Websites and resources about Military - World War II
Prisoner Of War
Eyewitness account by Dr. Paul Ashton, medical staff of the US Bataan force, contained in two books, Bataan Diary and a section called And Somebody Gives a Damn.
http://www.prisonerofwar.com/
Culture region Colditz : Gateway to Saxony : Oflag IVC
Virtual tour of Colditz including Castle, used as POW camp for Allied officers in WWII.
http://www.colditz-4c.com/
Robert D. Reeves - Peoria to Munich - A Prisoner of War
The story of one man's experiences in WWII as a Prisoner of War at Stalag VII-a, near Moosburg.
http://www.lp-net.com/pow/
WWII POW Research of Stalag Lutfs
Extensive WWII POW research of Stalag Lufts in Europe along with the B-24 Liberator bombers of the 392nd BG.
http://www.b24.net/pow/index.htm
Colditz Castle Oflag IVC
A tour of Colditz Castle. Escapes from Colditz Castle. By Paul Dean.
http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/bunker/8963/
World War II POW: Major Robert Goldsworthy
This is the story of WWII POW Robert Goldsworthy
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/1388/
Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Foundation of New Mexico, Inc.
Commemorates the New Mexico 200th Coast Artillery, defenders of Bataan and Corregidor who suffered the Bataan Death March and three and a half years as prisoners of the Japanese.
http://members.aol.com/bcmfofnm/index.html
In Hell There Is A Place Called Death's Railway
Stanley Willner's experience as a prisoner of war of the Japanese at the River Kwai.
http://www.angelstation.com/swillner/
World War II - Japan's Prisoner of War (POW) Camps
Basic facts for U.S. POWs held by the Empire of Japan during 1941-1945, with more than 37% dying in captivity.
http://vikingphoenix.com/public/rongstad/military/pow/pwcmps-2.htm
World War II - List of Japan's Prisoner of War (POW) Camps
How to order reports about a list of Japanese camps holding American POW during World War 2.
http://vikingphoenix.com/public/rongstad/military/pow/pwcmps-3.htm
Island Farm POW Camp 198 / Special Camp 11
German POW camp in Bridgend, Wales, Great Britain called Camp 198.
http://www.islandfarm.fsnet.co.uk/
My Hitch In Hell!
The story of a WWII U.S. Marine who was a POW of the Japanese.
http://www.think.org/pow/the_march.html
A Katyn and World War Two Diary
Young officer survived the execution of 27,000 Polish POW's by Stalin, and went on to fight Nazism. Diaries and letters chronicle Poland's Holocaust.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/6764/Katyn1.html
Lest We Forget: The Railway of Death
Fred Seiker's book containing paintings and stories of life as a Japanese POW building the Thai-Burma Railway.
http://www.beverevivis.com/books/lestweforget/
Gunther Pluschow - only POW to Escape from Great Britain
The story of the only POW to escape from Great Britain.
http://www.pluschow.iofm.net/
World War II
A large compilation of WW II links for researchers including Army Air Force Bombardment Groups links.
http://www.powmiaff.org/wwII.html
Ghost of Bataan
POW survivor Abie Abraham tells the real truth about the Death March and prison camps in Bataan.
http://www.ghostofbataan.com/
World War II - Axis Prisoner of War (POW) Camps
Lists Axis POW camp reports from National Archives and provided by American Ex-Prisoners of War
http://vikingphoenix.com/public/rongstad/military/pow/pwcmps-1.htm
Prisoner of War
A tribute to the Allied soldiers who fought in Greece in 1941 and were held in Stalag 18A, Austria.
http://www.btinternet.com/~stalag18a
Sirenstorm/Majic Ink - Speedo! Speedo!
New book by UK ex-POW, who endured the hardships of the Thai-Burma railway project.
http://www.sirenstorm.com/majicink.html
Deliverance! It has come! WWII, POW Diary (1942-1945)
This site is in memory of Herman Beaber who was a WWII POW in Los Banos, Philippines.
http://www.geocities.com/ithascome/
Oryoku Maru Online
This is their story. Includes searchable POW list.
http://www.oryokumaruonline.org/
- Royal Navy stoker from Crete to German POW
Memoirs of a Royal Navy stoker captured at Crete, who spent four years as a German POW.
http://www.naval-history.net/WW2MemoirAndSo00.htm
Ian Henry Duncan POW 1942 - 1945
This is the readable online diary of Sgt. I. H. Duncan, a POW WW2 in Italy and Germany.
http://www.ww2log.co.uk/
Captain George Duffy's Prisoner of War page
George Duffy writes about his experience as an American Merchant Mariner who was Prisoner of War (POW) of both the Germans and Japanese during World War II.
