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| 4408 | JONES, Reg Chambers. Anglesey and Gwynedd: The War Years 1939-45. 248p., bibliog., illus. Wrexham: Bridge Books, 2008. ISBN: 1844940519. This is an enhanced and expanded edition of the book Bless 'em all : aspects of the war in north west Wales published in 1995. Has good coverage of the relevant naval, FAA and Coastal Command activities. |
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| 4409 | JONES, Terry & CARRUTHERS, Steven. A Parting Shot: Shelling of Australia By Japanese Submarines 1942. 320p., illus. Sydney: Casper, 2013. ISBN: 0977506347. Examines the shelling of Sydney and Newcastle in June 1942 in detail and considers the strategic impact. |
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| 4410 | JORDAN, John & MOULIN, Jean. French Cruisers 1922-1956. 232p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Seaforth; Annapolis: NIP, 2013. ISBN: 9781848321335. French cruisers were often striking and innovative designs. This volume covers design, construction and operation. |
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| 4411 | KHAN, Mark. D-Day Assault. 216p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2014. ISBN: 9781781593844. An account of all aspects of the pre D-Day exercises carried out on and around Slapton Sands. |
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| 4412 | KAPLAN, Philip. Grey Wolves: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. 224p., illus. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2013. ISBN: 178159242X. Captures the nature of life on board as taken from letters, diaries, journals and poetry. |
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| 4413 | KEENE, Tom. Britain’s Band of Brothers. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: History Press, 2014. ISBN: 0752489909. The story of the fifty strong Small Scale Raiding Force, which included people like Geoffrey Appleyard and conducted all sorts of raids on the enemy coast. |
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| 4414 | KING, Alison. Golden Wings: the Story of Some of the Women Ferry Pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary. 191p., illus., index. London, Pearson, 1956. An early and somewhat hagiographic account. Reprinted by White Lion in 1975 (ISBN: 0856174483). |
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| 4415 | KNOWLES, Sydney. A Diver in the Dark: Experiences of a Pioneer Royal Navy Clearance Diver and former diving partner to Commander Lionel 'Buster' Crabb. xiv, 160p., bibliog., illus., index. Bognor Regis: Woodfield, 2009. ISBN: 1846830826. He served in the North Atlantic aboard Zulu during the hunt for the Bismarck and on Lookout on Atlantic convoy duty and Operation Pedestal before volunteering to join a small squad of Navy divers known as the Underwater Working Party, based at Gibraltar. |
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| 4416 | LANGSFORD, A. E. H.M.S. Crusader. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1990. ISBN: 0712637427. |
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| 4417 | LANGSFORD, A. E. H.M.S. Inflexible. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1991. ISBN: 0712647333. |
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| 4418 | LANGSFORD, A. E. H.M.S. Marathon. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989. ISBN: 0712620036 |
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| 4419 | LETT, Brian. The Small Scale Raiding Force. 224p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2014. ISBN: 9781781593943. The Force was founded in February 1942 and a whole series of gallant individuals served in this special forces unit. |
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| 4420 | LEVINE, Joshua. Operation Fortitude: The Story of the Spy Operation That Saved D-Day. 316p., bibliog., illus., index. London: HarperCollins, 2011. ISBN: 9780007313532. The story of the operation to persuade the Germans that the landings would take place in the Pas de Calais. There was a naval element to the deception. Republished in 2019 as Dunkirk & Operation Fortitude: Two Missions That Changed the Fate of World War II, published by William Collins (ISBN: 9780007978717). |
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| 4421 | LEWIS, Tom & INGMAN, Peter. Carrier Attack - Darwin 1942 : The Complete Guide to Australia's own Pearl Harbor. 368p., bibliog., illus., index. Adelaide: Avonmore, 2013. ISBN: 0987151932. A fresh analysis of the raid which draws on Japanese sources. It argues that the attack was far from a disaster for the Australians. |
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| 4422 | LEWIS-SMITH, Anne. Off Duty!: Bletchley Park Outstation : Gayhurst Manor. 51p., illus. Pen Ffordd, Newport: Traeth Publications, 2006. ISBN: 1898368023. Lighthearted reminiscences of life at Gayhurst Manor, used to accommodate Wrens employed at Bletchley Park. Illustrated principally with the author's cartoons. Nothing about work at Bletchley. |
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| 4423 | LLEWELLYN-JONES, Malcolm. The Royal Navy and the Arctic Convoys: A Naval Staff History. viii, 194p., illus. London: Routledge, 2007. ISBN: 0714652849. First issued by the Historical Section of the Admiralty as a confidential internal study in 1954, this grew out of the earlier Battle Summary No. 22 compiled by Commander J. Owen issued in 1943 to cover the convoys run to North Russia in the last half of 1942 and early 1943. That wartime Battle Summary was finally revised and expanded by Commander L.J. Pitcairn-Jones to include all the main convoys run from August 1941 until the end of the war. This has a new introduction. |
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| 4424 | LLEWELLYN-JONES, Malcolm. The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean Convoys: a Naval Staff History. xvii, 154p., illus. London: Routledge, 2007. ISBN: 0415390958. A facsimile reproduction of the Naval Staff History, originally issued by the Admiralty in 1957 as a confidential book. Describes the convoy operations in the Mediterranean to relieve Malta, covering the period from the beginning of 1941 until the end of 1942. Has a good new introduction. |
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| 4425 | LUCAS, Laddie. Wings of War: Airmen of All Nations Tell Their Stories, 1939-1945. 409p., illus., index. London: Hutchinson, 1983. ISBN: 0091542804. A wide mix of readable anecdotes with a good smattering of FAA and Coastal Command material. An abridged version was published in 2003 by Ted Smart entitled Voices in the Air 1939-1945 (ISBN: 0091901332). |
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| 4426 | LYMAN, Robert. Into the Jaws of Death: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on Saint-Nazaire. 352p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Quercus, 2013. ISBN: 1782064443. A good attempt to provide a definitive account of the raid. |
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| 4427 | LYNE, Allen. Lost: The Stories of All Ships Lost by the Royal Australian Navy. 305p., illus., index. Adelaide: author, 2013. ISBN: 9800646903750. A chronological guide to the forty-five ships lost by the RAN, most of them in WW2. Some of the descriptions are controversial. |
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