Victor Neville Bruce & George Richardson. Diaries in any form were disallowed in HMA ships during World War II but fortunately for history some were kept and many survived.

In search of a captive Description: this is my fathers story about his service in SOE special operations executive and his eventual capture by the japanese in the far east and his internment in a camp near mukden manchuria. This is an excellent site.

Tom Hoare's One Mans War The TRUE story of the British Army's Elite "Red Devils" Airborne Regiment and Its WW II Victories

In Memory of W.W.II This site is dedicated to the brave soldiers who fought in World War II. The goal is to promote peace by allowing others to learn about our past first hand through stories and historical accounts from veterans of World War II. This is a place where political differences should not exist; a place where soldiers and civilians, friend or foe alike are able to share their experiences of the war. Only by setting aside past differences may we learn to work together for a better future.

Pte. Geoffry "Mortar Boy" Bieler British 1st Airborne. Geoffry "Mortar Boy" has been in the habit of writing a short vignette after each battle. His first person style captures the spirit of the battle that can sometimes be lacking at a reenactment. Reading his works brings back all our memories in a new light, and reminds us, that while we participate in this hobby for fun and love of history, a lot of men paid a terrible price for our freedom to do so.

Flt. Lt. David S.A. Lord VC. DFC. This site was produced and placed here on the World Wide Web as a mark of respect for one of our country's war hero's.

Francis ( Frank ) John Meredith A Churchill Tanker's Personal Story

Harry Thomas Munn Dunkirk was that famous British defeat, turned into "The Miracle of Dunkirk" (not "victory", as some state then
sneeringly put down) by the way over 300,000 Allied troops were plucked off the beaches by an armada of "little ships", and ferried to the waiting Naval ships who could not get near enough on their own, or taken direct to Ramsgate. That much is pretty well known. What is less well known is that the troops on the beaches were protected from Hitler’s advancing army by a relatively small number of rearguard units. Harry was in one of those units, at Cassell in Belgium.

Corporal William Oliver Pearson BC(NL), W.W.I & W.W.II Veteran. Another Bob Cull site about his grandfather who fought in 2 world wars

Leutnant der Reserve Wilhelm Radkovsky A war diary from Lieutenant Wilhelm Radkovsky. These are the true words
from a man who served in the second world war. This is not about the marvels of war but about the imprisonment and life after the war. Its a memorial to the millions of German soldiers who gave their lives for their country but also its about the suffering caused by the German occupation through-out Europe.

Cyril 'Jimmy' Green Royal Navy All through his navy career he kept a diary of events (which at the time was against regulations). He also served on H.M.S Speedwell, H.M.S Musketeer and the Nore wireless station at Chathem, Kent. The diaries he kept give an account of all events of daily life and also, as he was getting all the information coming through the wireless transmissions, gives detailed accounts of major naval events such as the Cino-Japanese war, battle of the River Plate, The Russian Convoys (twice) and the D-day landings.

The raid on Munich This page will take you on a remarkable journey across Germany during World War 11. This is a narrative of that
journey. The Webmasters father was an R.A.F. flying officer in December of 1942. These events happened after he was shot down
and imprisoned and then forced to take the Lammsdorf march, or as it was better known, the death march .

The Mumblings Of Edward Sparkes RAF fighter piolt in Burma with the Indian Airforce, fighting with the forgotten IVth Army.

W.W.II experiences of Troop Sergeant Ronald Tee Who severed in the same campaigns as Sid Robyn Dowsett has built a website all about her fathers War time experiences, complete with maps and the largest collection personal pictures I've ever seen

Jim Wilkins D-Day Recollections, by Jim Wilkins, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, “B” Company

Diary of a 50MU man This is a log, written during the 2nd. World War, by James Wilson It is a detailed account of the aircraft recoveries made by Jim Wilson and his gang, written in his diaries and later typed up by himself, and is a fascinating description of events little written about in the history of the war.

Parachute Regimental Association Home to Lothian Branch of the Parachute Regimental Association

Royal Naval Commando Association The association for veterans of the Royal Naval Commando Beach Parties who did so much to ensure the success of amphibious landings in World War 2

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 58 dedicated to the veterans throughout the world.

SID'S WAR From El Alamein to Cassino. The story of an Argyll at War. The war time memories of Pvt. Sid Martindale 1st Battalion Argyll Sutherland Highlanders As told in this own words and photos

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