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Many of the links on this page have been chosen because they
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| Allies
in war. This site was originally founded as a website
for British war brides who married American servicemen. It has
now developed into a site for the UK and all their Allies, with
particular reference to both World Wars, and the people who
served their countries both in the military and the home front. http://www.alliesinwar.com/ |
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| CC41 The Home Front. Civilians and Home Front Workers. This website is dedicated to all the civilians and home front workers who did not have to go to war - war came to them. Use the website as a chance to read and submit relevant articles. http://www.cc41.net/homepage-01.html |
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| The
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Debt of Honour
Register provides the names of Second World War civilian casualties. http://www.cwgc.org/ |
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Findon
Village (West Sussex) at war. An excellent
resource giving a unique insight into village life during the Second
World War. Find out what it was like to live in a 'front-line'
village during the Battle of Britain. http://www.findonvillage.com/indwar.htm |
| A Girl's
life in London 1939 - 1945. Margaret (who
now lives in Australia) grew up in London during the war.
A must to read is Margaret's account of her 'Grandpa's Victory
Garden'. http://www.users.on.net/arachne/ww2links.html |
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Hands-on-history. Hands-on History is designed to bring you closer to real history. It is a museum with a difference; no glass cases, no security guards, no alarm systems and best of all, it is a museum that comes to you! Whether for classrooms or rest homes, hospitals or ladies’ or mens’ groups, our themed collections, all presented with a lecture by antiquarian and expert Gary Baugh, offer a stunning chance to get up close and personal with the past. What better way is there to learn about history than by holding it in your hand? |
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HOLNET -
London at war 1939 - 1945. http://www.lgfl.net/lgfl/accounts/holnet/upload/learn_tea/index.htm |
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Home
Front web site resources. North
Ayrshire
Education Resource Centre have compiled an excellent list of links to
home front sites, including Nettlesworth Primary and Snaith
Primary School's own web sites on the home front. http://www.ers.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/primary/ww2home.htm |
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Home
Sweet Home Front. This
website gives a detailed insight into the war that civilians
fought on the home front. Subject areas include; the
Woman's Land Army, rationing, the blackout,
salvage (recycling) and many more. One very
interesting section is weekly quotes from the home front. http://www.homesweethomefront.co.uk/templates/hshf_frameset_tem.htm |
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Imperial War
Museum. http://www.iwm.org.uk/ |
| Lee
Miller Archive. American war-time
photographer for Vogue fashion magazine and war correspondent in
the European theatre of war. http://www.leemiller.co.uk/main.aspx |
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| Mass-Observation Archive.
Contemporary war-time reports, diaries, observations, and questionnaires. http://www.massobs.org.uk/archive_today.htm |
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The Midnight Watch. The Midnight Watch is an excellent
resource for schools it covers a
number of aspects of the Home Front during World War 2 including: Air Raid Precautions ( ARP) and Civil Defence (CD); the Home Guard
(HG); the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) and National Fire Service (NFS)
and the role of civilians as Fire Watchers in the Fire Guard during
and after the Blitz. |
| Museum
of Scottish Country Life. The Museum of Scottish
Country Life, situated on The farm of Wester Kittochside East
Kilbride tells the story of many aspects of living in the countryside. Including
wartime, for
instance WW2 POWs worked on the farm and lived in the bothy.
The museum has a schools programme 'Evacuees' aimed at children
from 5 to 14 & links directly to the School Curriculum.
Contact Marion Lawton on 0131 247 4377 for more information. http://www.nms.ac.uk/museumofrurallifehomepage.aspx |
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| Museum
of World War Two. This is a virtual museum
formed round Kenneth W. Rendell's unique collection of
print-based and three dimensional items. 'Formed over a
period of more than 40 years, the collection documents and
illustrates the period from the Versailles Treaty, ending World
War I, to the Nuremburg and Tokyo war crimes trials, ending
World War II. All of the more than 6,000 artefacts on
display, as well as 83 mannequins with complete uniforms and
equipment, are original and from the Second World War'. http://www.museumofworldwarii.com/ |
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Olive
and Eric. The Olive and Eric website is dedicated
to a young English couple who during the Second World War were, like
millions of others, separated from each other. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/keithlondon/oliveanderic/indexmain.html |
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Public
Record Office. Excellent site for documents and information on
the Home Front during World War Two and the Cold War. http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/homefront/default.htm |
| Scots at War Trust. The Trust
concerns itself with native Scots, those of Scots
heritage, men and women who served in Scottish or
Commonwealth Scottish units and those who served in
Scotland or in Scottish waters during the 20th and
21st centuries. http://www.scotsatwar.org.uk/ |
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| Second World War Experience Centre.
