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Allied Powers

• Encyclipedia Britanica articles on WWII
• Wikipedia Allies of World War II
• Youtube: Documentary, World War II' video
• 1943 Invasion of Sicily by Allied Forces video
• Worldwide Military Resource page
• unithistories.com Officers, Men and Women of Allied Countries WW2- contains service, decorations and many Photo's.
• Missing In Action (MIA) in the Pacific- Pacific Wrecks maintains profiles on known Pacific Missing In Action (MIA) cases it includes resolved, pending and known cases awaiting attention this is an ongoing project, with a goal to one day include all Pacific aircraft losses and MIA cases.
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• National Archives - Military Resources World War II
• USHMM.org - World War II time line

United States

• Family Search United States WWII Prisoner of War Records
• USS Zaurak delivers troops, supplies to Guam, Iwo Jima
• United States
• National World War II Museum
• Archives.Gov
• Best History sites.net
• Veterans Statistics
• List of World II Battles
• US History
• WW2 WikiMuseum
• Hornet
• USS Bangor
• Fields of Honor Database records and memorials to US Soldiers buried in Netherland Cemeteries
• Family Search - World War II United States Military Records, 1941 to 1945
• Family Search - United States World War II Service Records
• Military Index - Online World War II Indexes and Records - USA
• Fold3 - Pearl Harbor Muster Rolls
• National WW II Museum - Research a Veteran
• WW II Enlistment - WW II Army enlistment records
• WW II Army.Mooseroots.com - WW II U.S.A Army enlistment
• National Archives of Australia - United States forces in Queensland, 1941–45
• Fold3 - WWII US Air Force Photos
• USS West Virgina.org - Full Pearl Harbor Casualty List
• American Battle Monument Commission - World War II Burials and Memorializations
• Medal of Honor Recipients Buried in Arlington National Cemetery
• The California State Military Museum- The California State Military Museum offers details about how this state engaged in the Second World War, including stories about rumors, events, and news that affected the outcome of events
• Gov Military Registry- A Comprehensive Military Records Databases for All States
• Defence Prisoner of War Missing Personnel Office United States Missing in Action Personnel. WW2 Thru Operation Iraqi Freedom
• National Archives
• Mary's Genealogy Treasures- A great selection of Military Records for all Wars
• Armed Guard- This site obtaining and Researching Military Service Records and Ship Records for World War II U.S. Navy Armed Guard and World War II U.S. Merchant Marine
• Pacific Wrecks.com Aircraft Wreck Database in the Pacific Region, WW11 and Korea
• Navy Memorial- The United States Navy Memorial Honoring Navy Service Free
• National Archives - Air force Records
• Wisconsin History- Among other things This site shares the specific history of Wisconsin veterans of World War II
• Medal of Honor Recipients
• Military Times Hall of Valor Medals and Awards of United States Military Personel
• Merchant Marines WW11- American Merchant Marine Prisoners of War or Civilian Internees during World War II
• Stories of the Merchant Maine POW- This site tells the stories of some of the Merchant Marines that were Prisoners of War in WW11
• Purple Heart Hall of Honor - A searchable list of recipients.
• unithistories.com Officers, Men and Women of Allied Countries WW2- contains service, decorations and many Photo's.
• The WW2 Poster Collection- The 338 items, primarily World War II-era posters Materials published by the U.S. Government Printing Office are in the public domain and, as such, not subject to copyright restriction the Library requests users to cite the URL and Northwestern University Library if they wish to reproduce images from its poster database.
• National Archives Photos of WW2- photographs from World War II that can be found at the National Archives and Records Administration

