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| 2362 | WINGATE, John. The Fighting Tenth: The Tenth Submarine Flotilla and the Siege of Malta. [xxv], 384p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cooper, 1991. ISBN: 0850528917.
A gripping tale, well-told of success, defeat, and ultimate triumph. |
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| 2363 | WINTON, John. The Submariners: Life in British Submarines 1901–1999. An Anthology of Personal Experience. xiv, 316p., illus. London: Constable, 1999. ISBN: 0094788103.
Covers well-worn ground but contains several original tales and journal articles as well as excerpts from books. |
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| 2364 | YOUNG, Edward. One of Our Submarines. 320p., illus. London: Hart Davis, 1952; New York: McGraw Hill, 1953.
Generally regarded as one of the classics of the sea. The author served in submarines from the Arctic to the Far East, latterly in command of Storm. Issued in paperback as the thousandth Penguin. US title: Undersea Patrol. |
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| 2365 | DOHERTY, Richard. Irish Men and Women in the Second World War. 319p., bibliog., illus., index. Dublin: Four Courts, 1999. ISBN: 1851824413. A history of the war looking at the contribution of individuals. Has some limited naval and merchant interest. |
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| 2366 | DOHERTY, Richard. Irish Volunteers in the Second World War. 378p., bibliog., illus., index. Dublin: Four Courts, 2002. ISBN: 1851825231. A history of the war looking at the contribution of individuals. Has some limited naval and merchant interest. |
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| 2367 | ALANBROOKE, Field Marshal Lord. War Diaries 1939-1945, edited by Alex Danchev and Daniel Todman. lii, 763p., illus., index. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. ISBN: 0297607316.
The full unexpurgated diaries. These were published in edited form in the 1950's, edited by Arthur Bryant. |
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| 2368 | BREDIN, A. E. C. Three Assault Landings: The Story of the 1st Bn. the Dorsetshire Regt., in Sicily, Italy and N.W. Europe. xvi, 172p., illus. Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1946.
Originally part of the Malta garrison, they joined an assault brigade when North Africa had been cleared. Although a regimental history, their three assaults involved them heavily with the Navy. |
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| 2369 | BRYANT, Arthur. The Turn of the Tide 1939–1943: A Study Based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal the Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, OM. 766p., illus., index. London: Collins; Garden City: Doubleday, 1957.
Lord Alanbrooke began the war in command of II Corp of the BEF, became C-in-C Home Forces then CIGS. He became one of Churchill's closest advisors and this book is therefore concerned with the strategy and higher direction of the war. |
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| 2370 | BRYANT, Arthur. Triumph in the West 1943–1946: Based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal the Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, OM. 576p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Collins; Garden City: Doubleday, 1959.
The sequel to Turn of the Tide and again concerned with the higher strategy. |
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| 2371 | COLVILLE, John R. Man of Valour: The Life of Field Marshal the Viscount Gort, VC, GCB, DSO, MVO, MC. 285p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Collins, 1972. ISBN: 0002112906.
Gort led the BEF safely to Dunkirk and was later successively governor of Gibraltar then Malta. Background information. |
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| 2372 | COOLEY, Reg. The Unknown Fleet: The Army's Civilian Seamen in War and Peace. xiv, 233p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton, 1993. ISBN: 0750903848.
The RASC always had a fleet of small craft - numbering some 1,100 in 1945. They undertook all sorts of duties from stores carriers to target towing. Cooley opens up an unusual aspect of the war at sea. |
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| 2373 | HABESCH, David. The Army's Navy: British Military Vessels and Their History Since Henry VIII. 240p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Chatham, 2001. ISBN: 1861761570.
The War Department Fleet began the war with seventy vessels and 240 civilian crew. It numbered some 1600 vessels by war's end. The war years are well covered in this wide-ranging history which also covers the Inland Water Transport RE. |
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| 2374 | POWNALL, Henry. Chief of Staff: The Diaries of Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pownall. 2 vols., index London: Cooper; Hamden: Archon, 1972–77. ISBN: 085052105X (Vol.1); 0850521629 (Vol.2).
Memoirs of a distinguished general who held several major posts during the war, starting with the BEF in France and ending in the Far East with Mountbatten. |
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| 2375 | Winged Words: Our Airmen Speak for Themselves. [v], 261, [18]p., illus. London: Heinemann, 1941.
A selection of BBC broadcasts by members of the RAF and WAAF. Many of them bear slightly on the work of the navy. |
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| 2376 | ALEXANDER, Kristen. Jack Davenport: Beaufighter Leader. xxv, 306p., bibliog., illus., index. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2009. ISBN: 9781741757767.
The biography of an Australian who served with Coastal Command particularly on anti-shipping strikes off Norway. |
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| 2377 | ASHWORTH, Chris. RAF Coastal Command 1936–1969. 256p., illus., index. Yeovil: PSL, 1992. ISBN: 1852603453.
A well-illustrated guide to the history of the Command. |
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| 2378 | ASHWORTH, Chris. St. Eval. 22p., illus. Bretton: GMS, 1992. ISBN: 1870384199.
St. Eval was a major Coastal Command base in Cornwall. |
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| 2379 | BAFF, K. C. Maritime Is Number 10: A History of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, the Sunderland Era 1939–1945. xiii, 466p., illus., index. Netley: Baff, 1983. ISBN: 095923960X.
A Coastal Command Squadron history. A good account of the war mainly as seen from the Atlantic. |
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| 2380 | BATHURST, Michael. Cameo of a Misspent Youth. 130p. Lewes: Book Guild, 1990. ISBN: 0863324231.
An autobiography. In 1939 he was a Radio Officer with the New Zealand Shipping Company. He managed to wangle a transfer to the RAF and spent the war in Coastal Command. Written as a loosely linked series of anecdotes. |
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| 2381 | BAVEYSTOCK, Leslie. Wavetops at my Wingtips. x, 278p., illus., index. Shrewsbury: Airlife, 2001. ISBN: 1840373105.
He volunteered for the RAF in 1940 and after training joined 50 Squadron. Shot down over Belgium, he escaped back to the UK through Spain and transferred to Coastal Command late in 1942. He joined 201 Squadron and sank two U-boats before moving to Alness as an instructor in late 1944. |
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