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i open this threads for those sites which aren't strictly related to the campaign design like maps, but can be interesting for designers and players too, who want to know more about the nations, armies, wars, troops, uniforms, oobs, etc.

so here you are my first candidate: a nice site about the napoleonic wars

many thanks, both for the idea & addition Csab (hopefully as general info not related to game game too)

my problem - as both serious/sourceful in history but also able to satirize it - is just language thing, not using English strictly for research and this is international society where English is a must. I always had that problem in international community forum and only way to talk to foreigner and give him/her some info was to link wikipedia or say "you have to trust me". And I personally dislike wikipedia (found too many things, false stats & politics to dislike it enough) but use it of course, sometimes point to something that is (to me) "dubious"... no argument to anyone, no disagreement, just objection and explanation why i can't add anything for now. might be back later and edit this place...

also any poster with something rich in older history (ancient, medieval) is welcome eventually.

Napoleon is good example, among thousands... in our historical narrative there are two stories - one that he conspired to kill our Black George (but never gave order) and other that he admired him and called him "better leader than himself", unable to help. Whom to trust, one, both, none, never heard etc...

sorry Csaba - off top, just to give example and foundation to my story to readers of troubles in historical research, not to mention global problems with ancient one and bad sources )

Everything you always wanted to know about the Seven Years War but were afraid to ask:

http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Main_Page

HANDBOOK ON JAPANESE MILITARY FORCES (1944)

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJA/HB/

Naval Encyclopedia:

https://www.naval-encyclopedia.com/

TAKI'S IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY PAGE:

http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/

Eastern Europe's Bloody Wars 1918-1923 - The Russian Civil War, Freikorps in Latvia, Soviet-Polish War, Hungarian Soviet War and the Galician-Polish War

http://www.pygmywars.com/

von Schweinewitz wrote: ↑2019-12-01 07:53, Sunday Everything you always wanted to know about the Seven Years War but were afraid to ask:

http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Main_Page

i second this site, it helped me a lot to create my prussian 7yw campaign

Unfortunately this site is in german language only but it offers informations about probably every vehicle the german Bundeswehr has ever used. There are informations about vehicles of other armies as well: http://www.panzerbaer.de/index.htm

http://www.thegreywolves.com/

Site of the mod The Grey Wolves for Silent Hunter III U-Boot simulator.
Mod's manual is packed with historical background notes to provide context for their explanations of mod features.
Facts, figures, technical details, and history of the WW2 U-Boot.
Taking into account this forum's main activities perhaps the most interesting bits are those about the mod's campaigns and scenarios...

To get the 25Mb, 644 page thing go for downloads section and scroll down to a link almost in the bottom.
Unless you really want the whole mod which includes the manual.

Russian Civil War Polities

https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Russia_war.html

Great comprehensive summary of all parties involved in the conflict.

2nd edition of a link I posted back at JP's:

CASTELOS DE PORTUGAL - CASTLES OF PORTUGAL (Portuguese language only; never mind the "translation for English" link)
Includes images of some castles.
http://castelosportugal.blogspot.com/

why not, got idea for this forgotten thread - not so "useful" just "interesting"... subject: ancient history, event: Vesuvius eruption in year 79, presentation: multimedia/video/animation, source: Australian museum, duration: short video.

first "warning" - do not watch on big screen if you dislike such explicit presentations and first person view, but no living beings in animation.

second, knowing something about subject - i'd not call myself expert )) - must add that some things are dubious and not accepted by consensus. Starting with date, some suggesting it might have been date from cooler/later part of year, to (i notice) maybe inaccurate presentation of damage caused by initial hours vulcanic material falls (lets say less important notice by me) etc. Proper presentation of pyroclastic flows directions i.e. first south then east.

