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| 282 | RHODES, Anthony. Sword of Bone. 235p. London: Faber, 1942; New York: Harcourt Brace, 1943.
The author's first nine months of war with the Army. Includes the story of his evacuation from the beaches at Dunkirk. Reissued by Severn House in 1976. |
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| 283 | ROSSITER, Mike. I Fought at Dunkirk. xii, 306p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Transworld, 2012. ISBN: 9780593065938.
Retells the story of the Fall of France based on the recollections of seven ordinary soldiers. Good accounts of their evacuation. |
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| 284 | SEBAG-MONTEFIORE, Hugh. Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man. xviii, 701p., bibliog., illus, index. London: Viking, 2006. ISBN: 0670910821.
A major retelling of the story with a particular emphasis on the army forces who held up the German advance while the "miracle" took place. The role of the navy is given due measure. |
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| 285 | SHAW, Frank, & SHAW, Joan. We Remember Dunkirk. 232p., illus. Hinckley: [author], 1990. ISBN: 187277900X. Over 100 brief accounts of memorable and not so memorable personal experiences recalled after 50 years. Well-illustrated. Reprinted by Ebury Press in 2013, ISBN: 9780091941543. |
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| 286 | STENSON, Patrick. Lights: The Odyssey of C. H. Lightoller. xx, 325p., illus., index. London: Bodley Head; New York: Norton, 1984. ISBN: 0370305930. Lightoller was senior surviving officer of the Titanic and this is his biography. Aged 66 he took his small boat to Dunkirk and this story is told. US title: The Odyssey of C. H. Lightoller. Reprinted by Halsgrove in 1998 as Titanic Voyager: The Odyssey of C. H. Lightoller. ISBN: 1874448817. |
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| 287 | THOMPSON, Julian. Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory. xiv, 338p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 2008. ISBN: 0283070218.
A professional soldier gives full weight to the land fighting then has a good general account of the evacuation. |
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| 288 | TURNBULL, Patrick. Dunkirk: Anatomy of Disaster .186p., illus., index. London: Batsford; New York: Holmes & Meier, 1978. ISBN: 0713413093.
A general history which is enlivened by the author’s personal reminiscences of the campaign while attached to GHQ. The evacuation is briefly described. |
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| 289 | WALKER, J. W. Recordings Made Day by Day of Vessels Arriving at Dover during the Evacuation from Dunkirk May/June 1940. 13p. Liverpool: Dunkirk Veterans' Association (Merseyside Branch), 1985.
Consists of pages from an S.O. book 136 kept by the A.E.S.O. Dover, Capt. J.W. Walker, during the evacuation, with a typewritten introduction by Bernie McDonald. |
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| 290 | WILSON, Patrick. Dunkirk: From Disaster to Deliverance. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Cooper; Conshohocken, Pa.: Combined Publishing, 1999. ISBN: 158097046X.
A battlefield guide with useful information on the evacuation. |
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| 291 | CROFT-COOKE, Rupert. The Blood-Red Island. 248p., illus. London: Staples, 1953.
The author served with Field Security, attached to the Royal Scots Fusiliers. After the initial assault on Diego Suarez he stayed on the island for some months and witnessed the less-well-known second assault to secure the rest of the island. |
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| 292 | DOODY, John. The Burning Coast. 255p., illus. London: Joseph, 1955.
Almost a travel book. After the fall of Massawa the author established a contraband control along the Eritrean coastline and he here describes that task. |
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| 293 | DOWER, K. C. Gandar. Into Madagascar. 111p., illus. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1943.
A promptly written account of the second phase of the campaign, beginning with the landing at Majunga. It espouses Thurber’s dictum to journalists - "don't get it right, get it written." |
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| 294 | GREAT BRITAIN. Ministry of Information. The Abyssinian Campaigns: The Official Story of the Conquest of Italian East Africa. 145p., illus. London: HMSO, 1942.
The Navy's supporting role is scarcely mentioned, but the land campaign is fairly fully described. |
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| 295 | MARDER, Arthur J. Operation Menace: The Dakar Expedition and the Dudley North Affair. xxv, 289p., bibliog., illus., index. London: OUP, 1976. ISBN: 0192158112.
The master naval historian considers the Dakar debacle and the hunt for a scapegoat. |
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| 296 | MONKS, Noel. That Day at Gibraltar. xii, 192p., illus. London: Muller, [1957].
Admiral North was the scapegoat for the debacle at Dakar and this is the first full account of why he was blamed. |
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| 297 | ORPEN, Neil. East African and Abyssinian Campaigns (South African Forces: World War II, vol. I). xiv, 390p., bibliog., illus., index. Cape Town: Purnell, 1968. A good account of the South African part in this theatre. The role of the Navy was largely as a bombardment force supporting units operating near the Red Sea coast. |
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| 298 | PLIMMER, Charlotte, & PLIMMER, Dennis. A Matter of Expediency: The Jettison of Admiral Sir Dudley North. [xi], 179p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Quartet, 1978.
Quoting extensively from unpublished letters and documents, the authors try "to give both sides of the North controversy." However, their "investigations have led . . . to the inescapable conclusion that North was saddled with the responsibility for Churchill's mistakes." North's earlier career and his post-war attempts at vindication are also described. |
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| 299 | ROSENTHAL, Eric. Japan’s Bid for Africa, Including the Story of the Madagascar Campaign. 173p., illus. Johannesburg: Central News Agency Ltd., 1944.
A lurid account of Japanese aims and attempts to subvert and conquer the western Indian Ocean. The story of the whole Madagascar Campaign is given, up to the arrival of the new Free French governor. There is sparse reference to naval events. |
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| 300 | SAYRE, Joel. Persian Gulf Command: Some Marvels on the Road to Kazvin. xvi, 140p., illus. New York: Random House, 1945.
Originally published as a series of essays in the New Yorker, this book describes the logistical operations of the American Persian Gulf Command whose 30,000 men ran the supply line from the Persian ports to Russia. Very peripheral, but enlivened by an introductory essay from the author's colleague, James Thurber. |
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| 301 | SHORES, Christopher. Dust Clouds in the Middle East: The Air War for East Africa, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Madagascar, 1940-42. ix, 308p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Grub Street, 1996. ISBN: 189869737X.
Another of the excellent Grub Street campaign histories which gives full measure to the involvement of the RN and FAA in operations. |
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