http://www.usmm.org/duffy.html
2/20th Battalion 8th Division AIF,Singapore and Beyond
The fall of Singapore during World War II, led the 2/20th Battalion 8th Division AIF to become POW's.
http://geocities.com/batt2_20/home.htm
World War II, My Grandfather's Story
A grandson tells of the horrific and sometimes funny experiences his grandfather had as an infantryman and a Prisoner of War in Germany during World War II.
http://www.angelfire.com/super2/homer
Prisoner of War book - POW-83
Story of one man's struggle to survive the Japanese death camps in the Philippines during World War II.
http://www.prisonerofwar.net/
POW John T Murray
The story of Prisoner of War, John T. Murray, 2nd Echelon 7th Anti Tank Regiment, from New Zealand.
http://www.angelfire.com/nd/domneal/powar.html
Prisoner of War
A site about the experiences of allied Prisoners of War held during World War II.
http://www.pegasus-one.org/pow/
An American Hero: Benjamin Franklin Edwards WWII
20th AirForce, 500th Bomb Group, 881st Squadron on Saipan, Marianas Islands, this is the story of Benjamin Franklin Edwards, MIA from WWII, Navigator on the Rosalia Rocket and the crew, some of whom remain missing to this day.
http://www.20thaaf.com/500thBG/881stSq/RosaliaRocket/edwards.html
COFEPOW - Children of Far East Prisoners of War
A charity perpetuating the memory of those Prisoners of War who were held captive in South East Asia during World War II.
http://www.cofepow.org.uk
POWs in Japan, World War II, POW Camps
A wherehouse of information on Allied POWS under the Japanese in World War II.
http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html
United States Marines in North China
Records of US Marine POWs held in China by the Japanese during World War II.
http://www.northchinamarines.com/
World War II - Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I
Narratives and pics of Allied prisoners of war in Germany at Stalag Luft I during World War II. Official War Dept. documents, the secret newspaper, artwork, and the German interrogators.
http://www.merkki.com/
MIA Joseph Thompson
Joseph Thompson has been MIA since 1943 when his plane was lost over Paupa New Guinea.
http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/josephthompson
Swiss Internees Association
A site comprised of the stories of U.S. Army Air Force veterans who endured captivity by the Swiss Government during WWII.
http://swissinternees.tripod.com/
Long Way - Watom Island
The life of a World War II prisoner of war in East New Britain Province.
http://www.colindocketty.co.uk/watombo/visit.html
Never Forgotten - The story of the Taiwan POW Camps
The story of the Japanese prisoner of war camps on the island of Taiwan (Formosa) during World War II.
http://www.powtaiwan.org/
Willie Jamieson's Internment 1941-1945 Los Banos WWII POW
Missionary shares his World War II POW experience.
http://www.geocities.com/ithascome/Wim-Jamieson-Internment.html
Prisoner of Camp #1 - Fukuoka, Japan
An insight into life and death at a POW camp in wartime Fukuoka. With actual testimonies of those who were there, both Allied and Japanese.
http://home.comcast.net/~winjerd/POWCamp1.htm
Twelve Hundred Days - Russell A. Grokett, Sr. WWII POW
A biography of Russell A. Grokett's survival of the Bataan Death March, including three years as a Japanese Prisoner of War.
http://home.comcast.net/~rgrokett/POW/index.htm
Relics of the Battle of the Bulge
Identified items lost by American soldiers.
http://www.geocities.com/eft435/bulge3.htm
Fepow Community
Dedicated to the POW's held by the Japanese.
http://www.fepow-community.org.uk
London Far East POW's Association
Formed in 1947, shortly after the release of Japanese P.O.W. camps in the Far East.
http://www.fepow.org.uk/
National Ex-Prisoner of War Association
Promotes the welfare of those made Prisoner of War during their service with the United Kingdom or Allied Forces.
http://prisonerofwar.freeservers.com/
Mitsubishi Sendai #6 (Hanawa) POW Camp
Stories of survival by the Allied POWs working as slave labor for Mitsubishi Copper Mining.
http://www.mitsubishisucks.com/slave-labor/camps/hanawa/
Lie in the Dark and Listen
Autobiography book of Wing Commander Ken Rees, 2nd World War bomber pilot and his Great Escape from Stalag Luft 3.
http://homepages.tesco.net/~xplanesx/html/the_book.htm
World War 2 Historical Research
Korean POW/MIAs families.
http://www.ww2research.com/
Animals of the POW camps in America durring World War Two
Stories of animals in American Prisoner of War camps during World War II.
http://animalsinamericanpowcamps.com/
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