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='''This is the sub-project where all profiles of South Africans who participated during World War II can be added.'''= All South African Army, Navy and Air Force soldiers who participated in WWII can be added to this project. Sub-projects for more specialised interests will be added when possible. Collaborators are welcome, and so are suggestions. Under "DOCUMENTS" you will find pages ...
The Winter War of 1939-1940 About the project The aim of the Project Winter War is to collect those who fought in the war, died in the war (including civilians, and merchant navy) under one umbrella. In total, 26,000+ Finns died (soldiers, civilians, merchant navy) during the Winter War. In order for this Project to succeed as well as possible, we also try to improve the quality of the prof...
Projektin tarkoituksena on koota yhteen jatkosodan taisteluihin ja muihin suoriin sotatoimiin osallistuneiden, sankarivainajien ja siviiliuhrien profiilit Genissä. Jotta projektimme onnistuisi omalta osaltaan edistämään myös profiilien laadun kehittämistä Genissä, suosittelemme seuraavaa käytäntöä: 1. Kun liität henkilön profiilin tähän projektiin, tarkista, että profiilista ilmenee muillekin...
Мемориальное воинское захоронение в городе Великие Луки (Братское кладбище) Novgorodi oblasti Velikije Luki linnas ja rajoonis maetud Eesti Laskurkorpuse sõjaväelaste nimekiri (1510 nime) (Призывники из ЭССР) people search: Fraternal cemetery of soldiers of the Soviet Army in Velikye Luki Обобщенный банк данных «Мемориал»/United open access data bank «Memorial» Первичные захоронения производили...
The siege of Bastogne was an engagement in December 1944 between American and German forces at the Belgian town of Bastogne, as part of the larger Battle of the Bulge. The goal of the German offensive was the harbor at Antwerp. In order to reach it before the Allies could regroup and bring their superior air power to bear, German mechanized forces had to seize the roadways through eastern Belgi...
The Battle of Nancy in September 1944 was a 10-day battle on the Western Front of World War II in which the Third United States Army defeated German forces defending the approaches to Nancy, France and crossings over the Moselle River to the north and south of the city. The battle resulted in U.S. forces fighting their way across the Moselle and liberating Nancy. When the Third Army began its ...
The Battle of Saint-Lô was one of the three conflicts in the Battle of the Hedgerows [Fr.], which took place between July 7 and 19, 1944, in Saint-Lô, Manche, Normandy, France, just before Operation Cobra. Saint-Lô had fallen to Germany in 1940, and, after the Invasion of Normandy, the Americans targeted the city, as it served as a strategic crossroads. American bombardments caused heavy damage...
Wikipedia =The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. The American invasion, designated Operation Detachment, had the goal of capturing the entire island, including the three Japanese-controlled airfields (including the S...
The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard and became the costliest battle in terms of casualties for the United...
CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW = During the Second World War, the North African Campaign took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. It included campaigns fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts (Western Desert Campaign, also known as the Desert War) and in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch) and Tunisia (Tunisia Campaign). Short Video on the Air War in East Africa >>>>>----------------...
Projektin tarkoituksena on koota yhteen Lapin sodan taisteluihin ja muihin suoriin sotatoimiin osallistuneiden, sankarivainajien ja siviiliuhrien profiilit Genissä. Jotta projektimme onnistuisi omalta osaltaan edistämään myös profiilien laadun kehittämistä Genissä, suosittelemme seuraavaa käytäntöä: 1. Kun liität henkilön profiilin tähän projektiin, tarkista, että profiilista ilmenee muilleki...
Enterprise Air Group. World War II: The Enterprise Air Group was established on 1 July 1938, encompassing all squadrons embarked in USS Enterprise (CV-6). The group was divided into four squadrons, each with eighteen aircraft dedicated to a particular role. The squadrons were designated according to their role, and all were given the unit number six, derived from the hull number of the Enterpr...
The Battle of Anzio was a battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II that took place from January 22, 1944 (beginning with the Allied amphibious landing known as Operation Shingle) to June 5, 1944 (ending with the capture of Rome). The operation was opposed by German forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno.The operation was initially commanded by Major General John P. Lucas, of the U.S. Arm...
