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| 302 | TUTE, Warren. The Deadly Stroke. 221p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Collins; New York: Coward McCann, 1973.
An analysis of the reasons for and course of the battle with the French at Mers-el-Kebir. |
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| 303 | TUTE, Warren. The Reluctant Enemies: The Story of the Last War between Britain and France 1940-1942. 334p., bibliog., index. London: Collins, 1990. ISBN: 0002153181.
The author has done much to explore this often conveniently forgotten series of episodes in which Britain and de Gaulle were effectively at war with Vichy France, ranging from the bitter little war in Syria to the fiasco at Dakar and the disarming of the French naval ships in Allied ports. |
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| 304 | WILLIAMS, John. The Guns of Dakar: September 1940. xiv, 201p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Heinemann, 1976. ISBN: 043486630X.
A sound review of Operation Menace, the assault on Dakar, which ended in fiasco. |
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| 305 | Battle of the Atlantic: An Anthology of Personal Memories from Those Involved with the Battle of the Atlantic. xii, 113p., illus. Liverpool: Picton, 1993. ISBN: 1873245041.
A project coordinated by Liverpool Public Libraries, it consists of generally brief accounts of particular anecdotes. Very poorly edited. |
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| 306 | ALLEN, Kenneth. Battle of the Atlantic. 96p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Wayland, 1973. ISBN: 0853402205. A very basic beginners' account. |
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| 307 | BARLEY, Frederick, & WATERS, D. W. The Defeat of the Enemy Attack on Shipping 1939-1945. A Revised Edition edited by Eric J. Grove (Publications of the Navy Records Society, vol.137). lxii, [iv], xiv, 380p., xiv, 27 tables, 70 plans, index. Aldershot: Ashgate for the Navy Records Society, 1997. ISBN: 1859284035.
The classic staff history account of the Battle of the Atlantic, completed in the 1950s and providing a stout defence of the convoy system, with an excellent new introductory essay by Eric Grove. |
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| 308 | BEAVER, Paul. U-Boats in the Atlantic: A Selection of German Wartime Photographs from the Bundesarchiv, Koblenz (World War 2 Photo Album, 11). 96p., illus. Cambridge: PSL, 1979. ISBN: 0850593867.
A photographic record with excellent explanatory captions. |
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| 309 | BLAIR, Clay. Hitler's U-Boat War. 2 vols., bibliog., illus., index. London: Routledge; New York: Random House 1996-99. ISBN: 0394588398 (V.1); ISBN: 0679457429 (V.2). An excellent, well-researched and comprehensive account, although its central thesis that the U-boat was a much exaggerated threat is at best controversial. Covers all theatres but is, of course, dominated by the Battle of the Atlantic. |
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| 310 | BLAKE, John W. Northern Ireland in the Second World War. xv, 569p., illus., index. Belfast: HMSO, 1956.
The defence of Northern Ireland and how her men served at home and abroad. Northern Ireland's vital role in the Battle of the Atlantic is examined. |
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| 311 | BROWN, David K. Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II. 176p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2007. ISBN: 9781844157020.
A history of the battle from a technical perspective. |
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| 312 | BROWN, Maurice. We Sailed in Convoy. 128p., illus. London: Hutchinson, [1942].
The tale of a round trip in convoy to the US and back, which aims to prove the need to value, not neglect, the Merchant Navy. |
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| 313 | BUCHHEIM, Lothar Günther. U–Boat War. [320]p., illus. London: Collins; New York: Knopf, 1978. ISBN: 0002118688. A fascinating personal photo-essay which portrays the war in the Atlantic and life at sea as seen by a German war artist, who took an enormous number of photographs while serving aboard U 96. |
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| 314 | BURDEN, Harry. Mr. Chips, RN. vi, 208p. Bognor Regis: New Horizon, 1984. ISBN: 0861166337.
An autobiography, mainly on the pre-war navy. Near the book's end he tells of setting up the Battle of the Atlantic HQ in Liverpool. |
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| 315 | CHALMERS, W. S. Max Horton and the Western Approaches: A Biography of Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton, GCB, DSO. xvi, 302p., illus., index. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1954.
The greater part of this biography concerns Horton's career in WWII. He began the war in command of the Reserve Fleet, but immediately moved to take command of the Northern Patrol. He then returned to his first love as Vice-Admiral Submarines. In November 1942 he moved to command the Western Approaches and to win the Battle of the Atlantic decisively. An important and readable account. |
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| 316 | COSTELLO, John, & HUGHES, Terry. The Battle of the Atlantic. [6], 314p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Collins; New York: Dial, 1977. ISBN: 000216048X.
A profusely and well-illustrated account which includes much peripheral information. In its text it synthesises the most recent research and benefits particularly from the revelations about secret ULTRA intelligence. The authors’ names are reversed in the US edition. |
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| 317 | COY, Peter. The Echo of a Fighting Flower: The Story of HMS Narcissus and B3 Ocean Escort Group in WWII. xi, 212p., bibliog., illus., index. Upton upon Severn: Square One, 1997. ISBN: 1899955224.
A mixture of reminiscence and history drawn from official papers which offers an anti-heroic view of the Atlantic Battle as seen by a new Sub lieutenant. |
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| 318 | CRAWFORD, John. Atlantic Kiwis: New Zealand and the Battle of the Atlantic. 54p., bibliog., illus. [Wellington]: New Zealand Defence Force, 1993. ISBN: 0958326339.
A short summary pamphlet, well-illustrated but drawing heavily on other sources. Published to mark the fiftieth anniversary celebrations. |
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| 319 | DUNMORE, Spencer. In Great Waters: The Epic Story of the Battle of the Atlantic 1939-45. xiii, 342p., bibliog., illus., index. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1999. ISBN: 0771029292.
An anecdotal and up to date popular and largely anecdotal history. |
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| 320 | EASTON, Alan. 50 North: An Atlantic Battleground. 287p., illus. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode; Toronto: Ryerson, 1963.
The war memoir of a Canadian captain who spent most of his war in the North Atlantic. He commanded the Canadian corvettes Baddeck and Sackville and then the new frigate Matane. His final command was the destroyer Saskatchewan. After taking part in operations connected with D-Day he took her back to Canada in August 1944. |
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| 321 | ESSEX, James W. Victory in the St. Lawrence: Canada’s Unknown War. 160p., bibliog., illus. Erin, Ont.: Boston Mills, 1984. ISBN: 0919783341. Some 28 ships were torpedoed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and this describes how local naval defence activity was organised. |
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