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| 4542 | YOUNG, Ron. The Comprehensive Guide to the Shipwrecks of the North East Coast. Volume Two (1918-2000). 256p., illus., index. Stroud: Tempus, 2001. ISBN: 0752417509. Organised geographically from Whitby to Berwick this lists some 204 wrecks for which remains still exist on the seabed. It gives details of the ships, the sinkings and the wreck site. |
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| 4543 | WESCOMBE, Peter & GALLEHAWK, John. Getting Back Into “SHARK”: H. M. S. Petard and the George Cross (Bletchley Park Trust Report, No. 5). 18p., illus. Bletchley: Bletchley Park Trust, 1997. The story of how Petard’s capture of material from U 559 in the Mediterranean allowed the continued breaking of German codes, albeit at the cost of two lives. |
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| 4546 | ZUEHLKE, Mark. Operation Husky: The Canadian Invasion of Sicily, July 10–August 7, 1943. 491p., bibliog., illus., index. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2008. ISBN: 9781553653240. A good tactical level account of Canadian involvement. |
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| 4547 | ZUEHLKE, Mark. Tragedy at Dieppe: Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942. 437p., bibliog., illus., index. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2012. ISBN: 1553658353. A well written but error prone account of the operation. |
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| 4548 | ZUEHLKE, Mark. Juno Beach: Canada's D-Day victory: June 6, 1944. 415p., bibliog., illus., index. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2005. ISBN: 1553650506. A good popular account of the Canadian experience. First volume of a trilogy which looks at the post D-Day and break out operations. Reprinted in the UK by Orca in 2012 as Assault on Juno (ISBN: 1459800362). |
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| 4549 | STEPHEN, Martin. Scapegoat: The Death of Prince of Wales and Repulse. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2014. ISBN: 9781783831784. A revisionist history which concludes that Admiral Phillips has been unfairly made the scapegoat for failures by the Admiralty, Churchill, intelligence and even ship design |
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| 4550 | HOBBS, David. British Aircraft Carriers: Design, Development and Service Histories. 384p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2013. ISBN: 1848321384. A detailed history with substantial service records from the earliest aircraft carrying ships to the present. |
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| 4551 | THOMPSON, Julian. The Royal Marines: From Sea Soldiers to a Special Force. xv, 699p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 2000. ISBN: 0283063157. An excellent account by a marine turned academic from earliest times to post Falklands adventures. Has good coverage of WW2. |
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| 4552 | WILLIS, Matthew. Blackburn Skua and Roc. 160p., bibliog., illus., index. Sadomierz: Stratus, 2007. ISBN: 8389450445. Looks at the development, design and service history of the Skua dive bomber and its variant, the Roc. It saw very active service in the first two years of the war before being relegated to second line tasks as newer designs emerged. |
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| 4553 | SAUNDERS, Tim. A Tour of the Commando and Rangers D Day Landings. 284p., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2010. ISBN: 1844158683. Special forces played a significant role in the landings. |
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| 4554 | D’ESTE, Carlo. Warlord: A Life of Churchill at War 1874-1945. xix, 936p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Allen Lane, 2009. ISBN: 9780713997538. A powerful biography with extensive coverage of his involvement in naval matters in World War 2. This is a slightly amended version of the American edition published in 2008. |
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| 4555 | LEGG, Rodney. Dorset’s War Diary: Battle of Britain to D-Day.336p., illus., index. Wincanton: Dorset Publishing Company, 2004. ISBN: 0948699795. An amended and updated version of his earlier work on this frontline county. Has almost 900 entries and 500 photographs. Despite its title, the whole 1939-45 period is covered. |
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| 4556 | BENNETT, G. H. Hunting Tirpitz: Royal Naval Operations Against Bismarck's Sister Ship (Britannia Naval Histories of World War II). 296p., bibliog., illus., index. Plymouth: University of Plymouth Press, 2012. ISBN: 9781841023090. A strong introduction is followed by three official Battle Summaries. No 12. (Operation Chariot) Describes the raid on St Nazaire, aimed at limiting her access to Atlantic ports; No 27 (Operation Tungsten) describes the major Fleet Air Arm attack on the ship in Norway; no 29 (Operation Source) describes the X-Craft attack. The Naval Staff History follows along with a few brief survivors' accounts and several photographs. |
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| 4557 | HORE, Peter. The Habit of Victory: the Story of the Royal Navy, 1545 to 1945. vii, 450p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 2005. ISBN: 0283073128. A good general history which briefly covers all the major actions and campaigns of WW2. |
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| 4558 | FORD, , Ken. Operation Archery: The Commandos and the Vaagso Raid 1941 (Raid 21). 80p., bibliog., illus., index. Oxford: Osprey, 2011. ISBN: 9781849083720. A compact but detailed account of the action. Well illustrated |
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| 4559 | The Periscope. Vol. 1 No 3 August 1940 The Magazine of the Third Submarine Flotilla. A sort of school magazine with news, crosswords and reports of officer transfers.
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| 4560 | King Alfred Magazine. Vol. 1 no 4. 1940 he magazine of the training base. Records staff names and duties, some news, reports of decorations and many photographs. |
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| 4561 | Naval Digest: Journal of the SA Naval Heritage Society. No 1 1999. Simon's Town Articles on the history of the South African Navy |
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| 4562 | BAILEY, Roderick. Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross. xvi, 382p., illus., index. London: Ebury Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780091938161. Naval and Marine VC winners fill some fifty pages with oral reminiscences ranging from a paragraph to several pages. |
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| 4563 | MCKAY, Sinclair. Dunkirk. From Disaster to Deliverance: Testimonies of the Last Survivors. xv, 336p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Aurum, 2014. ISBN: 9781781312933. Uses veterans interviews and letters to conjure the background to and spirit of the spring and summer of 1940. |
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