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| 202 | HAMBRO, C. J. I Saw it Happen in Norway. viii, 219p., illus., index. London: Hodder & Stoughton; New York: Appleton Century, 1940.
The president of the Norwegian parliament recounts his personal story of the fall of Norway, including an account of the fate of the Norwegian navy. |
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| 203 | HARVEY, Maurice. Scandinavian Misadventure: The Campaign in Norway 1940. xii, 323p., bibliog., illus., index. Tunbridge Wells: Spellmount, 1990. ISBN: 0946771448.
An Air Commodore gives a solid general account with the title describing his stance. |
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| 204 | HEALISS, Ronald. Adventure Glorious. 144p. London: Muller, 1955.
One of the survivors, a marine, tells the story of the carrier Glorious's part in the Norwegian Campaign, of her sinking, and his survival. |
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| 205 | KERSAUDY, François. Norway 1940. 272p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Collins, 1990. ISBN: 0312064276.
Although unusual in making very good use of French and Norwegian sources, this is a disappointing work with little understanding of naval affairs. For example, it includes a picture of a destroyer, captioned "cruiser Warspite." |
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| 206 | KOHT, Halvdan. Norway Neutral and Invaded. 224, 20p., illus. London: Hutchinson; New York: Macmillan, 1941.
The author was Norwegian Foreign Minister before the invasion. This gives his view of the origins and course of the war in Norway. Of marginal naval interest. |
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| 207 | KYNOCH, Joseph. Norway 1940: The Forgotten Fiasco. [xii], 174p., bibliog., illus., index. Shrewsbury: Airlife, 2002. ISBN: 1840373806.
Two thousand men of Sickleforce landed at Molde but only 163 re-embarked when Norway was evacuated. A participant gives a good account of their battle with some relevant naval material. |
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| 208 | LAPIE, Pierre O. With the Foreign Legion at Narvik. xix, 138p., illus. London: Murray, 1941.
The author arrived in Norway via the UK in the trooper Ville d’Alger. He was there until the evacuation in June and this is his record of events. |
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| 209 | LEHMKUHL, Dik. Journey to London: The Story of the Norwegian Government at War. 152p., illus. London: Hutchinson, [1946].
Most of the book describes the escape of the government to the UK. Brief concluding chapters describe the exile and return. |
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| 210 | LEHMKUHL, Herman K. Hitler Attacks Norway. 100p., illus. London: Royal Norwegian Government Information Office, 1943.
Updates his earlier work, below, expressing the official view of German aggression. |
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| 211 | LEHMKUHL, Herman K. The Invasion of Norway. 62, [2]p., illus. London: Hutchinson, [1940].
A hurriedly prepared and outraged account authorised by the government-in-exile. |
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| 212 | MACCLURE, Victor. Gladiators over Norway. 46p. London: W. H. Allen, 1942.
A squadron of RAF Gladiators was transported in and out of Norway on two occasions in April and May 1940. Based on rough landing strips it fought valiantly in the air, only to have most of its survivors lost with Glorious. |
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| 213 | MACINTYRE, Donald. Narvik. 248p., illus., index. London: Evans, 1959; New York: Norton, 1960.
Ostensibly about the two battles of Narvik, this is the definitive account so far published of the whole naval part of the Norwegian Campaign, from the first mine laying to the end of the evacuation. |
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| 214 | MOULTON, J. L. The Norwegian Campaign of 1940: A Study of Warfare in Three Dimensions. 328p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1966; Athens, Ohio: Ohio UP, 1968.
An excellent critical account of the Norwegian campaign. US title: A Study of Warfare in Three Dimensions: The Norwegian Campaign of 1940. |
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| 215 | PARKINSON, Roger. The Auk: Auchinleck, Victor at Alamein. 272p., bibliog., illus, index. London: Hart Davis MacGibbon, 1977. ISBN: 0246109335.
Principally concerned with the Desert War, but contains a short account of his relationship with the Earl of Cork & Orrery during the latter part of the Norwegian campaign. |
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| 216 | POUND, Reginald. Evans of the Broke: A Biography of Admiral Lord Mountevans. xii, 324p., bibliog., illus., index. London: OUP, 1963.
Although his naval career was virtually over by 1939, this distinguished sailor returned to serve as an envoy to King Haakon before being appointed Regional Commissioner for London’s Civil Defence. |
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| 217 | RHYS-JONES, Graham. Churchill and the Norway Campaign. xii, 223p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2008. ISBN: 1844157539.
A new and well written account which focuses on Churchill's tendency to micromanage affairs. |
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| 218 | SCARFE, R. In the Norwegian Trap: The Battle for and in Norwegian Waters. 157p. London: Aldor, 1940.
A justification of the Allied failure to defeat the German invasion of Norway and a general view of the background to events. As this was written before the Allied evacuation, Norway is seen as a trap for the Germans, a trap which will suck in an increasing numbers of German troops to meet their fate. |
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| 219 | SHORES, Christopher. Fledgling Eagles. 380p., illus., index. London: Grub Street, 1991. ISBN: 0948817429.
A very detailed account of air operations during the phoney war and Norwegian Campaign. A detailed diary of all actions and losses. |
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| 220 | STRABOLGI, [J. M. K.], Lord. Narvik and After: A Study of the Scandinavian Campaign. 216p., illus. London: Hutchinson, [1941].
Another of the author’s speedy reviews of a campaign. |
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| 221 | TEVNAN, James, & HORSLEY, Terence. Norway Invaded. 143p. London: Withy Grove Press, [1940].
Pieced together from official reports and from eyewitness accounts, this is the story of German "treachery and corruption which has no parallel." |
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