World War II in the Air & at Sea

Updated July 16, 2003

THE WAR IN THE AIR
Before the war - Airships: The Hindenburg and Other Zeppelins 
  Developments in Air Warfare
  British and German Air Doctrine Between the Wars  
  Air War 
  War in the Air 
  WW2 Pilot Memories 
The United States Army Air Force in World War Two
  Combined Bomber Offensive in Europe 
  Importance of Aircraft Carriers in World War II 
  American Aces of World War Two WWII 
  Planes and Pilots of WWII 
  Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In
The Drop Zone Virtual Museum
  D Day: Air Power Over the Normandy Beaches and Beyond
AIRLIFT USA 
  Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and the American Volunteer Group 
   U.S. Airmen in World War II
  The American Experience | Fly Girls 
WASP WWII Home Page
    Women Airforce Service Pilots - Remembered By Those Who Knew Them. 
  Women Airforce Service Pilots Killed in Service, Part 1, Part 2 
  Oveta Culp Hobby, commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps 
  Soviet Women Pilots in the Great Patriotic War 
Heavy Bombers, the Internet resource for US Army Air Force Bombardment Groups
World War II Aviation - Exhibition Home Page  
  VPNAVY - United States Navy Patrol Squadrons Combat Aircrewman Training
  Zeno's Control Tower: World War II Aviation Links 
    The Battle of Britain - more info on my WWII in Europe page. 
  Howstuffworks "How WWII Fighter Planes Worked" 
   TUSKEGEE AIRMEN - Tuskegee Airmen Inc. - Tuskegee Airmen - Tuskegee Airmen of World War II - Tuskegee Airmen: the Black Redtail Angels, heroes of World War II - The Tuskegee Airmen 
The Memphis Belle
  Soviet Union Factbook - Red Air Force (World War II) - more info on my WWII in Europe page.
  Relevant Soviet aircraft
The Luftwaffe, 1933-45
Luftwaffe Resource Page - Directory 
  Japenese W.W.II Aircraft 
  Kamikaze: Japan's Last Offensive in Okinawa 
  Kamikaze (FAQ) 
Kamikaze's Site: Main Menu
Kamikaze: Tribute of Memory 
  Takeo Tanimizu: Japanese Fighter Pilot
     The Zero fighter World
  Air Force Museum Foundation - List of Aircraft 
Historic Aircraft Index
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - USA
  Boeing B-17G  
  NORMANDY: 1944 -- B-17
Consolidated B-24 Liberator - USA
  Consolidated B-24D "Liberator"  
Boeing B-29 Superfortress - USA  
  Boeing B-29 "Superfortress"
Bristol Beaufighter - UK
   Douglas A-1E "Skyraider" 
  Douglas A-20G "Havoc" 
  Douglas A-26C 
  North American A-36A "Apache"
Avro 683 Lancaster - UK
Aichi D3A (Val) - Japan
Bell P-39 Airacobra - USA
Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Germany
Messerschmitt Bf 110 - Germany
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 - Germany
Supermarine Spitfire - UK
  Spitfire and Hurricane Museum 
  Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter
  Mitsubishi A6M Reisen (Zero Fighter) - Japan
    United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Summary Report(Pacific War)
United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Summary Report(European War)
   Warbirds Resource Group - Main Directory
  WRG - U.S.A.A.F. Resource Center - Main Page 
  AIRBORNE OPERATIONS: A GERMAN APPRAISAL 
   George Rarey's World War II Air Force Cartoon Journals
Nose Art
   Bomber Girl Home Page - nose art of World War II. CAUTION - Because WWII nose art could be quite bawdy at times, the site includes some images that may not be appropriate for young children.
NOSE ART JACKETS BY C-J ENTERPRISES' NOSE ART GALLERY
nose art, aviation art, world war II, flying tigers, black sheep squadron

For more, check out WWII in Europe & Pearl Harbor & the Pacific War.

THE WAR AT SEA
HyperWar: U.S. Navy in World War II
  The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II 
UNITED STATES NAVAL CHRONOLOGY, WORLD WAR II
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Online 
  United States Order of Battle - U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean 
  Casualties, Navy and Coast Guard Ships, WW II 
  BRITISH NAVAL VESSELS LOST AT SEA 1939-45
Developments in Naval Warfare 
  Naval-History.Net-WWII
  Importance of Aircraft Carriers in World War II 
  Undeclared Naval War in the Atlantic 1941 
  Battle of the Atlantic - more info on my WWII in Europe page.
  HyperWar: USN Fleets and Task Forces
HyperWar: US Navy Ships, 1940-1945
  Royal Navy and World War 2
Pacific Submarine War 
   SILENT SERVICE OF WWII
Full Fathom Five: The U. S. Submarine War Against Japan
US Navy Submarines, 1940-45 
  Canonesa, Convoy HX72 & U-100 (U-boats attack allied merchant ships)
  Battleship Row 
  USS Indianapolis 
  U.S.S Indianapolis: Official Site of the USS Indianapolis Survivor Org 
World War II Troop Ship Crossings
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz
  National Geographic: PT-109--John F. Kennedy in World War II  
   American Merchant Marine in World War 2
World War II Merchant Marines 
  AIRCRAFT CARRIER WARFARE 
  Liberty Ships built by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II 
  AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS - 1940-44  Evacuations, Invasions, Landings, Raids 
  BRITISH SUBMARINES AT WAR 
  GERMAN SURFACE NAVY AT WAR 1939-45 
  GERMAN U-BOATS AT WAR 
  ITALIAN NAVY AT WAR 
  RUSSIAN CONVOYS 1941-45 
   Soviet Union Factbook - Red Navy (World War II)
Imperial Japanese Navy Page
Kamikaze's Site: Main Menu
Kamikaze: Tribute of Memory
    Japan at War, 1931-1945
  Advanced Japanese Destroyers of World War II
   German Naval History
U-boat Net - The U-boat War 1939-1945
MSI - U-505 Type-IXc U-boat 
Capture of the U-Boat U-505: A Personal Account
U.S.S. San Francisco (CA-38) Association
 
For more, check out WWII in Europe & Pearl Harbor & the Pacific War.

GROUND FORCES
U.S. Army in World War II Series
World War II Armed Forces Orders of Battle
141st Infantry Regiment - invasions of Italy, France, and Germany.
Combat Route of the 79th Infantry Division In WW II
79th Infantry Division In WW II
314th Infantry Association World War II, Inc. Reunion Home Page
79th Infantry Division
THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES
Component Elements of Divisions in World War II
Status of World War II Divisions as of 1 October 1997
Order of Battle for U.S. Army Divisions in World War II European Theater
General Orders No. 24, 1947
The U.S. Constabulary in Post-War Germany (1946-52)
The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps In WWII
Soviet Union Factbook - Red Army (World War II)
The World War II Combat Medic
German Fallschirmjäger 1936-1945

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE WAR
OSRD - Office of Scientific Research and Defense
NAVAL & MILITARY TECHNOLOGY in outline
A People at War: Science Pitches In
Arsenal of Dictatorship: Online Encyclopedia of German WWII Weapons
Tanks of World War II
The WW2 Jeep

CAMPAIGN SUMMARIES
MILITARY & NAVAL CAMPAIGN SUMMARIES of WORLD WAR 2
For much more, please visit my WWII in Europe and Pearl Harbor & the Pacific War pages.

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