The Italian campaign of World War II consisted of Allied and Axis, who now were without Italy as Ally, operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to 1945. The Joint Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ) was operationally responsible for all Allied land forces in the Mediterranean theatre and it planned and led the invasion of Sicily in July 1943, followed in September by the invasion of the Italian ...
USS Neosho (AO-23): USS Neosho (AO-23) was a Cimarron-class fleet oiler serving with the United States Navy, the second ship to be named for the Neosho River in Kansas and Oklahoma. General items about the ship. . This is the master of sites for the ship. Researcher Del knows it all. After surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor, Neosho operated in the South Pacific. During the Battle of th...
Australian soldiers held as prisoners of war in WWIIPlease add persons who were imprisoned by the enemy during the years of the second world war, who were Australian.===Specific Camps WWII* Geni Project - WWII Prisoners at Stalag VII-A - WikiPage ===Resources* Australian National Archives - Prisoner of war records A-Z * Australian Prisoners of War | The Anzac Portal * Stolen Years: Australian p...
Toisessa maailmansodassa Suomi oli suoraan osapuolena talvisota, jatkosota ja Lapin sota -osasodissa. Tähän pääprojektiin ei liitetä henkilöprofiileja vaan ne liitetään aliprojekteihin. Osasotien aliprojektit: Talvisota 1939-1940 - The Winter War 1939-1940 Jatkosota 1941-1944 - The Continuation War 1941-1944 Lapin sota 1944-1945 - The Lapland War 1944-1945 Muut projektit, jotka kos...
Projekti aloitettu 18.1.2023 ja on keskeneräinen. Tähän projektiin on tarkoitus koota Töysässä syntyneet, asuneet tai Töysään haudatut sankarivainajat. Voit aloittaa liittymällä projektiin yhteistyökumppaniksi, kohdasta Toiminnot > Liity yhteistyökumppaniksi. Kannattaa myös lähettää yhtestyökutsu projektissa olijolle yhdistämisten helpottamiseksi. Töysän sankarivainajat, aakkosjärjestyksessä...
This Geni Project is meant to memorialize the United States Navy men who perished at sea during the World War II Battle of the Coral Sea while serving on the destroyer USS Sims. Survivors may also be added to the project. USS Sims, Commanding Officer Lt.Cdr. Willford Milton Hyman, USN, was sunk by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of the Coral Sea in position 15º10'S, 158º05'E, there were o...
Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its allies established more than 44,000 camps and other incarceration sites (including ghettos). The perpetrators used these locations for a range of purposes, including forced labor, detention of people deemed to be "enemies of the state," and mass murder. Millions of people suffered and died or were killed.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few ... Winston Churchill The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England, literally "Air battle for England") is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. The objective of the campaign was to gain air ...
This is the sub-project where all profiles of South Africans who were Prisoners of War during World War II can be added. All South African Army, Navy and Air Force soldiers (and civilians?) who were Prisoners of War during WWII can be added to this project. About 334,000 men volunteered for full-time service in the South African Army during the war (including some 211,000 whites, 77,000 bl...
Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) The Brazilian Expeditionary Force (Portuguese: Força Expedicionária Brasileira, FEB), nicknamed Cobras Fumantes (literally "the Smoking Snakes"), was a military division of the Brazilian Army and Air Force that fought with Allied forces in the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II. It numbered around 51,600 men, including a full infantry division, liaison fl...
Wikipedia =The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Metro Manila, within the boundaries of the former Fort William McKinley. It can be reached most easily from the city via EDSA to McKinley Road, then to McKinley Parkway inside the Bonifacio Global City. The Nichols Field Road is the easiest access from Manila International Airport to the cemetery.The ceme...
The Battle of Hürtgen Forest (German: Schlacht im Hürtgenwald) was a series of fierce battles fought from 19 September to 16 December 1944, between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II , in the Hürtgen Forest, a 140 km2 (54 sq mi) area about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the Belgian–German border. It was the longest battle on German ground during World War II and is the l...