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| 3002 | SMITH, Ken. Condor Chronicles: An Angus Air Station. A Pictorial and Anecdotal Story of R.N.A.S. H.M.S. Condor. 223p., illus. Arbroath: Finavon Print and Design, 1998. ISBN: 0952881330.
The story of the building and use of the station just outside Arbroath when farm land was taken over for military use during World War II. Consists of lists, newspaper cuttings and photographs arranged by theme. Most recently used as a base for Royal Marine Commandos, Condor is set in one of the most beautiful places known to man. The bibliographer was however born there and may be biased. |
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| 3003 | THOMAS, Ethel. War Story. 271p., bibliog., illus., index. Avonmouth: author, 1989. ISBN: 0950747726.
A local historian gives a rather banal diary account of the effect of both world wars on Avonmouth and Shirehampton. Well-illustrated. |
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| 3004 | TULLY-JACKSON, Jack & BROWN, Ian. East Lothian at War, Volume 2. 88p., bibliog., illus. Haddington: East Lothian Council Library Service, 2001. ISBN: 1897857225.
Although mainly concerned with Army and RAF, there is an interesting section on naval involvement in firing ranges. |
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| 3005 | TWYFORD, H.P. It Came to Our Door: Plymouth in the World War. viii, 151p., illus. Plymouth: Underhill, 1945.
A local journalist describes Plymouth at war: the air raids; the naval base, the heroics of civil defence. |
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| 3006 | ULYATT, Michael E. Hull at War: A Photographic Recollection. 64p., illus. Lancaster: Dalesman, 1989. ISBN: 085206957X.
Excellent photographic record of damage to the city, with lists of trawlers lost during the war. |
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| 3007 | WARLOW, B. Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy: Being a List of the Static Ships and Establishments of the Royal Navy. 160p. Liskeard: Maritime Books, 1992. ISBN: 0907771521.
An alphabetical list with brief annotations, followed by a gazetteer. A very useful reference work. A revised and enlarged edition was published in paperback in 2000 (ISBN: 0907771734). |
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| 3008 | WASLEY, Gerald D. Devon at War 1939–1945. 208p., bibliog., illus., index. Tiverton: Devon Books, 1994. ISBN: 0861148851.
A good local history. |
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| 3009 | WASLEY, Gerald. Plymouth, A Shattered City: The Story of Hitler's Attack on Plymouth and Its People 1939-45. 176p., bibliog., illus. Tiverton: Halsgrove, 2004. ISBN: 1841142727.
First published in 1991 as Plymouth Blitz, this is a much enlarged and heavily illustrated account of the 1941 bombardments and the post-war rebuilding. |
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| 3010 | Sydney Harbour's World War II Anti-Torpedo and Midget Submarine Boom Net: Photographs. 14p., illus. Double Bay, N.S.W.: Woollahra History and Heritage Society, 1995. ISBN: 0646263390.
An interesting record. |
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| 3011 | CORBETT, P. D. World War II Defences at Stony Batter (Waiheke Island) and Whangaparoa: 9.2" Counter-Bombardment Batteries A-1 and A-2 (Auckland Conservancy Historic Resource Series no. 14). 93p., bibliog., illus. Auckland: Department of Conservation, 1996. ISBN: 0478018606.
The report is the first in a proposed series on Auckland's coast defences in WW2. It has much esoteric information and good detailed plans. |
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| 3012 | ENNIS, John. Bombay Explosion. 216p., illus. London: Cassell; New York: Duell Sloane and Pearce, 1959.
The Fort Stikine, carrying explosives, blew up in Bombay harbour on 14 April 1944, killing at least 500 people and destroying 35,000 tons of shipping. US title: The Great Bombay Explosion. |
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| 3013 | FORSTER, Pat. Fixed Naval Defences in Darwin Harbour: how the Navy secured Darwin Harbour against submarine attacks between 1939 and 1945. v, 32p., illus. Darwin: Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 2007.
A short detailed and technical account. |
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| 3014 | FORSTER, Pat, & EGAN, Ted. The Navy in Darwin 1941–1943, a Graphic Record from a Sailor's Sketchbooks. Sketches by Pat Forster, With Recollections as told to Ted Egan. 46p., illus. Darwin: Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, 1992. ISBN: 0724526862.
Sketches and 17 photographs showing Darwin at war, including the Japanese air raids and their aftermath. |
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| 3015 | FULLFORD, R. K. We Stood and Waited: Sydney's Anti-Ship Defences 1939–1945. xxiv, 250p., illus. Manly: Royal Australian Artillery Historical Society, 1994. ISBN: 0646045997.
A comprehensive and definitive work. As well as detailed descriptions of the defences, this former gunner describes the command and control systems. |
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| 3016 | HITCH, G. The Pacific War 1941-1945 and Norfolk Island. viii, 104p., bibliog., illus., index. Norfolk Island, author, 1992. ISBN: 0646106775. Norfolk Island was mainly used as an air base but this work has some marginal naval interest. Regularly reprinted in at least four editions. |
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| 3017 | JEREMY, John. Cockatoo Island: Sydney's Historic Dockyard. xii, 263p., bibliog., illus., index. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 1998. ISBN: 0868406406.
The dockyard operated from the 1850s to 1991 and this workmanlike history gives a full account of wartime activities. |
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| 3018 | JONES, David & NUNAN, Peter. U.S. Subs Down Under: Brisbane, 1942-1945. xvii, 297p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP, 2005. ISBN: 1591146445.
Two local Australian authors describe the city's role in supporting Pacific submarine operations. Republished in 2011 by Boolarong Press. ISBN: 9781921555893. |
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| 3019 | McCARTHY, Sophie. World War II Shipwrecks and the First Japanese Air Raid on Darwin 19 February 1942 (Technical report series. Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1992, no. 1). v, 43p., bibliog., illus. Darwin: Northern Territory Museum of Arts & Sciences, 1992. ISBN: 0724526943.
A good scientific study covering the six remaining wrecks. |
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| 3020 | NIELSEN, Peter. Diary of WWII North Queensland. [iv], 220p., bibliog., illus., index. Smithfield: Nielsen Publishing, 1993. ISBN: 0646136798.
A very detailed chronology with much of RAN interest and covering an important area for the Southwest Pacific campaign. |
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| 3021 | NIELSEN, Peter. North Queensland at War (Day by Day). 2 Vols., bibliog., illus., index. Townsville, Qld.: Nielsen Publishing, 2004-2007. ISBN: 0975212702. (Vol.1); 0975212714 (Vol.2) .
The first two of seven planned volumes. These cover Naval and Merchant Shipping Movements (1939-1943) and record port visits. A good reference work. |
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