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| 4564 | DE LAUNAY, J. Arromanches 44: The Normandy Invasion. 82p., bibliog., illus. Brussels: Kina, 1984. A rather poorly translated and badly proofread background essay which is profusely illustrated. |
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| 4565 | LEWIS, Damien. Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII. xiv, 401p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Quercus, 2014. ISBN: 9781848669178. Very much focused on veterans tales and personal experiences, it covers the best known actions of the raiders. |
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| 4566 | 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: 9781471102752. 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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| 4567 | KEMP, Ross. Raiders. x ,294p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Century, 2012. ISBN: 1780890559. A popular account of six raids: The FAA attack on Taranto (JUDGEMENT); the raid on Vaagso (ARCHERY); the raid on radar sites at Bruneval (BITING); the raid on the heavy water plant in Norway (GUNNERSIDE); the raid on St Nazaire (CHARIOT); the D-Day raid on Pegasus Bridge (DEADSTICK). |
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| 4568 | SNELLING, Stephen. Commando Medic: Doc Harden VC. 240p.,bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Spellmount, 2012. ISBN: 9780752479439 Harden joined the artillery in early 1942 but was soon transferred to the RAMC as he had field ambulance experience. He quickly gravitated to 45 Royal Marine Commando as a medic. He landed with them on D-Day and fought through Northern Europe. He was awarded a posthumous VC for his actions saving wounded men in a bitter battle on the Dutch-German border in January 1945. |
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| 4569 | DOWLING, Tom. Journal of a Midshipman 1941-1943. 315p., illus. Leeds: Propagator Press, 2010. ISBN: 1860298176. He trained at Dartmouth and had an active war as a midshipman, serving on Queen Elizabeth, Beaufort and Uganda, mainly in the Mediterranean. This is his beautifully illustrated midshipman’s journal, with later annotations and explanations. A second revised edition was published in 2011 (ISBN: 1908037180). |
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| 4570 | THOMPSON, Chester. The Long Day Wanes: A Memoir of Love and War. xiv, 202p., illus. New Smyrna Beach, FL: White Sound Press, 2004. ISBN: 0932265758. An autobiography. He served on Beverley in the Battle of the Atlantic and with Landing Craft at D-Day. |
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| 4571 | 1770 Squadron Diary 10th September 1943 to 24th January 1945. [143p.], illus. [n.p., n.d.] A reproduction of the handwritten diary, copied from an original held at the FAA Museum at Yeovilton and with half a dozen photographs added apparently by a former squadron member. The Squadron was based at Yeovilton in 1943 and this records a largely humdrum existence of training on Fireflys, soccer matches, hockey matches and more training.. The squadron moved to Orkney and in May 1944 joined Indefatigable and attacked Tirpitz before joining the Eastern Fleet. |
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| 4572 | MILNER, Charles W., HAMILTON, M. I. Guy & SEDDON, Ronald F. H. M. M. T. B. 718 “Something Special”: The Story of MTB 718. 156p., bibliog., illus., index. York: York, Publishing Services, 2015. ISBN: 9780993144509. Milner was the Radio Operator on this MTB, which was in commission as part of the 15th MGB Flotilla in 1944-45. She operated with SIS landing and evacuating secret agents in Norway and France. |
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| 4573 | MOSS, W. Stanley. Ill Met By Moonlight. 192p., illus. London: Harrap, 1950. A light, enjoyable account of an Allied commando raid on the island of Crete in 1944 when British-led fighters kidnapped the commanding German General and spirited him off the island to Cairo. |
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| 4574 | HARDY, Clive. Tyneside at War: A Pictorial Account 1939-45. 128p., illus. Bowdon: Archive, 1987. ISBN: 0948946075. A photographic record of the area at war with much of maritime interest. |
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| 4575 | WELCH, Ken. A Sailor at War 1939-1945. 174p., illus. Kindle e-book, 2014 The personal memories of Albert Edward Welch, the author’s father, who served on Mauritius, Capetown, Widnes and Centurion mainly in the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean, as well as D-Day. A fairly bland if accurate account enlivened with a handful of personal anecdotes. |
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| 4576 | TESAPSIDES, Byron. Allied Submarine Operations in Greece 1941-1944. 416p., illus. Thessaloniki, author, 2012. ISBN: 9789609345057. Essentially transcriptions of the patrol logs arranged alphabetically by country and name. While the vast majority are RN, the contribution of Dutch, Greek, French, Polish, and Italian boats are covered. |
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| 4577 | BROWN, Peter C. Voices From the Arctic Convoys. 219p., illus., index. Stroud: Fonthill Media, 2014. ISBN: 1781552843. Some thirty brief oral reminiscences from a mixture of naval and merchant participants. |
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| 4578 | FERMOR, Patrick Leigh. Abducting a General: the Kreipe Operation and SOE in Crete. xxix, 206 p., illus. .London: Murray, 2014. ISBN: 9781444796582. Fermor participated in this behind-the-lines mission to capture General Kreipe and spirit him back to Egypt. Originally written in the 1960's this has only just been published by his estate. |
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| 4579 | STROUD, Rick. Kidnap in Crete: The True Story of the Abduction of a Nazi General. 304p., illus. London, Bloomsbury, 2014. ISBN: 140885175X. Although focussed on the Kriepe kidnapping this is a good critical account which also covers the more general Cretan resistance movement. |
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| 4580 | FORSGREN, Jan. Sinking the Beast: The RAF 1944 Lancaster Raids Against Tirpitz. 160p. Stroud: Fonthill Media, 2014. ISBN: 1781553181. Churchill dubbed her 'The Beast'. In late 1944 three RAF raids finally sank the battleship. A well researched account |
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| 4581 | JEFFERY, Keith. MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service, 1909-1949. xxi, 810p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Bloomsbury, 2010. ISBN: 9780747591832. An authoritative official history. Important background but with limited naval relevance. |
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| 4582 | CARRADICE, Phil. The Second World War at Sea in Photographs 1939. 128p., illus. Stroud: Amberley, 2014. ISBN: 9781445622354. The first in a series looking at each year of war. A competent photographic history but the pictures are not attributed and are alleged to be unpublished or rare. |
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| 4583 | CARRADICE, Phil. The Second World War at Sea in Photographs 1940. 128p., illus. Stroud: Amberley, 2014. ISBN: 9781445622408. The second in a series looking at each year of war. A competent photographic history but the pictures are not attributed and are alleged to be unpublished or rare. |
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