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This lens is devoted to information and resources for anyone interested in Military History on the Web.

I am a professional historian and writer, and yes I LOVE history. I also love sharing all the great history sites I keep finding on the web.

As a rule historians are a pretty generous lot and most are more than happy to publish their research on the web. That's just great for all us history junkies.

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Five great site to get you started

Here is a list of five military history sites that are great for getting started. They each cover a slightly different angle and I have tried to give a taster of the kind of stuff available on the web.

Go on, try them all.

About Military History
The About site normally guarantees quality and the military history section doesn't disappoint. Whatever your speciality this site will have something worth a read.

Great War Forum
This is an example of the forum format at its very best. Focussing on the First World War, this site contains thousands of fascinating posts.

Military History at Wiki
Love it or hate you just can't ignore Wikipeadia. If nothing else this sites has a wealth of great links.

Institute of Historical Research
The Institute of Historical Research is a UK based academic organisation. They regularly publish informed articles about a wide range of historical subjects. This is a link to the military history stuff.

Military Battle and Campaign Maps
We all love a good map and this site is a great example of how they can be used for military history study.

US Military History

Military History of the United States

This is a wikipedia page and contains a great over view. As usual it also has a great set of links.

US Army Center of Military History
The Center of Military History (CMH) is responsible for the appropriate use of history throughout the U.S. Army. The sites contain lots of useful resources.

Army Heritage & Education Centre
This is simply a great military resource with loads of online documents.

UK Military History

Military history of the United Kingdom
Another wiki page, another great overview.

Regiments
A site focusing on British regiments and their history.

British Small Wars
The history of british military conflicts since 1945. This is a great site with loads of essential reading.

World War Two

World War Two at Wiki
Another great wiki introduction with LOADS of links.

World War 2 Timelines
This site contains loads of information, presented in the format of time lines.

World War II Resources
Primary source materials on the Web.Original documents regarding all aspects of the war.

BBC: World War Two
This excellent BBC sites covers many aspects of World War Two.