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  Gause, Major Damon - http://hyperionbooks.go.com/features/gause/
Official book site with excerpts. The Firsthand Account of one of the greatest escapes of World War II
  Tito - Broz, Josip - http://www.titoville.com/
Home page dedicated to the history and biography of Marshall Tito, the guerilla leader of the Yugoslavian partisan units during the Second World War.
  Mannerheim - http://www.mannerheim.fi/
Offers a brief history of the Finnish field marshal and president of Finland (1944-46).
  The Generals of World War II - http://www.generals.dk/
A biographical dictionary of the generals of World War II from all participating nations.
  Hiroshima: Who's Who - http://www.doug-long.com/who.htm
Short biographies of those who were involved in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Sec.of State James F. Byrnes, Sec. of War Henry L. Stimson and General Leslie R. Groves.
  Oskar Schindler - http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/schindler.html
Biography of person responsible for saving hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust.
  Clay, Gen. Lucius D. - http://www.konnections.com/airlift/lclay.htm
Offers a brief biography of Gen. Lucius D. Clay.
  Lee, V. Adm. Willis A. - http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/dl-dlg/dl4.htm
Offers a brief history of Vice Admiral Lee, commander of the battleship forces in the Pacific theater during the Second World War.
  Emperor Hirohito (1901-1989) - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/peopleevents/pandeAMEX97.html
A brief biography of the Japanese leader.
  Sgt. William Heller's World War II Memoirs - http://www.warfoto.com/
Photos and descriptions of S/Sgt. William Heller of the 3rd Infantry Division, 3rd Signal Company, from North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Southern France, and Germany in World War II.
  Leaders of World War Two - http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIILeaders.htm
Provides biographies and archives of the most important Allied and Axis leaders during the Second World War.
  Tuskegee Airmen - http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/Tuskegee.html
Offers the history of how the Tuskegee airmen trained to be fighter pilots for the famous 99th Fighter Squadron during World War Two.
  Lest We Forget - http://msbeliever.tripod.com/WWII.html
A tribute to the author's father and other veterans. Photos of, and by, this gentleman, who served with the Dutch army in Holland and Indonesia.
  Princess Noor Appreciation Society International - http://www3.sympatico.ca/tomlipscombe/pnasi.html
Dedicated to the memory of the daughter of Sufi leader Inayat Khan. Includes biographical material, recording the role she played in World War II.
  Hitlers Henchmen - http://www.nazis.dk/
Focuses on the dictator's main lieutenants, such as Himmler, Heydrich, and Mengele. Includes SS documents and photos, some of them quite graphic.
  Graves of World War II personalities - http://www.xs4all.nl/~ejnoomen/wwgrave.html
Provides names, occupations and gravesite locations of important military leaders of the Second World War.
  Allen, Maj. Gen. Terry - http://www.104infdiv.org/ALLEN.HTM
Describes the history of Major General Allen of the 104th infantry division, one of the greatest combat commanders of the United States Army.
  Brothers-In-Arms - http://www.ncweb.com/~davecurry/brothers/
Story of Thomas D. Curry and the men he served with in Company F, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Division.
  Boyington, Maj. Gregory R. "Pappy" - http://www.acepilots.com/usmc_boyington.html
Site devoted to the US WWII ace and leader of the famed Black Sheep Squadron.
  O'Hare, Lt. Cdr. Edward "Butch" - http://www.acepilots.com/usn_ohare.html
The US Navy's first ace, who won the Medal of Honor in 1942 for saving the carrier Lexington by downing 5 Japanese bombers.
  Arnold, Gen. Henry "Hap" - http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj97/fal97/daso.pdf
Origins of Airpower presents an article about Hap Arnold's command years and aviation technology.
  Werner Hartenstein - http://wernerhartenstein.tripod.com/
Honouring the memory of this German commander of submarine U-156, who undertook one of the most remarkable sea rescue missions of World War II
  Chennault, Maj. Gen. Claire Lee - http://www.warbirdforum.com/clc.htm
Provides a biography of Chennault, and a history of the Flying Tigers.
  Roy Watvedt, Spitfire Pilot - http://web.telia.com/~u40144247/royw/raw.htm
Dedicated to the story of this pilot who left occupied Norway in 1941 on a long journey to London. He trained as a fighter pilot in Canada and flew 90 missions with 331 Squadron.
  Henryk Slawik: The Man Who Saved Thousands - http://www.henrykslawik.info
The story of how the title figure saved 30,000 Polish refugees. Includes background on the war and the Holocaust, as well as a bibliography.
  Meyer, Brigadefûhrer Kurt - http://biphome.spray.se/glenfiddish/
Biography of Brigadeführer (Major General) Kurt Meyer, commanding officer of the 12th Waffen SS division. Discusses his early career, military exploits, and final years. Includes an image gallery, and links to related materials.
  Medal of Honor Heroes - http://www.acepilots.com/moh.html
Profiles of US pilots participated in WWI, WWII and Korean War awarded with Medal of Honor.
  A Reminiscence of War 1939-45 - http://www.jimglass.co.uk/war/index.html
Personal memoir by James Glass, a Scot who served in the army in North Africa, Palestine, Syria, Iraq (as Kingston's Column) and Iran.
  Great German Generals - http://members.tripod.com/~SSPzComdr/index.html
Provides in-depth history and biographies of Sepp Dietrich, Adolf Galland, and Ferdinand Schorner.
  Museum of Tolerance - Visas for Life - http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.aspx?c=hkLTJ8MUKvH&b=475889
Relates the story of Chiune Sugihara, the "Japanese Schindler," the Japanese Consul to Lithuania who saved more than 10,000 Jews. Photograph gallery and narrative.
  Japanese Order of Battle at Midway - http://www.microworks.net/pacific/orders_of_battle/midway_japan.htm
Lists the commanders of Japan's combined fleet at the Battle of Midway.
  Sherman, V. Adm. Frederick C. - http://www.microworks.net/pacific/biographies/frederick_sherman.htm
Offers a biography of "Ted" Sherman, definitely one of the most important American carrier commanders of the Second World War.
  Skorzeny, SS-Sturmbannführer Otto - http://home8.inet.tele.dk/aaaa/skorzeny.htm
Brief biography of the wartime and post-war life of SS-Sturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny, a commander in Germany's Waffen SS.

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