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| 4063 | ARTHUR, Max. Forgotten Voices of the Second World War. x, 486p., illus., index. London: Ebury, 2004. ISBN: 0091897343.
A history of the war told from a largely British perspective through oral history, in a series of anecdotes by dozens of the participants. Some material of naval relevance. |
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| 4064 | BARTIMEUS. Action Stations. xix, [3], 262p. Boston: Little Brown, 1941.
Sketches of naval occasions both fictional and fact, covering the exploits of Orzel, Altmark, minesweepers, and Bismarck from the evacuation at Dunkirk to the Baltic. |
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| 4065 | BARTIMEUS. Steady as You Go: Stories of the Battle of the Atlantic. 191p. London: Collins, 1943.
A mixture of fact, faction and fiction recording a variety of episodes from the Altmark incident to Dunkirk and the hunt for the Bismarck. |
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| 4066 | BUSH, Eric Wheler. The Flowers of the Sea: An Anthology of Quotations, Poems and Prose. xxvi, 350p., bibliog., index. London: Allen & Unwin; Toronto: Nelson, 1962.
This general collection has over 60 pages on WWII. |
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| 4067 | CHAMBERS, Aidan. War at Sea. iv, 119, [3]p. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1978. ISBN: 0333236130. An anthology of 14 stories of the war at sea, describing acts of courage and resource by British seamen. |
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| 4068 | COOK, Graeme. None but the Valiant: Stories of War at Sea. 153p., bibliog., illus. London: Hart-Davis, 1972; New York: Taplinger, 1973. ISBN: 0246105399. A potpourri of retold stories from both world wars. US subtitle is Exciting True War Stories in the Air and at Sea and is a much larger volume. |
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| 4069 | COOK, Graeme. Small Boat Raiders. 131p., bibliog. London: Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1977. ISBN: 024610807X A series of short accounts retelling old tales. They are the X-Craft attack on the Tirpitz, the defence of Hong Kong, Coastal Forces in the Channel, the raid on St. Nazaire, the Cockleshell Heroes attack on Bordeaux, and X-Craft in the Far East. |
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| 4070 | CORBETT, Edmund V. Waves of Battle. 280p. London: Arco, 1959.
A miscellaneous collection of stirring tales of the war at sea taken as excerpts from various published works. |
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| 4071 | COWPER, Marcus. The Words of War: British Forces' Personal Letters and Diaries During the Second World War. 442p., illus. Edinburgh: Mainstream, 2009. ISBN: 1845965310.
An interesting and sometimes poignant set of contemporary documents, presented in chronological and thematic order. |
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| 4072 | DRUMMOND, John D. A River Runs to War. 208p., illus., index. London: W. H. Allen, 1960.
A variety of tales all loosely centred on the Clyde. The range is enormous and includes, the sinking of U 33 by Gleaner; explosion of Maille Breze at Greenock; the sinking of Curacao; the Clyde and Torch; PQ17; taking the gold reserves to Canada; the X-Craft attack on Tirpitz; repair yards; MI5; rescue ships; bomb disposal; escapes from Hong Kong; antishipping Mosquitoes; the surrender of the U-boats. |
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| 4073 | FLOWER, Desmond, & REEVES, James. The War, 1939–1945. xv, 1120p., bibliog., illus. London: Cassell, 1960.
Uses excerpts from published sources as a way of giving a history of the war. |
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| 4074 | GREENFIELD, Kent Roberts, ed. Command Decisions. viii, 565, 10p., bibliog., illus., index. Washington: Department of the Army, 1960.
A series of essays produced by the historians writing the history of the US Army in WWII, including pieces on the German invasion of Norway, Torch, and merchant shipping shortages. |
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| 4075 | HOOD, Jean. Submarine: An Anthology of First-Hand Accounts of the War Under the Sea, 1939-1945. 448p., bibliog., index. London: Conway, 2007. An excellent selection of tales of life, action and danger from all belligerents and all theatres of war. |
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| 4076 | HORE, Peter. Dreadnought to Daring: 100 Years of Comment, Controversy and Debate in The Naval Review. xvii, 518p.,bibliog., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2012. ISBN:9781848321489.
An edited collection of essays from the Naval Review. Covers a huge range of topics with much relevant, mainly background material. |
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| 4077 | JACOBSEN, Hans-Adolf, & ROHWER, Jürgen, eds. Decisive Battles of World War II: The German View. 509p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Deutsch; Don Mills, Ont.: Collins; New York: Putnam, 1965.
A scholarly appraisal of the turning points of the war, including Dunkirk, Crete, the Atlantic, and the invasion of Normandy. |
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| 4078 | JAMES, W. D. Hamptonians at War: Some War Experiences of Old Boys of Hampton Grammar School. xiv, 201p. [Hampton: author, 1964].
Four sections of reminiscences - Army, Navy, Air Force and Miscellaneous - by former pupils, each a few pages long. The naval section covers the Bismarck chase, a kamikaze attack on Indomitable, Pedestal, the German raid on Bari, Coastal Forces, D-Day, and FAA training. |
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| 4079 | JAMES, William M. Hotch-Potch. [x], 92p. [n.p.: author, 1968].
A book printed for private circulation by the Admiral, which includes previously published journal articles on a variety of topics and extracts from his wartime diary. |
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| 4080 | JORDAN, Gerald. Naval Warfare in the Twentieth Century 1900–1945: Essays in Honour of Arthur Marder. 243p., bibliog., index. London: Croom Helm; New York: Crane Russak, 1977. ISBN: 0856644595.
Two of the essays honouring this great naval historian concern WWII. One covers Combined Operations policy prior to Dieppe and the other the outlook of the RCN during the war. |
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| 4081 | KERR, J. Lennox. Touching the Adventures . . . of Merchantmen in the Second World War. 256p., illus. London: Harrap, 1953.
Some 26 stories and poems by and about merchant seamen, simply but graphically recounting the trials and tribulations of wartime service, from a "normal" voyage to the horror of a sinking and its consequences. |
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| 4082 | KERR, J. Lennox, & JAMES, David. Wavy Navy, by Some Who Served. 263p., illus. London: Harrap, [1950].
Some 28 tales of routine and action from all areas of the RNVR contribution to the war at sea. |
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