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This subcategory contains 93 links Interview with Ken Hechler. Interviewer: Betty Dotson Lewis. July 14, 2001 Divisional veterans page [ 85th Regiment ] [ 86th Regiment ] [ 87th Regiment ] [ 604th. ] [ 605th. ] [ 616th. ] [ 10th Anti Tank Bn. ] [ 10th. Recon ] [ 10th Quarter Master ] [ 10th Medical ] [ 110th Signal ] [ Division HQ ] [ HQ Special Troops ] [ Belvedere Blizzard ] [ Italy 2000 ] [ 126th Engineers ] WW2 in Russia in 1941. All defense and offensive operations Battle maps are the key element of this site. History of men and machines of the 33rd PRS in WWII. The 376th Heavy Bombardment Group Oral Histories includes audio and video oral histories with veterans serving in the 376th Heavy Bombardment Group during World War II. A European Anabasis — Western European Volunteers in the German Army and SS, 1940-1945.Book by Kenneth W. Estes Combat veteran and POW German Tanks in World War II audio Aerial reconnaissance photographs, deposited by the UK Ministry of Defence at TARA, accessible via the internet. For the first time you can access 5.5 million photographs taken over occupied Western Europe, by the Allies during World War II. The battle for Europe after the D-Day invasion. Le Forze Armate del Regno d’Italia, Regio Esercito, Regia Marina e Regia Aeronautica, nella Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Reparti, uomini, armi, mezzi. Battaglie e campagne. A firsthand account of one German man's experience living through World War II. Battle for Moscow during WW2 in 1941-1942. All operations with maps. Also in Russian. Includes an ongoing battle diary. Interesting site. Great battle during WW2 in 1941-1944. All operations and map. Also in Russian. The BBC asked the public to contribute their memories of World War Two to a website between June 2003 and January 2006. This archive of 47,000 stories and 15,000 images is the result. "During WW2 the German armed forces top secret codes were broken at Bletchley Park, providing the allies with vital infomation towards their war effort. The world's first programmable computer and other technologies we take for granted today were initiated at Bletchley Park." World War II Story "Blood Ran in the Streets," Cabin Creek, WV Coal Miner; July 1, 2001 Counters the arguments of Italian cowardice. HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH ARMY, APO #758, U. S. Army. GENERAL ORDER, 22 August 1943: NUMBER 18 War memoirs of Van R. Mayhall, Sr., USAR Col. (ret) PBS Short but useful Dutch association of WWII collectors Feldgrau.com - research on the German armed forces 1918-1945 Includes references. Armitice agreement between the German High Command ... and French...June 22, 1940 Richard Davis, Aerospace Power Journal, Winter 1997 WWII. Complete set. Contemporary viedo Eyewitness account. Doctor of Philosophy Thesis from Tel-Aviv University. By Chaya Ostrower. The purpose of this study was to investigate and comprehend the types of humor and laughter and the functions they fulfilled in the Holocaust. One's man's story of the fight against Germany. Commencing November 1st 1942 WWII battle in Russia. Letter home during the War and an interview in May, 2002. Letter of Commendation, July 16, 1943 When soldiers of the 16th Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division landed at Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, photographer Robert Capa, in the employ of LIFE magazine, was among them. Massacres and Atrocities of World War II within the countries of Belgium, France, Greece, and Holland. by George Duncan. 1943 - 1946. Good photos The Story of the Campaigns of the VII Corps "A documentary of experiences of the men who suffered in the shadow of the great Abbey of Monte Cassino." How the Germans forced the Dutch into slave labor from Encyclopdia Britannica The largest Airborne operation in history, the heroic actions of the 1st Airborne Division in Holland, September 1944 Famous battle Collection of Photos taken by my Dad and vets of 5th Army in Italy. Includes group photos, photos of Camp Shelby(MS), Desert Training Center(CA), Execution of Mussolini. From 328 Field Artillery, 85 Div, 310 Engineer Btln. Link to Anzio Diary(38pgs) Our objective is to thank those who won the Great Patriotic War. German units rolled into Poland and crushed it. This was the campaign that began WWII in Europe. The Italian Navy in World War II. In Italian or English. War time memories of Pvt. Sid Martindale, 1st Battalion Argyll Sutherland Highlanders as told in his own words. The 225th AAA Searchlight Battalion (Semimobile). Contains: (1)Proclamation by Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of the Reich, to the German Army, September 1,19139. (2) Address by Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of the Reich, before the Reichstag, September 1, 1939. (3) Communication from the German Government to the British Government, Handed to Joachim von Ribbentrop, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the British Ambassador (Sir Neville Henderson) at 11:20 A.M., September 3, 1939 (4) Proclamation by Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of the Reich, to the German People, September 3, 1939. The original pictures (and those since added) were taken at Stalag XVIII A in Austria. Surprisingly, the camp authorities permitted photography, although a censorship system operated and most of the pictures can be seen as having potential propaganda value for the Germans. Interview of Clemon Knapp, WWII Veteran by Betty Dotson Lewis, July 17, 2001. An interdisciplinary computerized program through the use of stamps, pictures, text and paintings by children in the Holocaust Great site. Focus on the port city of Portsmouth with "years later" comments as well. This site covers some history of the Italian Campaign with photos, stories, Unit organization and a Reference Library. Most history books discuss the fighting in Italy after June 1944. This site includes details of the GOTHIC Line and Po Valley. AN ASSESSMENT OF ITS SIGNIFICANCE AS A PUBLIC AND HISTORICAL ISSUE IN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN, 1940-1993. " The purpose of this research is to assess the public, political and historical, scholarly significance of the Katyn Massacre--the extermina- tion of 26,000 Polish officers, cadets, and other officials at Katyn and other killing sites in Russia in Spring 1940. Specifically, the study surveys the historical and contemporary treatment of the Katyn Massacre in the public press and scholarly literature of the United States and Great Britain, 1943-1993." Liberation of Gunskirchen, Austria - May 4, 1945 "What you will find is a great book written by my dad, Bill Cheall, about his World War II experiences.The book covers many major episodes of the war and there is a special section on all my dad's comrades and acquaintances from what is the most significant period of modern history, including a number of photographs." Electric lighting. A railroad. An air ventilation system. Against incredible odds, the Allied airmen imprisoned at the Nazi POW camp Stalag Luft III secretly engineered these and other technological marvels 30 feet underground in the three escape tunnels they named "Tom," "Dick," and "Harry." from the "War Diary" of John Kline, a nineteen year old Squad Leader, Heavy Machine guns, 2nd squad, 1st Platoon, M Company, 423rd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division. Summary, photos, links, memoirs An HTA book. Edited by Judith Z. Marrs. Photos. From the BBC WWII letters with additional commentary. In February 1940 a nationwide campaign was launched that warned the general public against loose talk and the dangers of unwittingly giving information to enemy sympathizers. British WWII site. |
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