History Links

These are some links to sites about bits of history that I find interesting. They are mainly to military history sites - commercial naval history links can be found here.

Computing history links (except for the codes and ciphers links) can be found here.

General History.
The World Wars.
Military aircraft and air forces.
Military vessels and navies.
Events and Festivals

General History

The BBC History site.
The Channel 4 History site.
On This Day - an on-line diary of historical events.
Adam Hart-Davis - among other things, a writer of twenty books on science and history, and the presenter of "What The Romans Did For Us".

The World Wars

The Imperial War Museum.
The Churchill Centre - information about Sir Winston Churchill, along with facts, copies of his speeches and quotes.
IBM and the Holocaust - a site to accompany Edwin Black's book IBM and the Holocaust. A "must-read" book.
Holocaust Educational Resource (Nizkor).
The British Bombe - used to help break the Enigma codes in WWII.
WWII Codes and Ciphers - site created and maintained by Tony Sale, founder of the Bletchley Park Museum.

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Military aircraft and air forces

The Luftwaffe, 1933 to 1945 - information about the German Air Force.
Harrier - a resource site for the Hawker Harrier.

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Military vessels and navies

History of the World's Navies - a large naval history site.
Bismarck and Tirpitz - information about the Bismarck and the Tirpitz.
Royal Navy Submarine Museum.
U-Boat.net - information and resources about the German U-Boats.
HMS Vengeance - the last British World War II vessel to be kept in commission. (After being sold to Brazil after the war, she was part of the Brazilian Navy until late 2001.)
Navies and Warships of the First and Second World Wars and the Falklands War.
Fleet Air Arm Achives - Archive Index of British Naval Aviation. This site contains information about aircraft carriers and aeroplanes used by the British between 1939 and 1945.

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Events and Festivals

The Festival of the Sea.

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