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World War II , or the Second World War (often abbreviated as WWII or WW2 ), was a global war that was under way by 1939 and ended in 1945. It involved a vast majority of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million people serving in military...
List of Australian Divisions in World War II 1st Armoured Division 2nd Armoured Division - also known as the 2nd Calvary Division and 2nd Motor Division 3rd Armoured Division - also known as the 1st Calvary Division and 1st Motor Division 1st Division 2nd Division 3rd Division 4th Division 5th Division 6th Division 7th Division 8th Division 9th Division 10th Division...
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 from WO3...
The attack on Pearl Harbor (called Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters (Operation Z in planning) and the Battle of Pearl Harbor) was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). From the standpoint of the defende...
The Normandy landings (codenamed Operation Neptune) were the landing operations on 6 June 1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. The largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the liberation of German-occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control, and contributed to the Allied victory on the Western Front. Planning f...
Bataljon 99 er navnet brukt i Norge for 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate). The 99th infantry Battalion (Separate) was activated at Camp Ripley, Minnesota on July 19th 1942 as per written instructions by the War Department. This unique elite unit was to consist only of Norwegians and Americans with direct Norwegian descent. Soldiers picked out for this elite unit had to have a working knowled...
About this portal ( umbrella project) This International portal will list all war and military related projects on Geni. Minor wars and battles ,rebel and Guerilla wars can be added to this list too. If you come across a related project please add to this list. General war and military related projects: (not country specific) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Mili...
The purpose of this project to commemorate those individuals who had the courage to stand up and be righteous. Please add anyone you know was a member of a resistance movement or even resisted in their own personal way This project is loosely based on the list of Dutch citizens involved in resistance to the NAZI occupation of Holland during World War II on Wikipedia . The very nature of any...
Nederlandse Militaire slachtoffers Tweede Wereld oorlog Wereldwijd heeft de Tweede Wereld oorlog ongeveer 25 miljoen militaire levens gekost, inclusief de vijf miljoen militairen die zijn gestorven in gevangenschap. Er word geschat dat er ongeveer 7900 Nederlandse militairen zijn omgekomen gedurende 1940-1945. Voor burger slachtoffers zie het Burger slachtoffer project Doel van dit pr...
Upute Kako raditi sa projektima Croatian soldiers from Croatia (po mjestima) Dobranje Makarsko primorje: Gradac Zagvozd Vrlika Soljani,Vrbanja Čakovec Baćina, Ploče Kotoriba Podhum, Jelenje
This is the sub-project where all profiles of South Africans who were casualties during World War II can be added. All South African Army, Navy and Air Force soldiers who were casualties 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 blacks and 46,000 coloureds and ...
PORTAL (master project) for South African involvement during World War II. This is the start of a project to pull together and list all Projects ( not profiles ) related to South Africans during World War II. At the moment there aren't many projects for South African involvement during WWII. Here is the start of getting some sub-projects going where we can add profiles of SA soldiers who se...
USS Arizona was a Pennsylvania-class battleship built for and by the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Named in honor of the 48th state's recent admission into the union, the ship was the second and last of the Pennsylvania class of "super-dreadnought" battleships. Although commissioned in 1916, the ship remained stateside during World War I . Shortly after the end of the war, Arizona was on...
Welcome to the Czech Portal, Czech Republic, Czechia, Bohemia on Geni Czech Portal looking for Volunteers Curators for Geni from Czech Republic - look at nominations For Apply to become a Curator. See For learn about curators and what they do on Geni, see: . Current Curators and their work area are: Ashley Odell (Czech/Bohemian Americans, mainly Catholic), Randy Schoenberg , B...
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 bla...
Background of the Movements The French Resistance movement is an umbrella term which covered numerous anti-German resistance groups that were based within France. There were a number of resistance movements, some that took direct orders from the Special Operations Executive , there was the communist resistance, groups loyal to de Gaulle , regional resistance movements that wanted independen...
