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| 4629 | HARDING, Duncan. Clash in the Baltic. Sutton: Severn House, 2004. ISBN: 0727861425. Novel about X-Craft |
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| 4630 | WRAGG, David. Total Germany: The Royal Navy's War Against the Axis Powers 1939 – 1945. 272p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2015. ISBN: 1473844649. The prolific author gives a concise and readable account of the naval war. |
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| 4631 | DIMBLEBY, Jonathan. The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War. xxx, 530p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Viking, 2015. ISBN: 0241186609. A wide-ranging and magisterial overview. Harsh and controversial judgments are backed up with wide reading, diligent scholarship and cogent argument. |
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| 4632 | PATERSON, Lawrence. U-Boats in the Mediterranean 1941-1944. v, 202p., bibliog., illus. London: Chatham, 2007. ISBN: 1861762909 The campaign waged by U-boats in the Mediterranean was one of the hardest-fought of the war at sea. In confined waters, facing often overwhelming Allied naval and air superiority, a relatively small number of submarines caused considerable losses to the Royal Navy and its allies. |
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| 4633 | CARR, J. Revell. All Brave Sailors: The Sinking of the Anglo-Saxon, 21 August 1940. xv, 365p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hodder & Stoughton; New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. ISBN: 0340825774. On 21 August 1940, the German raider Widder sank the Anglo-Saxon sailing alone in mid-Atlantic. Seven survivors escaped in its jolly boat, and embarked on what would become one of the longest open boat voyages in recorded history. Within a few weeks, only two men were left. On 30 October, they finally landed in the Bahamas after sailing more than 2,700 miles. |
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| 4634 | TAYLOR, L. A. Growing Up In The Thirties. x, 84p. Bishop Auckland: Pentland Press, 1999. ISBN: 185821727X. A short autobiography covering the period from his birth in 1925 to his calling up to the RN at the end of 1943. Gives a vivid account of the early war years on Tyneside. |
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| 4635 | CARR, John. R.H.N.S. Averof: Thunder in the Aegean. xx, 171p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2014. ISBN: 1783030216. Built at Livorno in 1910, the 10,000-ton Averof is one of just three armoured cruisers still in existence in the world. She first saw action against Turkey in 1912 and led a charmed and sometimes dramatic life through WW2 until her eventual restoration as a museum ship beginning in the 1980’s. |
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| 4636 | OSBORNE, Richard. The Watery Grave: The Life and Death of HMS Manchester. xx, 244p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Frontline, 2015. ISBN: 1473845858 This account of her building and career focuses on what was to be the longest court martial in Royal Navy history. Torpedoed for the second time in a year during the Pedestal convoy, her captain chose to scuttle her off the Tunisian coast. |
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| 4637 | HOOD, Jean. Carrier: A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations in War and Peace. 448p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Conway, 2010. ISBN: 9781844861118. A wide-ranging and enjoyable set of tales from a vast range of sources. |
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| 4638 | CARR, J. Revell. All Brave Sailors: The Sinking of the Anglo-Saxon, 21 August 1940. xv, 365p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hodder & Stoughton; New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. ISBN: 03408257. |
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| 4640 | CARR, John. R.H.N.S. Averof: Thunder in the Aegean. xx, 171p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2014. ISBN: 1783030216. |
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| 4641 | DIMBLEBY, Jonathan. The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War. xxx, 530p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Viking, 2015. ISBN: 0241186609. A wide-ranging and magisterial overview. Harsh and controversial judgments are backed up with wide reading, diligent scholarship and cogent argument. |
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| 4642 | TAYLOR, L. A. Growing Up In The Thirties. x, 84p. Bishop Auckland: Pentland Press, 1999. ISBN: 185821727X. A short autobiography covering the period from his birth in 1925 to his calling up to the RN at the end of 1943. Gives a vivid account of the early war years on Tyneside. |
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| 4643 | OSBORNE, Richard. The Watery Grave: The Life and Death of HMS Manchester. xx, 244p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Frontline, 2015. ISBN: 1473845858. This account of her building and career focuses on what was to be the longest court martial in Royal Navy history. Torpedoed for the second time in a year during the Pedestal convoy, her captain chose to scuttle her off the Tunisian coast. |
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| 4644 | HOOD, Jean. Carrier: A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations in War and Peace. 448p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Conway, 2010. ISBN: 9781844861118. A wide-ranging and enjoyable set of tales culled from a vast range of sources. |
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| 4645 | LANGSFORD, A. E. H.M.S. Crusader. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1990. ISBN: 0712637427. A novel based on an aircraft carrier. |
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| 4646 | LANGSFORD, A. E. H.M.S. Marathon. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989. ISBN: 0712620036. |
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| 4647 | MCKAY, Sinclair. The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre and the Men and Women Who were There. vi, 336p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Aurum, 2010. ISBN: 9781845135393. A description of the work of Bletchley, but especially of the men and women who worked there and their reminiscences. |
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| 4648 | DE WAILLY, Henri. Invasion Syria 1941: Churchill and De Gaulle’s Forgotten War. xv, 400p., bibliog., illus., index. London; IB Tauris, 2016. ISBN: 9781784534493. First published in France in 2006, this solid academic study of this neglected campaign gives good coverage of the limited naval involvement in the brief campaign. |
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| 4650 | RICE, Bill. The Royal Navy in South Africa 1900-2000. 128p., illus. Liskeard: Maritime Books, 2001. ISBN: 0907771823. A photographic record of ships visiting or refitting in South Africa with good coverage of WW2. |
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