Research Websites

[Simon O.]

UNITS AND FORMATIONS

The 'Lexikon' by far the best site on the net for units German army, although German language most of the entries are factual\technical in nature that require little understanding of the German language though and understanding of German military terms and abbreviations is an advantage.

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/


For all things Luftwaffe then Micheal Holm's site is unbeatable

http://www.ww2.dk/

For the Kriegsmarine, this German site is the place to go.

http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/km/km.htm#F

Also

http://www.german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/index.html


For unit symbols, German merchant shipping lists and a selection of KStN, Christoph Awender's site is very useful indeed.

http://www.wwiidaybyday.com/


AWARDS AND PERSONALITIES


The 'ABR' or Axis Biographical Research site. A work in progress on German general rank officers and some of the lower ranking officers of the SS.

http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/

For a number of excellent bios on general rank officers held by the British as prisoners go here.

http://www.specialcamp11.fsnet.co.uk/index.html

If it's a Knights Cross winner you want to look up then this is the place

http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de/

For holders of the DKiG and DKiS

http://www.ww2awards.com/

Looking for a U-boat crewmember?

http://www.ubootwaffe.net/index.html


For unit commanders down the company level then this is rapidly expanding site that could end up being very useful indeed although the blog format isn't perhaps the easiest to navigate through.

http://gliederungundstellenbesetzung.blogspot.com/

[Simon O.]

Fieldpost Numbers

http://stampsx.com/ratgeber/stempel-datenbank.php

enter the number you're researching into the field "oder Nummer eines Nummernstempels"