This page contains links to other web pages with stories about U.S. Armed Forces in Bristol, Second World War in Bristol and other stories about Yanks in the West Country
The British Newspaper Archive is such a fantastic resource and highly recommended for any kind of historical research in Britain in the last 200 years.
Know Your Place Bristol An addictive website with historical maps, images and even aerial coverage of Bristol from 1946
Library of Congress – news archive of historic American newspapers
Clifton College and World War II
Oral histories in the Imperial War Museum archive
Sea Mills 100 – A website celebrating the centenary year for Sea Mills with an extensive Second World War section
What happened to some of the babies of black G.I.s and white Bristolian women? Bristol Post article by Hannah Simpson.
South Gloucestershire Second World War Stories
Love, jealousy and riots: How Bristol welcomed the US Army during WW2 – Bristol Post article by Eugene Byrne
Black Bristol in WW2 – Examples of how Bristol mostly welcomed Black G.I.s
Defying Racial Prejudice: 2nd World War Relationships between British women and black GIs and the raising of their offspring by Lucy Bland
D-Day 75 years on – How a seemingly innocent Bristol Co-Op bakery hid the secrets of the European invasion – Bristol Post article by Eugene Byrne
VE Day: The First Days of Peace: Race Relations – Story about Bonnie Greer’s documentary on Black G.I.s in Bristol
The History of Frenchay Hospital – Run by James C. Briggs who wrote a book of the same name.
Frenchay Village Museum – Americans at Frenchay Hospital
History of the 298th General Hospital – Based in Frenchay for a time
Executions of G.I.s in Shepton Mallet Prison – Somerset Live article by Laura Linham and Jack Colwill
The Botanic Garden at University of Bristol
Cotswold Expeditions – Guided tours of sites used by the US Army in Moreton-In-Marsh
Yanks in Clevedon – Article on the excellent ‘Walking the Battlefields’ website
When Yanks bought Woodbines at The Burtle Inn – A tale of Yanks in Somerset by Jonathan Millar
The D-Day Story website has lots of information and links relating to the Americans stationed in Britain including full unit lists.
D-Day Build Up – New research into where units were located in the build up to D-Day
The American Air Museum in Britain at IWM Duxford is “dedicated to exploring Anglo-American collaboration in conflict and its impact on people’s lives from the First World War to date.”
Somewhere in England – An article from the Baseball in Wartime website discussing how baseball was played by US troops in WW2
AtlantikWall – A website that surveys Second World War defences including USAAF bases.
Yanks in Southampton – D-Day stories from American troops based in Southampton
Yanks in Newport – The story of Americans based in Newport, South Wales
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