Great Britain

• CWGC (Commonwealth Graves Commission) Find War Dead, searchable database
• Forces War Records $ free trial during D-Day
• BBC.co.uk - WW II summary
• Wikipedia - Battle of Britain
• History of England - World War II
• Wikipedia - History of the United Kingdom during World War II
• Wikipedia - British divisions in World War II
• National Archives.gov.uk - Second World War
• Forces War.co.uk - WW2 Military Records
• Imperial War Museums - Where to Find Army Service Records
• BBC Family History - Researching Military Records
• Who do you think you are Magazine.com - Online resources
• GOV.UK - Get a copy of military service records
• Cora Web.com.au - United Kingdom - Military records
• War Medals and Awards- A list of Medals and Awards
• The Calgary Military Historical Society Abbreviations Used in Military Documents and for Medal Inscriptions used in British Commonwealth Forces.
• unithistories.com- Officers, Men and Women of Allied Countries WW2- contains service, decorations and many Photo's.
• National Archives WW2 Photos- photographs from World War II that can be found at the National Archives and Records Administration on line
• Missing In Action (MIA) in the Pacific
• National Archives Photos of WW2- photographs from World War II that can be found at the National Archives and Records Administration
• British Naval Officers and Ships
• Royal Navy Officers
• U-Boat.net- Personnel and Ships of Allied countries in WW1 and WW2.
• British Merchant Marine- Ship Crew List
• Royal Air Force Official RAF-MOD Site
• Aircrew Remembered Aircrew and Aircraft Loss's Database. 300,000 records of Personnel most with Photo's
• Lost Aircraft.com Database of Aircraft Lost in WW2, all Airforces
• 158 Squadron Association Searchable Database of Personnel of WW2
• British Library and Newspapers- Help for researchers for Family History Research and British Military History, 1801-1945
• British Military History- Online resource covering 1930-1950 British Army,British Indian Army and Britian's Allies
• Woman at War- This website examines the important role played by women in the war and includes biographies of twenty secret agents, twenty women involved in the anti-Nazi resistance movement in Europe and twelve women who risked their lives as war reporters
• Prisoners of War- World War 11 Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I A collection of stories, photos, art and information on Stalag Luft I
• History of War Currently has 4,718 articles, 1,773 pictures, 391 maps, 691 unit histories, 791 book reviews and over 3,298,400 words in original articles. Does not just cover the best known conflicts, a good coverage of the First and Second World Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the American Civil War.
• Scotts in WWII

• "The Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour 1939-1945" book is made up 66,375 fatalities in seven volumes. All arranged by county, then local government area. The original volumes are kept at St. George’s Chapel, found at the west end of Westminster Abbey, London, England.

Soviet Union

• DOKUMENTATIONSSTELLE DRESDEN database of Soviet WWII prisoners of war and some 10,000 records of German citizens convicted in Soviet war tribunals (in German)
• History.com
• World War II
• Wikipedia - Soviet Union in World War II
• Wikipedia - Eastern Front
• Wikipedia - World War II casualties of the Soviet Union
• Naval History -Russian Convoys1941-45
• POW in Russia
• www.unian.info - Russia declassifies Munich Agreement papers
• Encyclopedia.com - WW2 Soviet Tanks
• Country Data - Soviet Union WW2
• Wikia.com - Soviet Union World War II
• Wikipedia - Category:Military history of the Soviet Union during World War II
• Second World War History.com - Soviet Union WW2 time line

China

• Wikipedia - Chinese Nationalist Air Force
• History.co.uk - China History
• CNN.com
• PSMAG.com
• Wikipedia - Xue Yue
• Chinese History Conflict and World War II
• Wikipedia - category: China in World War II
• China during World War 2
• Foreign Policy
• Explore Chinese History
• One of the Allies

France

• France crashes - Crashes 1935-1945 can change to English version
• Vichy Regime
• Family Search - France Military Records
• www.lesmortsdanslescamps.com - in memory of the fallen of the 1939-1945 war.
• The National Archives - Deaths in the First and Second World Wars
• World War II Database - the French Resistance
• BBC.co.uk
• History Learning site.co.uk
• Jewish Virtual Library
• History Learning site.co.uk - Resistance-movements special-operations executive
• Biography.com - Charles de Gaulle
• Holocaust
• Wikipedia - French Resistance
• Wikipedia - Cavalry and Armoured Divisions
• World War 2 History - France
• BBC News -
• www.ushmm.org
• Normandie
• Wikipedia -History of France during World War II
• French Divisions in World War II

