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| 4516 | JACOBS, Peter. Codenamed Dorset: The Wartime Exploits of Major Colin Ogden-Smith Commando and SOE. 224p., bibliog., illus, index. Barnsley: Frontline Books, 2014. ISBN: 1848326866. A biography of Major Colin Ogden-Smith who served as a commando and as an SOE operative in North Africa and Europe, where he died during the liberation of France. |
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| 4517 | WRIGHT, Malcolm. British and Commonwealth Warship Camouflage of WWII. Volume III: Cruisers. 192p., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth; Annapolis: NIP, 2016. ISBN: 1848324200. A maritime artist lovingly recreates both official and unofficial schemes for cruisers, minelayers and Armed Merchant Cruisers. The final volume in the series. |
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| 4518 | ADLAM, Henry. The Disastrous Fall and Triumphant Rise of the Fleet Air Arm From 1912 to 1945. 240p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Aviation, 2014. ISBN: 9781473821132. An entertaining and controversial critique by a former FAA pilot. |
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| 4519 | BOWMAN, Martin. Deep Sea Hunters. 224p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2014. ISBN: 9781783831968. A good general history of Coastal at war. |
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| 4520 | FRANKS, Norman. Coastal Command’s Air War Against The German U-Boats (Images of War). 152p., illus. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2014. ISBN: 9781783831838. A good selection of photographs illuminates their war. |
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| 4521 | NESBIT, Roy Conyers. An Expendable Squadron: The Story of 217 Squadron Coastal Command. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2014. ISBN: 9781473823280. A highly illustrated account of the squadron in which he flew and its hazardous missions. |
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| 4522 | BOWMAN, Martin. Battlefield Bombers: Deep Sea Attack. 208p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2014. ISBN: 9781783831975. Covers the deep sea bombing raids carried out by the RAF. Good coverage of a neglected area. |
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| 4527 | BERTKE, Donald A., KINDELL, Don & SMITH, Gordon. World War II Sea War. Volume 4: Germany Sends Russia to the Allies. 452p. Dayton, OH: Bertke Publications, 2012. ISBN: 9781937470036. Describes day-to-day naval actions from June through November 1941 and includes civilian and military vessels from Allied, Axis, and neutral nations. Data is organized by month, then by geographical area, then by date. |
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| 4530 | PRINGLE, Patrick. Fighting Marines. 192p., illus. London, Evans, 1966. A popular history with a heavy emphasis on their actions in WW2. |
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| 4531 | GOODMAN, Sydney V. C. Baseport Devonport. Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. Part IV. 32p., illus. Plymouth: [author], 1995. A photographic record of these unsung vessels. |
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| 4532 | ROBERTS, Andrew. Masters and Commanders: How Roosevelt, Churchill, Marshall and Alanbrooke Won the War in the West. xl, 674p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Allen Lane, 2008. ISBN: 9780713999693. A masterly overview of the development of Anglo-American strategy, including coverage of how the RN was to be deployed. |
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| 4533 | SCOTT, Harry. The Radio Officer’s War: Ships, Storms and Submarines. 193p., bibliog., illus. London: Createspace, 2013. ISBN: 1493697218. A biography of Ian Waddell. He joined the Merchant Navy as a Radio Officer in 1940 and made fourteen Atlantic crossings before dying when the tanker Narragansett was torpedoed and sunk in March 1942. Based on his diaries and letters which are quoted at length. |
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| 4534 | McKINSTRY, Leo. Operation Sealion: How Britain Crushed the German War Machine’s Dreams of Invasion in 1940. [ vii], 486p., bibliog., illus., index. London: John Murray, 2014. ISBN: 184854698X. A well researched and well written account which paints a picture of a ruthless and proficient British approach on all counts. |
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| 4535 | LEWIS, Damian. Judy: A Dog in a Million. xxiv, 359p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Quercus, 2014. ISBN: 9781848665361. A retelling of the Judy story – the dog which won the Dickin medal - containing much original material on the Far East Prisoner of War experience. |
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| 4536 | HAPPER, Richard & CHASSEAUD, Peter. D-Day: The Story of D-Day Through Maps. 208p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Times Books, 2014. ISBN: 0007592833. A sumptuously Illustrated overview of the background to and reality of the invasion, with over ninety maps. A second edition was published by Times Books in 2019, subtitled The Story of the Allied Landings, ISBN: 9780008358266. |
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| 4537 | WELLINGTON, George. H.M.A.S. Shropshire in Battle (ACT Chapter, Naval Historical Society, No.14). 20p. [Canberra] : Naval Historical Society, ACT Chapter, [1983]. ISBN: 0909153175. A short reproduced typescript. It consists largely of contemporary diary records from the lower deck covering her service in the RAN from late 1942 onwards. |
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| 4538 | REDFORD, Duncan. A History of the Royal Navy: World War II. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. London: I. B. Tauris, 2014. ISBN: 1780765460. A well received general history. |
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| 4539 | ROBERTS, Andrew. The Storm of War: a New History of the Second World War. lvi, 712p., bibliog., illus., index. London, Allen Lane, 2009. ISBN: 9780713999709. A modern sweeping overview by a major historian with some limited naval material. |
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| 4540 | DALY, James. Portsmouth’s World War Two Heroes: Stories of the Fallen Men and Women.143p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: History Press, 2012. ISBN: 9780752463513. Includes much naval material from Royal Oak and Royal Marines to submarines and the Merchant Navy. |
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| 4541 | TOGHILL, Gerald. Royal Navy Trawlers. 2 vols., illus., index. Liskeard: Maritime Books, 2003-4. ISBN: 0907771955 (Vol. 1); 1904459021(Vol.2). A comprehensive listing of hundreds of these vessels covering both world wars. Volume 1 covers Admiralty Built trawlers and volume two requisitioned trawlers. Brief details are given of origins, deployment and fate. |
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