Specifically, I need information pertaining to World War 1 and any other armed conflict from 1890 to 1929. I require:
Statistics (Percent of population eligible to perform military service, percentage actually performing military service [in several time periods], conscript versus volunteer numbers, percentage deployed to the frontlines and percentage kept at home [in several time periods], percentage in each major military occupation (such as surgeon, nurse, infantry, artillery, truck driver, and so), percentage killed or wounded in specific engagements and general skirmishing [organized by military occupation], a breakdown of wounds by type and commonality, a breakdown of survival rates of these wounds, and any other WW1 statistics available)
Navy sizes
LOTS of details on the ships
A full listing of equipment issued to soldiers and sailors
Information on propaganda
Any information involving chemical or biological weapons
Information about fortifications and field defenses
Any information about military medical care and food and water supplies
Any information involving air or naval warfare
Any information on uniforms
Terrain's effect on military tactics
I also need any information pertaining to witchcraft, wizardry, and sorcery throughout real life history and the Celtic daily lifestyle.
Why do I need help with all this? Well, I'm doing a massive RPG project, and need lots of information to work with. Normally, I'd get this all from the library, but therein lies the problem. On Tuesday a city election was held, and a vote was made not to fund the local library next year. So, the library closes down in December. I'm getting as much WW1 materiel as I can before that happens, but soon I'll be cut off from all book sources except a few that I own, so I'll have to use internet sources. Wikipedia is a good starting point, but there has got to be more focused stuff out there, and I would be grateful of any help finding it.
Thanks for the advice.
What I want is a WW1 inspired campaign setting for war gaming as a foot soldier, pilot, tank crew, sailor, or what have you (This campaign setting also has support for law enforcement and monster hunting campaigns if you'd rather not go to war). However, in this setting my analogue of Britain was never Romanized and so stayed Celtic (but still has a great empire). Also, in this world a lot of the stuff witches do actually works and a lot of fantasy creatures, cryptozoological creatures (Bigfoot FTW), and mythological creatures actually exist. For this, I needs lots of information about WW1, Celtic culture and day to day lifestyle, and witchcraft. I've got the cryptozoology and fictional creatures covered.
Do you have a university in your area? University libraries are usually open to the public, you just can't check out materials.
Do you have a university in your area? University libraries are usually open to the public, you just can't check out materials.
No. I live in the mountains, and everything is really spread out. Nothing is near anything. There are two libraries in walking distance (I walk everywhere), and one is closing and the other one doesn't let people where I live do much because of a b#*%! fight with the first libraries district.
They offer free trial membership; I have no idea how much an actual membership costs. At the bottom of the page, however, I see numerous links to elsewhere on the net that might have some of what you're looking for.
And,....nevermind, the links only work if you're a member.
They offer free trial membership; I have no idea how much an actual membership costs. At the bottom of the page, however, I see numerous links to elsewhere on the net that might have some of what you're looking for.
Thanks.
People with hobbies.
Seriously, some people have the most specialized hobbies out there. My dad has some serious historical collections on the Civil War. My usual player (I GM one-on-one lately) can identify any Soviet equipment out of WW2 and tell you who used it, where, and when.
You have the internet. Fish around for some interesting forums. You might find the guy who puts together all this information for fun and would adore to share it with you.
I also need any information pertaining to witchcraft, wizardry, and sorcery throughout real life history and the Celtic daily lifestyle.
Witchcraft is easy. Go right to the source
http://www.malleusmaleficarum.org/
On World War I Casualties
The precise numbers remain shrouded in the passing of time compounded by the incompleteness of available records. In the heat of action accurate records were not always kept, and where they were, these were not uncommonly lost in subsequent actions, such were the conditions of trench warfare.
No reliable figures are available for civilian casualties throughout the world. Attributing civilian casualties to the effects of war is a subjective process at best; the scale of the First World War certainly resulted in an absence of even the most approximate figures for affected nations.
Regarding Ships.
Conways Fighting Ships is the best Modern Source for the technical details.You want the 1905-1920 Volume
Oh and any city that votes to close it's Library deserves to be burnt to the ground,the ruins bulldozed and it's name removed from the record for all eternity
Oh and any city that votes to close it's Library deserves to be burnt to the ground,the ruins bulldozed and it's name removed from the record for all eternity
We've got three more, but they are really far away (as in, at least 10 miles from my house), and I walk everywhere. It's the one near my house that's been voted shut down. It shut down two years ago for loss of funding, opened a year ago after getting refunded, and just got turned down for another year of funding by the voters.
Email the British war museum etc Most academics and most research librarians will respond in some way shape or form
Thanks. I'm going to try this with the Imperial War Museum.
Headatdesk.
I just searched Celtic Witchcraft, and it's all about Wicca. Now, I have some experience with neo-pagan religion, so I know that 98% of what is billed as Wicca isn't Wicca. Actual Wicca is a highly closed and secretive fertility cult (In neo-paganism, cult is not a negative term.). Yay. To get the information on Celtic folk magic I need I get to wade through mis-branded "Wiccan" fluff-bunnies (a neo-pagan term for posers).
Such fun.
Headatdesk.
I just searched Celtic Witchcraft, and it's all about Wicca. Now, I have some experience with neo-pagan religion, so I know that 98% of what is billed as Wicca isn't Wicca. Actual Wicca is a highly closed and secretive fertility cult (In neo-paganism, cult is not a negative term.). Yay. To get the information on Celtic folk magic I need I get to wade through mis-branded "Wiccan" fluff-bunnies (a neo-pagan term for posers).
Such fun.
Check for books/searches for mythology instead of witchcraft or magic(k). Mythology tends to be a little more static and gives you a better idea of the original religion. Check the Arthurian legends, too, but remember the whole quest for the grail thing was added a few (hundred) years after the story of King Arthur was originally told.