Military history and M Guide - Resources and Review

Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to military science.
 
Includes information on how British soldiers have lived, worked and fought from Tudor times to the present day.
 
Paintings, maps, coastal profiles, navigation calculations, manuscripts, and a biography dedicated to George Raper who sailed from England to Australia as midshipman at the age of seventeen in 1787. Also features a time line of key events in Raper's life between 1769 and 1797.
 
Recounts stories of Canadian soldiers' involvement in conflicts around the world during the 20th century. Covers the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War, the Merchant Navy, the Nursing Sisters of Canada, and acts of wartime remembrance.
 
Features background information, articles, and reference information on on
going military procedures. Also offers coverage of historical operations including Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and NATO involvement in Bosnia and Kosovo.
 
Created by teachers and students from several different countries.Each entry in the encyclopaedia involves several pages of text, illustrations and links to other relevant material looking at the international, the national and the local dimension of the conflict. Subjects covered include war in the air and at sea, life in the trenches, military tactics, the Home Front and weapons and war machines. Contains primary source material.
 
Collection of links covering military history from ancient times to the modern day. Resources are arranged by time period, and then organised by specific war or conflict. In addition, a range of general and country
specific resources are featured.
 
Provides brief biographical information on military Generals involved in World War II from all participating countries, along with birth and death years, and major appointments. Generals are arranged by country, and then alphabetically.
 
Official history program of the US Naval Department, featuring information on wars and conflicts, traditions of the naval service, and a selection of related bibliographies. Includes details of the centre's branches and the range of activities undertaken.
 
The War Times journal is an online magazine and archive, dealing in military history, archives, articles and illustrations. Includes sections on events, weapons, militaria, tactics and memoirs.
 
Concentrates on military operations involving British troops since the end of the second World War. Focuses on conflicts including that in India and the Gulf War, as well as Britain's role in peace keeping missions. Information covers background resources, conflict over land, air and sea, allies, and military machinery.
 
Includes information about the centre, including a publications catalog, and information about its activities. There are also FAQs and other research tools on military history available.
 
Repository of the national archives for England, Wales and the United Kingdom. It was founded by act of Parliament in 1838 to bring together and preserve the records of central government and the courts of law, and to make them available to all who wish to consult them. The records, beginning with the Domesday Book (1086), span an unbroken period from the 11th century to the present day.
 
Searchable collection of primary documents from World War I including conventions, treaties, official papers, memorials, and personal reminiscences. Also features an archive of images, a section on the maritime conflict, and links to material on medical aspects of the war.
 
Museum hosting exhibitions relating to military history in California. Covers California state militia and national guard unit histories, lineage and honours, ships, the San Francisco Earthquake, the San Francisco dock strike, airfields, the Navy, Marine Corps, and the Air Force. Also describes California during the Mexican, Civil, Indian, and Second World Wars. Resources concerning the heraldry and insignia of the California State military forces are available.
 
Covers conflicts involving Britain and the Commonwealth since 1914. Exhibits include a Battle of Britain Spitfire, a V2 rocket and a German one
man Biber submarine. Art galleries display works by twentieth century war artists and the First and Second World Wars are illustrated by film, photographs, diaries, letters, mementoes, firearms, medals, badges, printed material and sound recordings.
 
Stories from surviving soldiers of the Gulf War, including British soldier Andy McNab, with timelines, maps, audio files, and a report on Gulf War syndrome.
 
Articles on codebreaking and making, encryption on the Web, the mechanics of the Nazi's encoder, Enigma, and the personalities and genius of the men who cracked its code. Contains activity sheets for teachers, and facilities for users to encode their own messages.
 
CHIDE aims to contribute to the study of history of electronics in both a military and social context. Includes newsletter articles and a slide show.
 
Collection of photographs of historical warplanes, depicting those of the Royal Air Force, US Air Force, Luftwaffe, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force, and the Indian and Thai Air Forces.
 
Commemorates Australian men and women who have served in war, giving an overview of Australian military history, an insight into the structure of Australia's forces, and military statistics. Also provides databases covering the Memorial's collections, online exhibitions, educational services, and family history research resources.
 
Charts the life of Oliver Cromwell (1599
1658). Discusses his parliamentary and military careers, outlines his religious views, and lists quotations by and about Cromwell.
 
Britain's National Museum of Aviation, opened in 1972, celebrates the story of aviation from before the Wright Brothers to the present, with an extensive collection of aircraft and associated exhibits. There are some interactive online exhibits, in QuickTime format, designed to create the immersive illusion of standing in a particular spot within a photographed environment.
 
Documents the Royal Air Force battle fought between 10th July and 31st October 1940. Provides a diary of daily events, a calendar of reports, video footage of aircraft employed by the RAF, Luftwaffe, and the Reggia Aeronautica, and information about commanders, units, and stations.
 
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