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Military history

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Australian War Memorial: 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.
Author: Australian War Memorial
Subjects: australia, military history, warfare
DeweyClass: 355
Resource type: documents
Battle of Britain: 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.
Author: Royal Air Force
Subjects: armed forces, military history, warfare
DeweyClass: 358
Resource type: documents, images, moving images
Britain's Small Wars 1945-1992: 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.
Author: Paul, James; Spirit, Martin & Robinson, James
Subjects: military history, warfare
DeweyClass: 355.009
Resource type: reference data
California Military Museum: 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.
Author: California Center for Military History
Subjects: military history
DeweyClass: 355
Resource type: museum
Cromwell Association: 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.
Author: Cromwell Association and Cromwell Museum
Subjects: military history, political history
DeweyClass: 941.064
Resource type: biography
Frontline: The Gulf War: 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.
Author: Public Broadcasting Service
Subjects: iraq, kuwait, middle east, military history, warfare
DeweyClass: 956.70442
Resource type: documents
Generals of World War II: 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.
Author: Ammentorp, Steen
Subjects: military history, second world war
DeweyClass: 355
Resource type: biographies
George Raper Collection: 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.
Author: National Library of Australia
Subjects: military history
DeweyClass: 359
Resource type: documents, images, maps
Imperial War Museum: 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.
Author: Imperial War Museum
Subjects: british history from 1800, first world war, military history, peace and conflict, second world war, warfare
DeweyClass: 355
Resource type: museum
Military History @ Skalman.nu: 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.
Author: Wendel, Marcus
Subjects: military history
DeweyClass: 355
Resource type: index
Military Operations Archive: 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.
Author: Emergency Response & Research Institute
Subjects: military history, military operations, warfare
DeweyClass: 355.4
Resource type: data collection
National Army Museum: Includes information on how British soldiers have lived, worked and fought from Tudor times to the present day.
Author: National Army Museum
Subjects: armed forces, british history from 1800, military history
DeweyClass: 356
Resource type: museum
Naval-History.net: Comprehensive naval history resource, particularly of use for researching naval ancestry.
Author: Smith, Gordon
Subjects: military history, military research
DeweyClass: 359
Resource type: documents, images
Nova Online: Decoding Nazi Secrets: 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.
Author: Public Broadcasting Service
Subjects: cryptography, military history, second world war
DeweyClass: 355
Resource type: articles
Oral History Research Unit: Our mission is to explore new ways of understanding change through oral history and to harness the power of the Internet in presenting oral testimony in the virtual museum environment.
Author: Bournemouth University
Subjects: military history, museum science
DeweyClass: 355
Resource type: institution
Public Record Office: 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.
Author: UK Public Records Office, Crown Copyright
Subjects: british government, genealogy, military history, public administration, united kingdom
DeweyClass: 351.41
Resource type: documents
Royal Air Force Museum: 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.
Author: RAF Museum
Subjects: aircraft, aviation, military history
DeweyClass: 358
Resource type: moving images
Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia: The First World War: 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.
Author: Spartacus Educational
Subjects: first world war, military history
DeweyClass: 940.3
Resource type: document collection
Sun Tzu on the Art of War: The oldest military treatise in the world. Translated from the Chinese with an introduction and critical notes by Lionel Giles.
Author: Sun, Tzu
Subjects: chinese history, military history, military science, warfare
DeweyClass: 355
Resource type: non-fiction ebook
United States Centre for Military History: 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.
Author: US Army
Subjects: military history
DeweyClass: 355
Resource type: documents
US Naval Historical Center: 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.
Author: Naval Historical Center
Subjects: military history, united states of america
DeweyClass: 359
Resource type: bibliographies, documents
Veterans Affairs Canada: 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.
Author: Veterans Affairs Canada
Subjects: canadian history, military history
DeweyClass: 971
Resource type: documents
Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolution: Offers information on the American revolutionary war (1765-1777), with a focus on the Philadelphia Campaign of 1777.
Author: Independence Hall Association
Subjects: military history, united states history to 1900
DeweyClass: 973
Resource type: articles, index
War Times Journal: 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.
Author: War Times Journal
Subjects: military history, military science, warfare
DeweyClass: 355
Resource type: magazine
Warbirds: 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.
Author: Sarup, Arjun
Subjects: aviation, military history
DeweyClass: 358
Resource type: image collection
World War I Document Archive: 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.
Author: Plotke, Jane & Hacken, Richard
Subjects: first world war, military history
DeweyClass: 940.3
Resource type: documents, images