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| 4323 | No. 52 The Tobruk Run: June 1940 to January 1943 (B.R. 1736 (10)). London: Admiralty, 1956. No copy seen.
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| 4324 | UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY. The Effects of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. v, 46p., illus. Washington: USGPO, 1946.
"No more forceful arguments for peace and for the international machinery of peace than the sight of the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have ever been devised." |
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| 4325 | ALDRIDGE, Arthur, with RYAN, Mark. The Last Torpedo Flyers: The True Story of Arthur Aldridge – Hero of the Skies. xiv, 336., illus., index. London: Simon & Schuster, 2013. ISBN: 978147102752. He left Oxford aged 19 in 1940 and volunteered for the RAF. He spent a brutal two years in the UK and Mediterranean flying Beauforts in such actions as the Channel Dash and the defence of Malta. In 1942 he moved to a quieter theatre based on Ceylon. |
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| 4326 | ATKINSON, Rick. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa 1942-1943 (The Liberation Trilogy, Volume 1). 704p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Little Brown, 2003; New York: Holt, 2002. ISBN: 0316725099. An American view which won the Pulitzer Prize. Has some naval coverage. |
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| 4327 | ATKINSON, Rick. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy, Volume 2). xiv, 791 p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Little Brown; New York: Holt, 2007. ISBN: 0316725609. An American view, with some relevant naval coverage. |
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| 4328 | ATKINSON, Rick. The Guns at Last Light: the War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (The Liberation Trilogy, 3). xi, 877p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Little Brown; New York: Holt, 2013. ISBN: 0316725595. The last volume in this excellent trilogy covers the land war in north west Europe in 1944-45 with due recognition of the relevant naval components. |
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| 4329 | BADSEY, Stephen. Normandy 1944: Allied Landings and Breakout (Osprey Campaign, 1). 96p., bibliog., illus., index. Oxford: Osprey, 1990. ISBN: 9780850459210. A brief succinct account with good maps and tabular material, but with very limited naval information. |
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| 4331 | BEAMISH, Derek, BENNETT, Harold & HILLIER, John. Poole and World War II. 239p., illus., index. Poole: Poole Historical Trust, 1980. ISBN: 086251004X. A chronological account of this important port covering a huge range of material from flying boats to D-Day. |
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| 4332 | BEAMISH, Derek, BENNETT, Harold & HILLIER, John. Poole and World War II. 239p., illus., index. Poole: Poole Historical Trust, 1980. ISBN: 086251004X. A chronological account of this important port covering a huge range of material from flying boats to D-Day. |
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| 4333 | BELL, Christopher M. Churchill and Sea Power. 448p., bibliog., illus., index. Oxford, OUP, 2012. ISBN: 0199693579A major study of Churchill's record as a naval strategist and his impact on British sea power. Debunks many myths surrounding episodes in both World Wars, inclu.ding the Dardanelles, the Norwegian Campaign, and the Battle of the Atlantic. Looks at the evolution of his naval thinking and offers new insights into his long relationship with the Royal Navy, and his reputation as both strategist and war leader. |
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| 4334 | BELL, Christopher M. Churchill and Sea Power. 448p., bibliog., illus., index. Oxford, OUP, 2012. ISBN: 0199693579. A major study of Churchill's record as a naval strategist and his impact on British sea power. Debunks many myths surrounding episodes in both World Wars, including the Dardanelles, the Norwegian Campaign, and the Battle of the Atlantic. Looks at the evolution of his naval thinking and offers new insights into his long relationship with the Royal Navy, and his reputation as both strategist and war leader. |
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| 4335 | BENNETT, G. H., BENNETT, R. & BENNETT, E. Bismarck: The Chase and Sinking of Hitler’s Goliath (Britannia Naval Histories of World War II). 154, [6]p., illus. Plymouth: University of Plymouth Press, 2012. ISBN: 9781841023274. Consists of the Admiralty’s Battle Summary No.5, along with the relevant sections of the Fuhrer Conferences on Naval Affairs and two brief reminiscences from an Engine Room Artificer on Rodney and an Ordinary Seaman on Bismarck. |
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| 4336 | BENNETT, G.H. Hitler’s Ghost Ships: Graf Spee, Scharnhorst and Disguised German Raiders (Britannia Naval Histories of World War II). 216p., illus. Plymouth: University of Plymouth Press, 2012. ISBN: 9781841023076. Combines three of the British official battle summaries: The destruction of the Graf Spee at the River Plate (Battle Summary 26); the sinking of the Scharnhorst at the Battle of the North Cape (Battle Summary 24); and some eight actions with German raiders in 1940-41(Battle Summary 13). The whole is linked with a good introduction. |
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| 4337 | BENTLEY-BUCKLE, A. Through Albert’s Eyes (The British Navy at War, Volume 2). viii, 152p., illus., index. Dunbeath: Whittles, 2013. ISBN: 9781849950664. An autobiography, roughly half of which describes his wartime career. He joined the RN in early 1939 and was initially with Dunedin on the Northern Patrol and then in the Caribbean. In mid-1940 he moved to Edinburgh serving from the Arctic to Freetown. In mid-1941 he joined Revenge with the Eastern Fleet. After a spell ashore he trained as a beachmaster and served in Sicily and Italy. He moved into special operations and was captured, escaped and recaptured in Croatia. He spent the rest of the war as a POW, including helping with the famous escape of “Albert, R.N.”. |
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| 4338 | BIRD, Andrew D. Coastal Dawn: Blenheims in Action From the Phoney War Through the Battle of Britain. 224p.,, bibliog., illus., index. London: Grub Street, 2012. ISBN: 9781906502690. A detailed account of a little remarked area of combat. |
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| 4339 | BONIFACE, Patrick. Battle Class Destroyers. 258p., bibliog., illus. Liskeard: Maritime Books, 2007. ISBN: 1904459285. A brief account of the history of this late wartime class is followed by a listing for each of the class, with ship histories, composition of squadrons etc., leavened with reminiscences of those who served in them. |
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| 4340 | BONIFACE, Patrick. Loch Class Frigates. 256p., illus. Liskeard: Maritime Books, 2013. ISBN: 1904459544. The Loch class were some of the best A/S frigates produced for the RN during the war, although most of the class only entered service from 1944 onwards. This volume records the design and service record of the 28 completed vessels. |
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| 4341 | BOWEN, Dick & BURKETT, Molly. D-Day: The Battle for Europe (Once Upon a Wartime XIV). 128p., illus. Hough on the Hill: Barny Books, 2004. ISBN:190317242X. Has some marginal naval relevance in what is essentially a set of oral history reminiscences. |
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| 4342 | BRISTOW, Alan. Alan Bristow: Helicopter Pioneer. The Autobiography. 384p., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2010. ISBN: 1848842082. He was sixteen the day war broke out. Despite winning a place at Cambridge he decided to cut short his schooling and join the Merchant Navy. After twice having his ship sunk under him he applied and was accepted for pilot training with the FAA which he undertook in Canada. At the conclusion of the course he was one of a group of 4 selected to train as helicopter pilots (in the R4 Hoverfly). The war ended before he had the opportunity to fly on operations and he was demobilised in 1946. Most of the book covers his hugely successful post-war career. |
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| 4343 |
BROWN, David. Naval Operations of the Campaign in Norway: April-June 1940. [xviii], x, 188, [16]p., illus., index. London: Frank Cass, 2000. ISBN: 0714651192. Battle Summary No. 17 was first produced in 1942 by the Historical Section at the Admiralty. It was revised in 1951 to include German information and this is a facsimile of that edition published for the first time. |
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