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| 4023 | WHITLEY, M. J. Battleships of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. 320p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour, 1998. ISBN: 185409386X.
Arranged by country and class, there are over 250 photographs and drawings. A good modern work. |
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| 4024 | WHITLEY, M. J. Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. 288p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour, 1995. ISBN: 1860198740.
Arranged by country and class, this comprehensively illustrated study is based on the proven style of his earlier work on destroyers. |
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| 4025 | WHITLEY, M. J. Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. 320p., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour, 1988. ISBN: 0870213261.
Arranged by country and class, this comprehensively illustrated study is a model work by an expert. |
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| 4026 | WILLMOTT, H.P. Battleship. 352p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cassell, 2002. ISBN: 030435810X.
An immensely readable scholarly history of the battleship in the twentieth century, covering WW1, the inter-war years and WW2 in equal measure |
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| 4027 | Uniforms and Insignia of the Navies of World War II. 112p., illus.London: Greenhill, 1991. ISBN: 1853670979.
A guide compiled by US Naval Intelligence, republished with an introduction by Andrew Mollo. |
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| 4028 | BROWN, Eric M. Duels in the Sky: World War II Naval Aircraft in Combat. [x], 222p., illus., index. Shrewsbury: Airlife; Annapolis, NIP, 1988. ISBN: 1853100463.
A curious but engaging work. Part history, part personal memoir, part one or two paragraph comparisons of the likely outcome of combats between aircraft types, it manages to hang together as an enjoyable and different perspective from a noted pilot. |
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| 4029 | CAMPBELL, John. Naval Weapons of World War Two. [10], 403p., illus., index. London: Conway; Annapolis: NIP, 1985. ISBN: 085177329X. An encyclopaedic, country-by-country, detailed, technical reference work. Reprinted in 2002, ISBN: 0851779247. |
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| 4030 | FRIEDMAN, Norman. Naval Radar. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Greenwich: Conway; Annapolis: NIP, 1981. ISBN: 0851772382.
A major review of the theory and performance of seaborne radar systems, which catalogues every piece of major equipment to have seen service. |
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| 4031 | HODGES, Peter. The Big Gun: Battleship Main Armament 1860–1945. 144p., illus. Greenwich: Conway; Annapolis: NIP, 1981. ISBN: 0851771440.
Although much has been written about battleships, little has been written about how their armament functioned. This book sets out to remedy this with an excellent set of technical descriptions. |
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| 4032 | HODGES, Peter, & FRIEDMAN, Norman. Destroyer Weapons of World War 2. 192p., illus., index. Greenwich: Conway; Annapolis: NIP, 1979. ISBN: 0851771378.
A comparative study of British and US destroyer equipment and design. Hodges describes British destroyers from Amazon and Ambuscade to the Battle Class in the first half of the book, while Friedman looks at the American side in the second half. |
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| 4033 | MARRIOTT, Leo. Catapult Aircraft: the Story of Seaplanes Flown from Battleships, Cruisers and Other Warships of the World's Navies, 1912-1950. xvi, 180 p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2006. ISBN: 184415419X.
Includes all the major designs that flew in the First and Second World Wars. It looks at how the aircraft evolved and how the warships were modified to accommodate the aircraft and the catapult system. |
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| 4034 | MOLLO, Andrew. Naval, Marine and Air Force Uniforms of World War 2. 231p., illus. Poole: Blandford, 1975. ISBN: 0713707259.
A detailed guide. |
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| 4035 | POSTAN, M. M. British War Production (History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Civil Series). xvi, 512p., index. London: HMSO, 1952.
Contains a miscellany of information on equipment procurement and production. |
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| 4036 | SMITH, Peter C. Dive Bombers in Action. 160p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Blandford, 1988. ISBN: 0713719575.
An account of their development, deployment and successes. |
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| 4037 | DAVIES, David Twiston. The Daily Telegraph Book of Naval Obituaries. 432p., index. London: Grub Street, 2004. ISBN: 1904010911.
Some one hundred post-1980 obituaries, including a sprinkling of non-British entries. |
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| 4038 | EDWARDS, Kenneth. Men of Action. 319p., illus. London: Collins, 1944.
Brief biographies of some 19 of the major Allied naval figures of the war. |
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| 4039 | HOWARTH, Stephen. Men of War: Great Naval Leaders of World War II. xxii, 602p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; New York: St. Martin's, 1992. ISBN: 0297810936.
Thirty-one short accounts of leaders from the high command and the battlefield; 9 British, 4 German, 15 American, and 3 Japanese. The 26 contributors provide accounts ranging from the balanced to the vitriolic, from the authoritative to the impressionistic. |
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| 4040 | WRAGG, David. Fighting Admirals of World War II. ix, 198p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2009. ISBN: 1844158608.
Twenty-three very short accounts of leaders from the major participants. Rather desultory coverage. |
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| 4041 | BUNKER, John Gorley. Liberty Ships: The Ugly Ducklings of World War II. xiii, 287p., illus., index. Annapolis: USNIP, 1972. ISBN: 0870213407.
The enormous shipbuilding effort which built almost 2,800 of these ships in four years was critical in winning the battle of the Atlantic. |
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| 4042 | ELPHICK, Peter. Liberty: The Ships That Won The War. 512p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Chatham, 2001. ISBN: 1591144515.
A good history, describing both how and why they were built, as well as their exploits. |
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