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Links
A miscellany of decent/useful/interesting sites.
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Network Information, Suggestions and Feedback
News & Information pertinent to the day to day running of the forums.
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User Introductions
Introduce yourself! If you want to.
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Latest: Introduction: CANLOAN Remembrance project 51highland, Sep 27, 2024 at 9:46 AM
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Unit History
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Latest: 113th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, The Royal Artillery. Following their journey through Europe Mandy B, Sep 27, 2024 at 2:51 PM -
Unit Documents
For links to, or transcriptions of Histories, War diaries & Accounts not covered under Unit History section. Please include in the title unit name and date. The aim is to get all such information into one easily searchable area.
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General
Forum for general World War 2 talk. Anything about WW2 that doesn't fit in any other category
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1940
The Campaign in Belgium, France and Holland' - 1940 and all that - Same war, but almost a different era.
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Latest: Against all odds – Saint-Valery-en-Caux (June 1940) cjd_101, Sep 27, 2024 at 2:12 PM -
Theatres of War
WW2 by theatre of operation and geographical area.
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Latest: Mystery over WW2 shipwrecks vanished from Java Sea bed riter, Sep 26, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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Latest: Flying Mosquitos? von Poop, Sep 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM
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Top Secret
Intelligence, Bletchley, Interception, Cryptology, MI6/Secret Intelligence Service, etc
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WW2 Battlefields Today
If you're planning a battlefield tour, or have one to report on, start here.
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Latest: Day trip to Monte Cassino. Red Jim, Sep 25, 2024 at 11:24 AM -
Home Fronts
They also serve who 'only' stand and wait. Matters relating to the Home Fronts of the various combatants.
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Latest: Feldwebel Siegfried Abraham BlueLancer, Sep 2, 2024
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The Holocaust
Area for discussion of things specifically relating to the Holocaust. No denialism, spam, or disrespect welcome.
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Latest: Help with translation into Polish PiRO03, Sep 21, 2024 at 4:19 PM -
The Women of WW2
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.
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Veteran Accounts
Specific accounts from veterans around the world.
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Latest: 80 years on. Grasmere, Sep 22, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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Weapons, Technology & Equipment
The machinery & artifacts of #WW2
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Weapons, Technology & Equipment
From entrenching tools to radar, and all points between.
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Latest: The reliability of base detonating fuzes in APHE projectiles. Don Juan, Sep 25, 2024 at 6:46 PM -
WW2 Militaria
Forum for discussing aspects of collecting WW2 militaria & sharing your own collections with the world at large.
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Latest: Real or Re-enactment? WW2 Krigsmarine Gray Leather U Boat Jacket and Trousers woodpusher78, Sep 24, 2024 at 10:04 PM -
Vehicle Names and Census Numbers
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)
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Latest: Sherman Firefly - the tank and how best to use it etc Ramiles, Sep 21, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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Research
The serious bit.
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Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy
Tracking down a family member, specific serviceman or unit.Puzzled by paperwork or official terminology?This is the place to ask.
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Service Records
Topics specifically relating to Service Records and the background to them.
FAQs / related info can be found in the pinned threads
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War Cemeteries & War Memorial Research
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.
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Non-Commemorated War Dead
A forum for enquiries into those not listed on the CWGC, civilian & military, that have a case for inclusion & may hopefully be remembered there.
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Prisoners of War
POWs, individuals, camps, capture, escape & all matters therein.
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Historiography
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.
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Research Material
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.
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Latest: NARA OCR in Record Group 331 ( Allied Screening Records, Italy) papiermache, Sep 26, 2024 at 4:42 PM -
WW2Talk Resource Manager - new uploads/updates.
Place where threads created by new resource uploads will appear (Test - this may not be it's permanent form)
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Latest: 1st Amoured Battalion Coldstream Guards Woody27, Sep 23, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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Prewar
Military or political history of the period before World war 2
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Latest: British Troops in Northern Indian in the 1930s Yan Taylor, Sep 11, 2024
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Other Stuff
The less serious bit
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Books, Films, TV, Radio
The written word and the moving image. Bibliophiles, telly addicts & Film critics, state your case here.
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WW2 Museums. Events, & places to see.
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.
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Latest: B29 Superfortress CL1, Sep 22, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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The Lounge Bar
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.
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Latest: Silhouette Soldiers. High Wood, Sep 27, 2024 at 9:16 AM
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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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Trux Discussion Area
This is the 'open' bit of the Trux area, all the other stuff should be closed. Things posted here will appear on the Portal.
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Arms
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Other Formations
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Equipment
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Latest: 1940 Searchlight Lorry No 1 Mk 11 Derek Barton, Jul 21, 2024