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| 4718 | WILLIAMS, David L. Lifeline Across the Sea: Mercy Ships of the Second World War and Their Repatriation Missions. 158p., illus. Stroud: History Press, 2015. ISBN: 9780750961356. The safe exchange of wounded servicemen, sick POWs, diplomats and civilians was a dangerous activity. Some fifty mercy ships engaged in these repatriation voyages, each of the exchanges arranged individually between Allied nations and the Axis belligerents, through neutral intermediaries such as the Red Cross. |
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| 4719 | STEWART, Andrew. The First Victory: the Second World War and the East Africa Campaign. 328p., bibliog., illus., index. New Haven: Yale U.P., 2016. ISBN: 0300208553. A good history which also has a broad sweeping background overview of how British and Commonwealth forces won this bitterly contested campaign. |
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| 4720 | McMURTRIE, Francis E. The World’s Warships. [various paginations], illus. London: Sampson Low, 1939-45. A small reference book published annually throughout the war. Arranged by country it gives brief details of warships, with class, name, leading details and a generous quantity of photographs. |
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| 4721 | ASHCROFT, Michael. George Cross Heroes. xix, 389p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Headline Review, 2010. ISBN: 9780755360826. Brief accounts of all the medallists and their awards. Arranged chronologically. A good number of the medals were awarded to naval personnel. |
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| 4722 | KONSTAM, Angus. Yangtze River Gunboats 1900-49 (New Vanguard, 181). 48p., bibliog., illus., index. Oxford: Osprey, 2011. ISBN: 9781849084086. A well-illustrated brief history covering all the major nations. |
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| 4723 | HEZLET, Arthur. British and Allied Submarine Operations in World War II. 2. Vols., illus. Gosport, Royal Navy Submarine Museum, 2001. A distinguished submariner gives possibly the definitive account of allied submarine warfare. The thirty-four chapters are arranged chronologically by theatre and are able to take account of the latest research and available wartime records. The first edition was limited to 200 copies, making this a rare work. Vol I has 393pp and Vol II has 198pp, illustrated with photographs, maps and diagrams throughout. Volume one is a full record of operations, volume two contains appendices, patrolgrams and maps. |
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| 4724 | WAKELAM, W. L. HMS Tartar 1939-1948. viii, 74p., illus. Birkenhead: Appin, 2008. ISBN: 9781906205157. A former crew member provides a brief history. Fourteen pithy chapters detail her very active career from Scapa to Burma. |
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| 4725 | EDWARDS, Bernard. The Decoys: A Tale of Three Atlantic Convoys, 1942. xiii, 184p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2016. ISBN: 1473887089. In November 1942, some 600 ships sailed from US and British ports carrying the men and equipment for Operation TORCH in heavily escorted convoys. At the same time three routine convoys sailed with inadequate defence on the normal routes: RB1 and SC107 eastbound from America and SL125 northbound from Freetown. Edwards describes these three in detail and explores whether they may have been used as sacrificial decoys to protect the invasion convoys. |
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| 4726 | MEAD, Richard. Commando General: The Life of Major General Sir Robert Laycock KCMG, CB, DSO. xv, 240p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2016. ISBN: 1473854075. A biography of one of the most successful leaders of commandos and special forces. His service included the abortive raid on Rommel’s headquarters, but he served most notably in the Mediterranean at Sicily and Salerno before moving into senior staff posts. |
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| 4727 | TUBB, Ron. Red Duster Recollections: A Merchant Seaman’s Experiences in World War II. 112p., Bognor Regis: Woodfield, 2004. ISBN: 1903953626. Born in Bridgend in 1916, he rose from Apprentice to Master Mariner. In 1940 he joined the passenger liner Nestor, carrying evacuee children to Australia. Later he was assigned to the Euryades on which, in 1941, he was involved in a hazardous rescue at sea. He then served on the Antenor, a troop ship bound for the Far East. He next transferred to tankers, serving on the MV Cymbula. His seagoing career ended suddenly in 1944 when, whilst serving on the MV Amastra, he became unwell. |
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| 4728 | HANSEN, Peter C. Execution for Duty: The Life, Trial and Murder of a U-Boat Captain. xv,[3]286p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2005. ISBN: 1844153223. The story of Oscar Kusch, a U-boat captain who was shot for treason in 1944. Describes his career, the trumped up charges against him and how the real story of his fate emerged. |
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| 4729 | HANDBURY-GRASSICK, George. Down by the Head. 223p., illus. [Stockport]: Lane Publishers, 2003. ISBN: 1987666399. The author went to train as a DEMS gunner in 1940. This records his active wartime career. |
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| 4730 | MANN, Chris & JÖRGENSEN, Christer. Hitler’s Arctic War: The German Campaigns in Norway, Finland and the USSR 1940-1945. 224p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2016. ISBN; 147388456X. A well-illustrated general history which includes coverage both of the Norwegian campaign and the Arctic convoys, as well as the land campaigns in Finland and Russia.
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| 4731 | FRIEDMAN, Norman. U.S. Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design History. xii, 427p., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour; Annapolis: NIP, 1983. ISBN: 0853685762 (UK); 0870217399 (US). Includes information on the Lend-Lease CVEs which played a major role in the Battle of the Atlantic. |
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| 4732 | SEARLE, Adrian. Churchill’s Last Wartime Secret: the 1943 German Raid Airbrushed from History. xii, 180p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2016. ISBN: 1473823811. Examines the evidence for a long rumoured but never admitted German raid on a radar station on the Isle of Wight in 1943. |
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| 4733 | WILLIAMS, David. Naval Camouflage 1914-1945: A Complete Visual Reference. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Chatham, 2001. ISBN: 1861761546. Covers both world wars with the main focus being on British and US camouflage schemes. Profusely illustrated. |
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| 4735 | GRAINGER, John D. 13 Sharks: The Careers of a Series of Small Royal Navy Ships from the Glorious Revolution to D-Day. x, 233p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2016. ISBN: 1473877245. Brief biographies of each of the thirteen ships of name. the submarine Shark served in northern waters in 1939-40 and was sunk in June of that year in the Skaggerak. A destroyer of the name was launched in 1943. Renamed Svenner she was transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy and sunk off the French coast during Operation Neptune. |
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| 4736 | HMAS Harman: A History 1943-1983. [23p.], [Canberra: HMAS Harman., c.1983]. ISBN: 064286909X The RAN Wireless/Transmitting Station, Canberra, began operations on April 20, 1939 and was commissioned in 1943. During WW2, the Canberra station provided communications services for ships and allied navies working in the Pacific theatre. It was staffed by members of the WRANS. This short pamphlet is mainly concerned with the post war years. Updated and republished in 1993 under the authorship of Annette Nelson, q.v. |
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| 4737 | SIMKINS, Peter J. Battleships: the Development and Decline of the Dreadnought. 80p., bibliog., illus. London: Imperial War Museum, 1979. A short but well researched and well-illustrated study offering a useful overview. |
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| 4738 | BRINKLEY, Douglas & DREZ, Ronald J. Voices of Valor. D-Day: June 6, 1944.[v],185p., illus., 2 CDs. New York: Bullfinch, 2004. ISBN: 0821228897. An American view of the invasion. The well-illustrated volume is based on oral reminiscences which are held at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. |
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