Civili - umrli u talijanskom logoru u Pločama Andrijašević Zdravko, dijete, otac Ivan i majka Danica rođ. Bogunović, rođ. 15.4.1940., umro 18.7.1943. Stipić Alojzija, dijete, otac Mate i majka Ane rođ. Ujdur, rođ. 24.4.1929. Gradac - umro 29.7.1943. Stipić Anka, dijete, otac Mate i majka Ane rođ. Ujdur, rođ. 1930. Gradac - 16.8.1943. Stipić Nevenka - Inocentina, ud. Šimuna, rođ. 28.12...
This is the umbrella project about wars in Croatia through history. This project is part of the Hrvatsko Rodoslovlje / Croatian Genealogy Hrvatski ratovi / Wars in Croatia, Hr | En Introduction - something about history Ovaj projekt uključuje geni podprojekti / This project include a geni subprojects: Bitka kod Tuzle 1878. / The Battle near of Tuzla in 1878 Buna Jurja i Vilima Vit...
World War Two: Armed Forces - Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Image right Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery inspects a Royal Rhodesia Regiment guard of honour during a visit to the territory in 1947Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery inspects a Royal Rhodesia Regiment guard of honour during a visit to the territory in 1947 This project aims to honour the Rhodesians who fought and/or died during or as a...
) USS West Virginia (BB-48), a Colorado-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 35th state. Her keel was laid down on 12 April 1920 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 19 November 1921 sponsored by Miss Alice Wright Mann, daughter of Isaac T. Mann, a prominent West Virginian; and co...
De Koninklijke Nederlandse Brigade Prinses Irene Doel Het doel van dit project is alle leden van de Prinses Irene Brigade een speciaal plaatsje te geven op Geni Over de Prinses Irene Brigade: De Koninklijke Nederlandse Brigade 'Prinses Irene' was een brigade die voortkwam uit Nederlandse troepen die in mei 1940 konden ontkomen en bestond verder nog uit Engelandvaarders en Nederlanders i...
Prosjektet gir en oversikt over medlemmene av den ikke-demokratisk innsatte regjering på Norsk jord under den andre verdenskrig. Den demokratisk valgte Norges Regjering var i denne tiden i eksil i London. Rikskommisar Josef Terboven (1940-1945) Ministerpresident Vidkun Quisling Konstituerte statsråder var: (Ulovlig innsatt av Rikskommisar Terboven, ikke demokratisk valgt av det No...
Prosjektet gir en oversikt over de viktigste personene i det Norske partiet Nasjonal Samling. Det ikke hensikten å bedrive politisk agitasjon i prosjektet. "Nasjonal Samling (forkortet NS) var et norsk politisk parti som ble dannet 13. mai 1933 av lederen Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945). Partiets offisielle stiftelsesdato var 17. mai 1933. Generalsekretær var fra 1934 Rolf Jørgen Fuglesang . Ve...
British Prisoners of War World War II Please add Geni profiles of WW2 Prisoners of War from Britain to this project. See also World War II - American Prisoners World War II - Prisoners of War from Canada Others to Follow All PoWs were allegedly protected by rules for the treatment of prisoners of war which had been established in the Geneva Convention of 1929. See WIKI Briti...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those Canadians who were captured as German POWs.
"Chakdina" was built in 1914 at the outbreak of WW1. On 13 January 1940 it was requisitioned by Admiralty as an armed boarding vessel. On the late afternoon of 5 December 1941 the SS Chakdina had left Tobruk Harbour, Libya, carrying around 380 wounded Allied soldiers, 100 German and Italian Prisoners of War and 120 crew away from grossly overcrowded hospitals. A number of other Allied soldiers ...
Several years before the second world war, Norway stopped the death penalty. I krigens dager ble henrettelser av mennesker innenfor Norges grenser i de fleste tilfeller gjennomført som et instrument for å fra de ikke demokratisk valgte styresmaktenes side å avskrekke folket mot å arbeide i motstandsbevegelsen. I flere tilfeller ble det brukt som en vilkårlig hevn med tilfeldig utvalgte ofre. ...
