Setting: rural England, first or second world war ( Read more... )

I need my British 20-something character to have been honorably discharged from the army due to combat injury in the early 1940s, but I also need him to be mostly physically capable after he heals (so, no amputated limbs).

I've found a very useful post about this for the Peninsular War, but in addition to the info there, what about burns? Would ( Read more... )

This might be of interest to anyone writing about London during WW2 - a map of (modern) London showing the locations of bombs that fell in the Blitz. Some of the information is a little sketchy, e.g. the exact date and size of bombs is rarely available. It's been compiled from maps made during the war ( Read more... )

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I desperately need figures on female POWs in Japanese captivity in World War II. I've been scouring the net but not even on Wikipedia I seem to be able to find a site the lists figures for how many female POWs there were and which nationalities they were of, maybe even broken down to the individual camps (but just numbers and nationalities would ( Read more... )

For several years my family has been trying to find out about this picture, which shows my late father Arthur Rowland talking to a naval officer during WW2.

[Image links to larger version which links to very large 968k graphics file.]


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This is the most brilliant and useful community! Last time I posted a question here I had a fantastic response and got pointed in the direction of my answer, so I'm hoping for the same again ( Read more... )

I've been working on a story about a sixteen-year-old girl in London during WWII. Specifically, during the Blitz, so I'm thinking about 1940. However, I'm having some trouble because some important parts of the plot depend on what sort of access she has to American films and information about Hollywood and American stars ( Read more... )

And a question of my own:
This one is for the Doctor Who / Torchwood fandom, which, as far as my very limited understanding goes, plays fast and loose with World War Two military details, but as I have literally no experience with military culture, I'd thought I better ask anyway.

So, here goes: January 1941, a young American volunteer (71st Eagle ( Read more... )

I'm writing a story that takes place in France in the late 30s/early 40s. One character is the sorta stereotypically "nerdy" kid. I know that the word "nerd" didn't become a slang term until the 50s, so I need the equivalent of it. The character himself is English, so I'm not looking for American slang ( Read more... )

I'm writing a story involving evacuees (a mother and young child) from London to Herefordshire during the Blitz. Would a £1 annual peppercorn rent on a 2 bedroom cottage in the tiny village be feasible? Or is that too much of a fairy tale ( Read more... )