Project: World War II
Categories: Military and War Project | World War II Project
The World War II Project is a Sub-Project of the Military and War Project!
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How To Join
- Project Leaders:
- Coordinators: Mary Richardson
- Answer our G2G welcome post to join the World War II project and get a badge.
- Add world_war_II to your followed tags.
- We use Military and War Google Community (Please include your name as shown on WikiTree & WikiTree ID when requesting to join) for communication.
- World War II Project Member List.
- Here is what our members are working on.
You may also want to
- Add military_and_war to your followed tags
- Check out the main project page for all guidelines related to the project.
- This project does not have a unique badge, in order to add a sticker to your profile and view a listing of who is a member of this project, add your name to the World War II Project Members by placing the following in your profile, below the ==Biography== line:
- if you already have {{Military and War Project Member}} add "|World War II" to it.
- if not, add {{Military and War Project Member|World War II}}
This is the Main Category: World War II
Goals
If you would like to be involved in the World War II Project, please do the following:
- Provide standardized structure for World War II Categories.
- Find or create profiles
- All duplicates merged into lowest number
- Project Managed or PPP added if it qualifies, add the project box {{World War II Project}} and assign the project profile as the PM
- pertaining categories added, use the sticker {{World War II}}
- biography cleaned up and written, using the WikiTree Style Guide (can work with Profile Improvement Project for help)
Task List
These are tasks that volunteers can do to help us! Check out the G2G post referring to the task, and ask questions or comment on what you're working on there.
Specific tasks you can perform for the World War II project are:
- Look for resources for Canadian military records (see g2g question here).
- Gather sources on the death marches. We are looking for rosters or reliable sources of military data.
- Assist the categories project set up the World War II categories.
- We are looking for media which can be connected to profiles and space page. This is the first war where military personnel had their own still and movie cameras.
Completed Tasks
- Connect Benito Mussolini to the tree.
- Connect Hideki Tojo to the tree.
Requested Subprojects
- World War II Veterans (see categories and Category:World War II Wikimuseum)
Related Projects
The following projects and groups are likely to have some overlap with this one, so members of this project may be interested in them as well:
- Roll of Honor Project Honor and Recognition
- Project:One_Name_Studies
- Project:Global_Cemeteries
- Project:One_Place_Studies
- Project:Worldwide_Disasters
Templates
Project Box
The WW II Project box is used for adding the profile to the project as Project Managed / Project Protected.
Sample usage:
{{World War II Project}}
Result:
| ... ... ... participated in the Second World War. Join: World War II Project Discuss: World_War_II |
Sticker
The World War II sticker will add the profile to a category by using the |unit=, |branch= and ", World War II".
Explanations:
{{World War II Do not change this.
|branch= Here you add service branch or country that can be found at the bottom of the sticker page. If the service branch or country you want to use is not listed, please contact the leaders of the project so we can add it to the list.
|startdate=Service start date as dd mmm yyyy.
|units=Here you can list the main units he/she served in separated by ; (semi colons). Please do not use abbreviations.
|enddate=Service end date as dd mmm yyyy
|rank=Enter the rank (Ex. Sergeant) here. Please do not use abbreviations like Sgt.
|unit=This will add the profile to the appropriate unit category. Please do not use abbreviations and no unit smaller than Regiment/Brigade. If Regiment or Brigade is not known, use a higher unit that you do know.
|image=Here you can change the default flag image to an alternative image.
}}
If the category the sticker creates turns out red check the spelling/punctuation and the parent category to see if it is spelled the same way. If all looks correct, you can create the new category, default text for the category should be listed in the HELP! section of the parent category.
Whenever in doubt, please contact the leaders of the project or the leaders of Military and War Project
Remember to enter the Country and Branch of Service as found at the bottom of the sticker page ie; British Navy, French Resistance, Australian Army, United States Marine Corps etc and it will display the correct country flag and add the profile to the <category>, World War II.
Sample usage:
{{World War II |branch=country or branch of service|startdate=service start date|units=unit1; unit2|enddate=service end date|unit=name of unit/ship (1st unit only)|rank=rank|image=image file}}
{{World War II|branch=French Resistance|startdate=1939|units=operated in Northern France|enddate=1945}}
Result:
Service started: 1939
Unit(s): operated in Northern France
Service ended: 1945
To add the profile to a specific unit, since the 4th element is free text and can include other items, add |unit=xxx at the end
{{World War II |branch=United States Marine Corps|startdate=1942|units=1st Marine Division|enddate=1945|unit=1st Marine Division}}
If the unit is not found, enter unit=unknown
Result:
Service started: 1942
Unit(s): 1st Marine Division
Service ended: 1945
World War II Free-Space Pages
Completed Pages
- Project Photos
- World War II Resource Page
- ANZACs World War II
- Allied Powers in World War II
- Axis Powers in World War II
- Women Airforce Service Pilot's (WASP)
- World War II Memorials
- Research Page
- Women in World War II
- Australia in World War II
- Bulgaria in World War II
- Canada in World War II
- Czechoslovakia in World War II
- China in World War II
- Denmark in World War II
- Finland in World War II
- France in World War II
- The Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels
- Germany in World War II
- Great Britain in World War II
- Italy in World War II
- Japan in World War II
- Night Witches Terry W and Mary R
- Norway in World War II
- Nuremberg A story of Nuremberg by Eddie King
- Poland in World War II
- Territory of Puerto Rico in World War II
- Soviet Union in World War II
- Ritchie Boys who Fled Nazi Germany to become American GIs
- United States in World War II
- Research Page
- World War II SPIES
- Sunset Beach
- Bari Raid in World War II
- Bombing of Pearl Harbor in World War II contains a concise and accurate record of what is known regarding the Japanese order of battle.
- The Eager Beavers in World War II
- Bombing of Pearl Harbor contains photos and newspaper accounts
- SS James Sprunt
- USS Helena
- Memories of Pearl Harbour
- Australian Nurses of the Vyner Brooke
- Air Transport Auxiliary Women
- Operation Tidal Wave Low Level Bombing of Ploesti, Rumania, Oíl Refineries
- Military Gliders and Glider Pilots in World War II by Michael Bissell June-July, 2022
- World War II Operation Tiger Connie Wright
Example profile Lt. Charles Buchanan Hickcox Jr. KIA
NOT COMPLETED
- Albania in World War II
- Belgium in World War II
- Brazil in World War II
- Cuba in World War II
- Ethiopia in World War II
- Greece in World War II
- Hungary in World War II
- India in World War II
- Luxembourg in World War II
- Mexico in World War II
- Romania in World War II
- Slovakia in World War II
- South Africa in World War II
- Thailand in World War II
Resources
- World War II Research Page contains all resources for this project
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