WW2Talk

  1. Links

    A miscellany of decent/useful/interesting sites.
    1. Network Information, Suggestions and Feedback

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    2. User Introductions

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    1. General

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    2. The War at Sea

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    3. The War In The Air

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    4. Top Secret

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    5. WW2 Battlefields Today

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    6. The Third Reich

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    7. The Holocaust

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    8. The Women of WW2

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    9. Veteran Accounts

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    10. All Anniversaries

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  2. Weapons, Technology & Equipment

    The machinery & artifacts of #WW2
    1. Weapons, Technology & Equipment

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    2. WW2 Militaria

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    3. Vehicle Names and Census Numbers

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  3. Research

    The serious bit.
    1. Service Records

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    2. Non-Commemorated War Dead

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    3. Prisoners of War

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    4. Historiography

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    5. Research Material

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  4. Other Stuff

    The less serious bit
    1. Books, Films, TV, Radio

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    2. WW2 Museums. Events, & places to see.

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    3. Modelling

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    4. The Lounge Bar

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  5. Trux 21st Army Group

    21 ARMY GROUP 1944/45 - Units, organisation and equipment - Originally the Trux Models website. An excellent resource on 21AG now resting here by the kind permission of it's creator.
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News & Information pertinent to the day to day running of the forums.
Introduce yourself! If you want to.

Please try and keep the research queries in other sections of the forum.
Forum for general World War 2 talk. Anything about WW2 that doesn't fit in any other category
The Campaign in Belgium, France and Holland' - 1940 and all that - Same war, but almost a different era.
WW2 by theatre of operation and geographical area.
Naval warfare in the period.
Aerial warfare in the period.
Intelligence, Bletchley, Interception, Cryptology, MI6/Secret Intelligence Service, etc
If you're planning a battlefield tour, or have one to report on, start here.
They also serve who 'only' stand and wait. Matters relating to the Home Fronts of the various combatants.
Rise of the Nazis, Politics, Personalities etc.
Area for discussion of things specifically relating to the Holocaust. No denialism, spam, or disrespect welcome.
From combatant in the Red Army to Nurses and Munitions Workers. Women had countless roles in the war, this is the place to discuss them.
Specific accounts from veterans around the world.
All anniversaries relating to WW2
From entrenching tools to radar, and all points between.
Forum for discussing aspects of collecting WW2 militaria & sharing your own collections with the world at large.
This area is specifically for discussing specific British and Commonwealth individual vehicle details - names, turret numbers/callsigns, census numbers, vehicle marks etc. The results of this research is linked to the Warpaint series of books and so will be hosted by Mushroom Model Publications on their Direct Link to .PDF here)
Please title each post clearly with the details known or requested: name, census number, callsign and of course unit or formation if known. The aim is to generate discussion and then allow the results to be collated and then shared by updating the spreadsheets available online (as read-only).
Tracking down a family member, specific serviceman or unit.Puzzled by paperwork or official terminology?This is the place to ask.

Please at least place unit details in your thread title to attract attention from those who might best answer your questions.
Topics specifically relating to Service Records and the background to them.
FAQs / related info can be found in the pinned threads
Start a thread here to ask for help deciphering those abbreviations, etc.
Add unit name to the title for best results.
The inevitable result of war.From far-flung resting places to your local war memorial. Research and questions relating to cemeteries and memorials to the fallen of WW2.
A forum for enquiries into those not listed on the CWGC, civilian & military, that have a case for inclusion & may hopefully be remembered there.
POWs, individuals, camps, capture, escape & all matters therein.
Area for historiographical issues - things relating to the whys & wherefores of historical study itself. Particular reference to WW2, but also anything to do with 'The Study of History' in general.
If you have access to a particular useful research source, documents, books, etc. and are willing to do look-ups for members this is the place to advertise.
Place where threads created by new resource uploads will appear (Test - this may not be it's permanent form)
Military or political history of the period before World war 2
Cold war, military & political history of the period after World War 2.
The written word and the moving image. Bibliophiles, telly addicts & Film critics, state your case here.
Been to any good museums lately? Or maybe a WW2 related show? Anything that's not strictly a battlefield visit, tell us about it or ask for information here.
Modelling, any material, any scale.
Off topic stuff.Rattle on about whatever here.Rants & raves, general strangeness & anything else you'd like to share. Used to be a free for all. - Modern Religion is no longer welcome, and no Modern Politics whatsoever.
This is the 'open' bit of the Trux area, all the other stuff should be closed. Things posted here will appear on the Portal.