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| 222 | WAAGE, Johan. The Narvik Campaign. 211p., illus. London: Harrap, 1964.
A lightly dramatised account trying to highlight the role of individuals. |
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| 223 | BAKER, Amy J. Hell’s Odyssey (Coal Boat Cargo). 160p. London: Hutchinson; New York: Liveright, [1942].
The slightly fictionalised account of the evacuation of British subjects from the Riviera, after the Fall of France, in the colliers Ashcrest and Fircrest. |
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| 224 | BENOIST-MECHIN, J. Sixty Days that Shook the West: The Fall of France, 1940. 559p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cape; New York: Putnam, 1963.
Provides a day-by-day view of the political events from May to July 1940. It does give a French view of British attempts to neutralise the French fleet after the armistice. |
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| 225 | BOND, Geoffrey. Lancastria. 256p., illus. London: Oldbourne Press, 1959.
Based on the recollections of members of the Survivor's Association, this is a popular account of the sinking of the Lancastria by German bombers off St. Nazaire in June 1940, with heavy loss of life. |
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| 226 | BRAZIER, C.C.H. XD Operations: Secret British Missions Denying Oil to the Nazis. x, 165p., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2004. ISBN: 9781844153138.
This is the first account, by a participant, of the operations by the Kent Fortress Royal Engineers, a small Territorial Army unit. These took place in May 1940 with the objective of destroying all the oil reserves stored in coastal port refineries from Holland to the Bay of Biscay. The book describes the trip over in destroyers, frequently under air attack, the chaotic conditions ahead of the advancing Germans, the difficulties faced in carrying out the tasks and the drama of getting back to England. |
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| 227 | CLAYTON, Tim, & CRAIG, Phil. Finest Hour.x, 418p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hodder, 1999. ISBN: 0340750413.
The book of a BBC television series which traces the events of the May-September 1940 period largely through the memories of two dozen representative military and civilian individuals. The limited naval content revolves around seamen on Keith and Resolution. |
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| 228 | COOKSEY, Jon. Boulogne: 20 Guards Brigade's Fighting Defence - May 1940 (Battleground Europe: The Channel Ports). 192p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2002. ISBN: 9780850528145.
Essentially a military work describing the battlefields, but with some limited information on arrivals and evacuations. |
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| 229 | COOKSEY, Jon. Calais - 1940: A Fight to the Finish (Battleground Europe: The Channel Ports). 192p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 1999. ISBN: 9780850526479.
Essentially a military work describing the battlefields. Calais was defended until it fell, without any prospect of evacuation. |
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| 230 | CUMMING, Anthony J. The Royal Navy and the Battle of Britain. xvi, 207p., bibliog., index. Annapolis, NIP, 2010. ISBN: 9781591141600.
Redresses the balance between the RAF and the Royal Navy arguing for the importance of the latter. |
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| 231 | ELLIS, Lionel F. The War in France and Flanders (History of the Second World War. UK Military Series). xviii, 461p., illus., index. London: HMSO, 1953.
The official history. Contains much information on the various evacuations in 1940. Reprinted with source annotations by the Imperial War Museum in 1996. |
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| 232 | FENBY, Jonathan. The Sinking of the Lancastria: Britain's Greatest Maritime Disaster and Churchill's Cover-up. xiii, 269p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Simon & Schuster, 2005. ISBN: 0743259300.
More than 3000 died when their troopship was bombed and sunk in the Loire estuary during the evacuation of France. Recreates the drama of a terrible event, much of it from survivors' tales. |
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| 233 | GLOVER, Michael. The Fight for the Channel Ports: Calais to Brest 1940, a Study in Confusion. xxvi, 269p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cooper; Boulder, Colo.: Westview, 1985. ISBN: 0436182106.
A trenchant account of a lesser known campaign of 1940. Although really army history, it has some naval interest. |
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| 234 | GOUTARD, Adolphe. The Battle of France 1940. 280p., bibliog., index. London: Muller, 1958; New York: Washburn, 1959.
A French view, surprisingly uncritical of the British, of the battle and the evacuation. An abridgement of the original French edition, but still useful. |
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| 235 | HOLLAND, James. The Battle of Britain: Five Months that Changed History May-October 1940. [xxv], 677p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Bantam, 2010. ISBN: 9780593059142.
An excellent popular account with a good section on the army view of Dunkirk. |
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| 236 | HORNE, Alistair. To Lose a Battle: France 1940. xxvii, 556p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Macmillan; Boston: Little Brown, 1969. ISBN: 0333057384.
Primarily a view of the French side of the battle and with no real detail on Dunkirk. Important background reading. |
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| 237 | LEVER, Clifford. On My Heart Too! The Epic of Calais, 1940. 82p. London: Epworth, 1943.
The padre of the 1st Searchlight Regt., RA describes his retreat to and evacuation from Calais. |
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| 238 | LINKLATER, Eric. The Defence of Calais (The Army at War). 36p., illus. London: HMSO, 1941.
The grim struggle of the Calais garrison contributed to the successful evacuation at Dunkirk. The Navy’s role is outlined. |
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| 239 | NEAVE, Airey. The Flames of Calais: A Soldier’s Battle, 1940. 224p., bibliog., illus, index. London: Hodder, 1972. ISBN: 034010533X.
The defence and evacuation of Calais in May 1940 by a participant. Reprinted by Cooper in 2003. |
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| 240 | PARKINSON, Roger. Dawn on Our Darkness: The Summer of 1940. [ix], 236p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Granada, 1977. ISBN: 0246108398.
A review of the events of the summer from a British perspective. Of marginal naval interest. |
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| 241 | SPEARS, Edward L. Assignment to Catastrophe. 2vols., illus. London: Heinemann, 1954.
The Fall of France as seen by Churchill's personal representative to the French government. |
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