The aim of the Centre based at Horsforth Leeds is
to, 'Collect, document, preserve, exhibit and
encourage access to the surviving material evidence
and associated information of the men and women who
participated in the war in whatever capacity whether
military, civilian or conscientious objector'. http://www.war-experience.org/index.html |
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| Second World War Historical Society. The
Second World War Historical Society has been formed
with the aim of furthering the study into the
history of the war. The central aim of the group is
to assemble through a network of regional groups and
the society's own journal a collection of
like-minded individuals who wish to preserve the
memory of the Second World War. http://www.ww2society.org/ |
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Swanseaheritage.net Swanseahertiage.net is a digitising project designed to aid access to the material evidence held in trust by Swansea Museum Service for the people of Swansea, Wales. The World War Two section covers four areas of wartime life in Swansea using paper based, photographic and three dimensional items from their collections. Civil Defence, the Blitz, Home Front and Children in Wartime. http://www.swanseaheritage.net/themes/ww2/index.asp |
| Tarleton Parish Rector's Weekly
Newsletter 1940-1946.
The Rev. L. N. Forse sent out weekly newsletters to
all serving men and women from Tarleton Parish
during the period May 1940 until August 1946. These
interesting and important historical documents
contain many village 'names' and succinctly capture
and convey the mood and thoughts of the Tarleton
villagers together with those of the surrounding
parishes as the war unfolded. Recognition of the
Newsletter was widespread and even received
acknowledgement from the Queen. See issue 258. http://www.heskethbank.com/history/rectorsweekly/index.html |
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| Third Reich source material. I would recommend Das Reich Ltd. If you are purchasing genuine Third Reich source material for research purposes, displays or collections. Toby Rowan (the owner) has supplied the collection with a number of items including; photographs (in albums and loose), pamphlets and books. The most recent being a photograph album from 1932/33 showing original photographs of S.A. rallies. The highlight of the album being two photographs of Herman Goring. http://www.dasreich.co.uk/ |
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| Vegetarians and World War
Two. http://www.vegsoc.org/members/history/vegwar.html |
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| War
Gunner. This website is dedicated to the memory of John Parsons.
A Gunner and Cook in the Second World War. In this site you will find War related historical data, war
stories, photos and links. http://www.wargunner.co.uk/ |
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Westwall's War.
North Shields, May 3rd 1941. Bombing of 'Wilkinson's Basement' air
raid shelter, Tynside. |
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Women at War : the role of Women at work during World War Two. This is a website that was set up by Stanway
Primary School in Essex. 'World War II brought a lot of suffering
and hardship to thousands of people. Families were broken up as men were
sent to the front lines to fight, some never to return. Children were sent
out of the cities to stay with strangers, away from the bombing. The
peaceful routine of everyday life was shattered. But out of the terrors
and hardship of war, a new role for women began to emerge which was to
change their position in society forever.' http://http://caber.open.ac.uk/schools/stanway/index.html |
| 58th Medium
Regt Royal Artillery 1940-5. The Suffolk Regiment: B.E.F 1940
[as part of the 44th Home Counties Division] North Africa 1942-5 [as
part of The First Army]. http://www.btinternet.com/~wars/ |
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1940's
website. http://www.1940.co.uk/index.shtml |
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WW2 People's War. WW2 People's War is a site
dedicated to capturing people's personal stories of World War Two in a
lasting archive. Whether the writer was military or civilian, at home or
abroad, on the front-line or home front, every story plays a vital part
in helping future generations understand the sacrifices made by a nation
at war. This site has very helpful research desks including a home front
research desk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2 |
Last Updated:
15 September, 2008
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