Poland

• Polish Contribution
• War Crimes
• Poland and Holocaust
• Poland and military
• Bombing of Warsaw
• Polish people
• Polish Christians executed
• All Polish
• Beginning of World War 2
• Occupation of Poland
• Poland in World war 2
• Polish divisions
• German Camps in Occupied Poland during WWII

Canada

• CWGC (Commonwealth Graves Commission) Find War Dead, searchable database
• The Military Museums.ca - Canadian Veterans Service Records
• Library and Archives Canada - Second World War: 1939-1945
• Library and Archives Canada - Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead, 1939-1947
• Veteran Affairs Canada
• Family Search - Canada Military Records
• Maple Leaf Up - How to Research Information on Canadian Participation in WW2
• The Memory Project Canada
• RCAF Association - RCAF Personnel – 1939-1949
• www.rhli.ca - links to Government of Canada Services
• Haze Gray.org - World War II Canadian Ship Listing 1931-1945
• The Military Museums.ca - Canadian Veterans Service Records
• Veteran Affairs Canada
• RCAF Association - RCAF Personnel – 1939-1949
• www.rhli.ca - links to Government of Canada Services
• Family History Alive.com - Canadian Military Records World War I and II
• Vancouver Public Library - Military Records - World War II
• Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan - Military Records
• Familyhistoryalive.com- Canadian Military Records World War I and World War II
• unithistories.com Officers, Men and Women of Allied Countries WW2- contains service, decorations and many Photo's.
• U-Boat.net Personnel and Ships of Allied countries in WW1 and WW2.
• Mary's Genealogy Treasures- A great selection of Military Records for all Wars
• Genealogy Spot- a list of Cenotaph Records Ontario, Canada
• Canadian Genealogy- Manitoba Canada Military Records
• Printable War Posters- A free site for Vintage War Posters you can download
• Canadian Miltary History-
• Canadian War Brides- The story of the Canadian war brides and their journey to Canada

Australia

• National Archives
• CWGC (Commonwealth Graves Commission) Find War Dead, searchable database
• Australia War Memorial - Personal service records: Australian service
• Australia's War 1939-1945 - Australians in World War II
• Australian War Memorial WW1 Rolls, Roll of Honour, WW2 POWs Name Search Here Military Units Search Here.
• Nominal Rolls WW2 Comprehensive Lists of Service Personnel Names Only. All Arms of Military
• Royal Australian Air Force - Air Force Service Records
• It's an Honour -
• Australian War Memorial - Units Second World War, 1939-1945
• Military Historical Society of Australia - links to other sites relating to military forces and military history
• Australian War Memorial - Rats of Tobruk
• National Archives of Australia - The sinking of HMAS Sydney, November 1941
• ANZAC Day.org.au - The Kokoda Track
• WW II Australia - Kokoda - Fuzzy wuzzy angels
• Australian War Memorial -Bombing of Darwin
• Wikipedia - Burma Railway
• Australian.gov.au - Weary Dunlop and the Burma Railway
• National Archives of Australia - Cowra breakout
• U-Boat.net Personnel and Ships of Allied countries in WW1 and WW2.
• Wrecksite, eu International ship wreck Database including Navies and Merchant Navies, full information on how and who sank ship with photo's and GPS co-ordinates
• Trove Australian Digitised Newspapers Project-ongoing
• Royal Australian Navy History Personnel and Ships of The Royal Australian Navy
• Cyndi's List Australian Military Comprehensive Military History Site Listing.
• Cora Webb Australian Military Records Comprehensive Military History Site Listing.