historical event as any other, war, battle or similar, just natural. to me esp. intesresting as the one during which Plinius i.e. Pliny the Elder died, said not because gases or other eruption causes (heart attack). I already talked about man & map he mentioned with possible first placing of Serb tribe in space and time, however in different way i used lots of his quotes in own high school work about early Roman kingdom and republic, we like old pals (one can doubt his writing about early Rome as well, of course) I'd say good night but maybe watch it tomorrow... video is old and known (everybody interested watched it by now i guess)) but doubt there will be any 3d links here, so this is best i can offer, combining history and natural science and not being long documentary

https://youtu.be/dY_3ggKg0Bc

Here are some interesting websites i came across but which i think are not worth to post in the designers corner links thread:

Wikipedia site about a german soldier who destroyed 15 enemy tanks in few minutes with a 7.62 cm AT gun at El Alamein. He must have been the "Geschützführer", so he got credit for all the kills.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Halm

Wikipedia site about german arms supplies to Spain in 1943. It's hard to find information about this topic, so the site is maybe useful for efile makers.
All the information written at Wikipedia come from one guys thesis. Spanish language only:

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programa_B%C3%A4r

3 sites about german, british and US crash boats/air-sea-rescue boats. Basically these where very fast boats, like torpedo attack craft, but without torpeds and with room to transport 20 or 25 passangers. Of course there were other (slower) boats too. The 63ft ASR was used by US special forces as well.
The site about the german boats has a lot of information but unfortunately is in german language only.

http://www.rafboats.co.uk/
http://www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de/
https://uscrashboats.org/index.php

Download the full book: The Bomber's Baedeker (guide to the economic importance of German towns and cities) with detailed information an german cities and industrial sites. Available as free pdf download (2 files)

https://visualcollections.ub.uni-mainz. ... 56?lang=en

I guess most af you know the Axis History Forum, but for those who dont know, the forum is one of the best sources about WW2 and the eras and events leading up to it. It is a forum, so sometimes the informations you are looking for are hard to find, but what is not written down in that forum, does not exist I am also under the impression that half of the forum members are authors of books Check it out!

https://forum.axishistory.com/

A mapping project about the Normandy Invasion showing the location of units at a given date/time.

https://map.project44.ca/

Unfortunately this site is available in german language only, but it is one of the best websites about a single cavalry regiment and its units i have found so far.

https://www.kavallerie-regiment18.de/menue.html

randowe wrote: ↑2021-04-04 12:36, Sunday
https://map.project44.ca/3d

Unfortunately this site is available in german language only, but it is one of the best websites about a single cavalry regiment and its units i have found so far.

https://www.kavallerie-regiment18.de/menue.html

I hope you do know that you can access the option to translate any page from your browser or even from your android...

True, google translate is not top translation, but still, it makes it easier to understand..

REDrake wrote: ↑2021-04-13 19:23, Tuesday

randowe wrote: ↑2021-04-04 12:36, Sunday
https://map.project44.ca/3d

Unfortunately this site is available in german language only, but it is one of the best websites about a single cavalry regiment and its units i have found so far.

https://www.kavallerie-regiment18.de/menue.html

I hope you do know that you can access the option to translate any page from your browser or even from your android...

True, google translate is not top translation, but still, it makes it easier to understand..

Yeah, sure, everything can be translated. Sometimes the result is good, sometimes not so...
I have to use translations for almost everything which is not written in englisch myself. Unless it is technical data or something like that, which does not need to be translated.
I always mention the language of a website (when it is not english) when i post a link. It's due to respect to people who do not speak this or that language and i don't want anybody to be disappointed when klicking on a link i've posted.

Hi. I wanted to clarify whether there are open access archives about the birth / death of people who were born in the Russian Empire. I know that my great-grandmother is from Russia and I'm interested to know about it. I recently won the jackpot on odd comparison and I'm willing to pay if you can help me find the information that I need.

Photos by António Passaporte of Batalla de la Granja, 1937.
Signing his photos with "Loty" he was a Portuguese photographer who was established in Spain, enlisted and served as war reporter on the Republican side.
http://arqueologiadeimagenes.blogspot.c ... ditas.html
I haven't checked but "arqueologia de imagenes" may well have other articles on the Spanish Civil War...
In Castellano.