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| 3522 | STEYN, Leslie M. Just Nuisance. 36p., illus. Cape Town: Stewart Printing Company, [1941].
First published as a newspaper article in the Week-end Argus. A light-hearted account of the dog from the Simonstown base. A revised and expanded version was published by Spectrum in 1968. |
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| 3523 | TENNANT, Joe. The Red Diamond Navy. [viii], 316p. London: Excalibur, 1994. ISBN: 0646326015.
A factionalised account of the operations of the South African whalecatchers which operated in the Mediterranean. |
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| 3524 | TENNANT, Joe. Yesterday's Wars Don't Count. [viii], 297p. London: Excalibur, 1995. ISBN: 1856345068.
Continues his fictionalised autobiography with an account of recovery from wounds in a South African naval hospital, the work of the coastal minesweepers at Cape Town and a return to civilian life in the Diplomatic Service in 1945. |
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| 3525 | TURNER, L. C. F., GORDON–CUMMING, H. R., & BETZLER, J. E. War in the Southern Oceans 1939–45.(Department of the Prime Minister: Union War Histories Section). xvi, 288p., bibliog., illus., index. Cape Town: OUP, 1961. The official history of the war in South African waters. Covers all actions in the theatre and not just those of South African vessels. |
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| 3526 | DIVINE, A. D. Navies in Exile. vi, 194p., illus. London: Murray, 1944.
Tells briefly the wartime history of the Polish, Norwegian, Dutch, French, Yugoslav, Belgian, Danish, and Greek Navies up to the occupation of their countries and then when operating in exile. |
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| 3527 | READY, J. Lee. Forgotten Allies: The Military Contribution of the Colonies, Exiled Governments and Lesser Powers to the Allied Victory in World War II. 2 vols., bibliog. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1985. ISBN: 089950129X (Vol. 1); 0899501303 (Vol. 2).
A useful compilation of otherwise scattered material. Volume 1covers Europe and volume 2 covers Asia. |
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| 3528 | GELDHOF, Johnny. Royal Navy – Section Belge 1940-1945 in Focus. 272p., illus. Kortrijk : Groeninghe,2002. ISBN: 9074705081.
A pictorial history. Over 550 images show the lives of Belgian sailors in exile. |
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| 3529 | GELUYCKENS, Daniel. L'Odyssée d'un Marin Belge (21 Fevrier 1940–13 Octobre 1944). 135p., bibliog., illus. Sint-Martens-Latem: Editions de la Dyle, 1996. ISBN: 9080112445.
The author was on a naval training ship when Belgium was over-run. With several colleagues he went to England and joined the Section Belge of the Royal Navy. After accelerated training at Dartmouth he served in Wellington, Dulverton,and Jervis, latterly as gunnery officer before returning to Ostend and a distinguished naval career in October 1944. He saw active service in the Atlantic, at the North African landings, Sicily, Salerno, the Aegean, D-Day, and the Channel. Although not in English, works on the Section Belge are rare and this is both written in accessible French and very heavily illustrated. |
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| 3530 | AGLION, Raoul. The Fighting French. [vi], 315p., illus., index. New York: Holt, 1943.
Mainly military, but with a useful factual naval chapter. |
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| 3531 | AUPHAN, Paul, & MORDAL, Jacques. The French Navy in World War II. xvi, 413p., illus., index. Annapolis: USNIP, 1959. Covers Free French and Vichy forces as well as the pre-occupation Navy, in all theatres. More concerned with justifying those who stayed behind and served Vichy than in the actions of the Free French. |
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| 3532 | COUHAT, Jean Labayle. French Warships of World War II. 176p., illus., index. London: Ian Allan, 1971. ISBN: 0711001537.
One of the excellent series of reference books describing the ships of each of the combatant nations in detail. This volume covers both Vichy and Free French ships. A short account of their activities in the war is included. |
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| 3533 | DE GAULLE, Charles. War Memoirs: The Call to Honour 1940–1942. 2 vols., illus., index. London: Collins; New York: Viking, 1955.
Contains much concerning the formation of the Free French Naval Forces and their activities. Volume 2 contains documents. |
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| 3534 | DE GAULLE, Charles. War Memoirs: Unity 1942–1944. 2 vols., index. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959.
Again contains interesting material on the Free French Naval Forces. The second volume contains documents. A third two-volume set of war memoirs called Salvation covers the post-liberation period of 1944–46. |
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| 3535 | FISHER, Richard. With the French Minesweepers. 175p., illus. London: Selwyn & Blount, 1945.
The personal story of an RNVR Officer attached to the French minesweepers as a Liaison Officer first at Cherbourg then at Brest. The book covers the critical period of May–June 1940. |
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| 3536 | HECKSTALL-SMITH, Anthony. The Fleet that Faced Both Ways. 232p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Blond, 1963.
The sorry tale of the French Fleet, written before the official records were released. |
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| 3537 | HIGGINS, Tony. The Free French in Kingswear (Dartmouth History Research Group, Paper 6). 24p., illus. Dartmouth: Dartmouth History Research Group, 1993. ISBN: 189901103X.
Not very good production values but offers insights into an odd corner of the war. The 23rd MTB Flotilla was formed at and based at Dartmouth and Free French manned. This gives odd snippets on their service. |
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| 3538 | JORDAN, John & DUMAS, Robert. French Battleships 1922-1956. 232p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth; Annapolis: NIP, 2009. ISBN: 1591144167. A completely new study of these important and technically interesting ships. A full account of their development is followed by a detailed analysis of their design characteristics, profusely illustrated by inboard profiles and schematic drawings. The technical chapters are interspersed with operational histories of the ships, with a particular focus on the operations in which they engaged other heavy units: Mers el-Kebir, Dakar and Casablanca. These accounts include a detailed analysis of their performance in action and the damage sustained, and are supported by specially-drawn maps and by the logs of Strasbourg and Richelieu. |
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| 3539 | JUBELIN, Andre. The Flying Sailor. 276p., illus., index. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1953.
The author left his ship in the Far East to join the Free French forces. He reached England in 1941 and took command of the depot ship Courbet. When she was laid up, he took command of the First French Naval Air Squadron which fitted out with Spitfires and was operational in the South of England. He moved briefly to night-fighters before taking command of the sloop Savorgnan de Brazza in late 1942. The book ends with the sloop's first voyage to Gibraltar, but a publisher's note describes the rest of his career. |
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| 3540 | KOBURGER, Charles W. The Cyrano Fleet: France and Its Navy 1940–1942. [vi], 151p., bibliog., illus., index. New York: Praeger, 1989. ISBN: 0275931366.
An interesting attempt to revive the reputation of the Vichy Navy, marred by dreadful proofreading. |
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| 3541 | KOBURGER, Charles W. Franco-American Naval Relations 1940–1945. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1994. ISBN: 0275946398.
This was a complicated and often tortuous affair. |
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