Axis Powers

• Britannica.com - Axis Powers World War II
• Wikipedia - Axis Powers
• www.ushmm.org - Axis Alliance in World War II
• English Online - Causes of World War II
• World War II History. info - The Axis
• List of Axis Personnel Indited for War Crimes
• Boundless The End of World War II (PowerPoint)
• US National Archives Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 - 1947, documenting the period 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946
• GenTracer Info Page US National Archives WW II POW Records
• Überblick
• World Vital Records German Military Records
• Hitler News - World War II records and Nazi Archives

Germany

• DOKUMENTATIONSSTELLE DRESDEN database of Soviet WWII prisoners of war and some 10,000 records of German citizens convicted in Soviet war tribunals (in German)
• List of Nazis Indited for War Crimes
• Mass Suicides in Nazi Germany
• Guests of the Third Reich German POW Camps
• Boundless The End of World War II
• US National Archives: WWII includes captured Nazi recordings
• US National Archives Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 - 1947, documenting the period 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946
• GenTracer Info Page US National Archives WW II POW Records
• German War Graves searchable database in German
• FamilySearch Germany Military Records
• Überblick
• World Vital Records German Military Records
• Family Search.org - World War II, 1939 to 1945 many German records were destroyed in World War II
• National Archives - Captured German and Related Records on Microform in the National Archives
• Deutsche Dienststelle - list on their records.They include personnel documents, listings, documents on military losses and a register containing over 18 million soldiers from World War II - in German
• www.genealoger.com - German Military Records
• Hitler News cloudworth.com - World War II records and Nazi Archives
• Fold3 - WWII Captured German Records
• Jewish Gen - The "Captured German Records" Collection

Japan

• Japanese Facts
• Columbia.edu Quest for Power. Japan's Quest for Power and World War II in Asia
• Wikipedia Units and Formations of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
• Book, "Asahi Historical Photographs Library: War and People 1940-1949 Vol.1" published by Asahi Shimbun Company.
• Inventory of Japanese War Crime Documents
• Wikipedia Japanese War Crimes
• Sandakan Death Marches
• Bataan Death March
• List of Japanese run Internmemt Camps during World War II
• Fold3 - Photos - WW II Japanese
• Combined Fleet.com - Imperial Japanese Navy Page
• www.theatlantic.com - The Radio Broadcast That Ended World War II
• www.janm.org - Chronology of WW II Incarceration
• Find my Past - The history of Japanese-Americans WWII Relocation Files
• Japan Center for Asian Historical Records - Introduction of released Documents on the end of the Pacific War
• Data.Gov - Records About Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II

Italy

• Family Search - Italy Military Records
• World Vital Records - Italy Military records
• National Archives Australia - World War II internee, alien and POW records held in Sydney
• Map Archive - Collection of Italian Military records, 1935-1943
• Italiamerica.org - Italian Military records
• Forces War Records - Italian Prisoner of War Camp records
• Black Brigades
• 1st Blackshirt Division
• 2nd Blackshirt Division
• 3rd Blackshirt Division
• 4th Blackshirt Division
• 5th Blackshirt Division 1 Febbraio
• 6th Blackshirt Division
• 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian)
• Coastal artillery

Women of World War II

• Woman at War- This website examines the important role played by women in the war and includes biographies of twenty secret agents, twenty women involved in the anti-Nazi resistance movement in Europe and twelve women who risked their lives as war reporters
• Women Spies of the OSS

Spies

• Archives.gov Declassified Records OSS Personnel Database (PDF)
• OSS Unmased as WWII Files Declassified
• Sources and Methods records of the OSS
• WIkipedia: List of Spies in World War II
• Historical Document
• Mental Floss.com - 10 Celebrities who Spied on the side
• Wikipedia - Category:World War II Spies
• NPS.gov - pdf
• William Donovan, OSS
• David Bruce, director, London
• CIA News
• CIA .gov
• Josephine Baker
• Peggy Knight -The Women Who Lived for Danger
• Baker, Josephine
• Six people World War II spies
• Women Spies of the OSS
• German Saboteurs?
• The Guardian.com - Nancy Wake obituary SOE agent during the second world war nicknamed the White Mouse by the Gestapo