This project describes the Hannover-Ahlen work camp. This camp was an underdepartment of the Concentration camp Neuengamme, positioned in Ahlen at Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. This smaller camp was a forced labour camp for a large industrial company. Among others, the two US soldiers Vernon Tott ("The angel of Ahlem") and Henry Kissinger (later US statesman and Nobel laureate) were involv...
Prosjektet gir en oversikt over de viktigste personene i Statspolitiet. Prosjektet skal ikke propagere politisk agitasjon. Jonas Lie : Politiminister 1940-1945 Stapo Norge: Leder Stapo: 1941-1945: Karl Alfred Nicolay Marthinsen Strengt hemmelig: Bok av Benedicte Orvung, om K.A.N.M. 15.04.1945-08.05.1945: Henrik Rogstad Stapo Bergen: Stapo Oslo: Leder: - Konstabel, se...
Periode 9-25 April 1940. Kupp-regjeringen ble introdusert 9 April i NRK radio av Quisling men ble avløst av Administrasjonsrådet den 25 April, innsatt av Norges Høyesterett, før den kunne begynne sitt arbeide. Den opprinnelige planlagte Tyske okkupasjons-regjeringen druknet da slagskipet "Blücher" ble senket i Oslofjorden av en resolutt kanonfort-kommandør. Dette ga den folkevalgte Kong Haakon ...
Overview North Africa was probably one of the fronts most neglected both by Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World War. The conflict began with a few skirmishes along the border in June 1940 and ended in May 1943 with the surrender of the Axis troops in Tunisia. But this theatre of war certainly was not of secondary importance given the number of soldiers involved in the fighting, the...
The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders was a group eighty men from all walks of life who flew into history on April 18, 1942. They were all volunteers and this was a very dangerous mission. Sixteen B-25 bombers took off from the deck of the USS Hornet, led by (then Col.) Jimmy Doolittle. They were to fly over Japan, drop their bombs and fly on to land in a part of China that was still free. Of course, thi...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Tovste, Ukraine, also known as Tolstoye, Tłuste, Toist, Tlusta, Tłuste Miasto, Tłuste Myasto, Toyst, Tolstoya. Gesher Galicia - Tovste Urban Type Settlement Jewish History Overview Tovste (Ukrainian: Товсте) is an urban-type settlement in the Zalischyky Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western...
Holocaust slachtoffers Rotterdam -Namenlijst D tot en met F Dit project is sub-project van het project Holocaust slachtoffers Rotterdam ENG : This project is a sub project of Holocaust Victims Rotterdam Slachtoffers / Victim lists Namen/Names A -C Namen/ Names D - F Namen/Names G - I
Bethnal Green Tube Disaster 1943 London, England : On 3 March 1943 a crowd of people entered Bethnal Green tube station which was used at the time as an air-raid shelter. After the searchlights went on and an anti-aircraft battery a few hundred yards away in Victoria Park launched a salvo of a new type of anti-aircraft rockets the crowd surged forward. Someone tripped on the stairs causing ma...
Background Berga an der Elster , a subdivision of Buchenwald, was a Nazi slave labor camp that held and tortured 350 American Prisoners of War (POW) after their capture at the Battle of the Bulge on December 16, 1944. While thousands of POWs were captured on that ill-fated day, the Nazis held a subset of 350 American soldiers at Berga beginning February 13, 1945. The American POWs were iden...
Jewish orphanage and shelter Machseh Lajesoumim - Leiden In memory of the children and the staff of the Jewish orphanage in Leiden, Netherlands. The Central Jewish orphans and Passage House 'Machseh Lajesoumim' is the eighth and last Jewish orphanage founded in our country. In the night of 5 to March 6, 1943, the first raid in Leiden took place. The raid was part of an "Evacuation The Hague...