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| 4765 | BIRD, Andrew D. Heroes of Coastal Command: The RAF’s Maritime War 1939-1945. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Frontline Books, 2017. ISBN: 9781526710697. The story of Coastal Command largely told through the prism of a whole series of individual tales of bravery and commitment. |
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| 4766 | ROBINSON, Stephen. False Flags: Disguised German Raiders of World War II. 359p., bibliog., illus., index. Wollombi, NSW: Exisle Publishing, 2016. ISBN: 9781925335606. Tells the stories of the raiders Komet, Orion, Pinguin and Kormoran and their raids in the South Seas. |
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| 4767 | BURNS, K. V. Badges and Battle Honours of H.M. Ships. 208p., illus., index. Liskeard: Maritime Books, 1986. ISBN: 0907771262. A heavily illustrated alphabetical list of all RN ships, showing each crest and any battle honours followed by a potted one paragraph description and biography of each vessel which bore the name. |
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| 4768 | PEARSON, Robert. Gold Run: The Rescue of Norway’s Gold Bullion from the Nazis, April 1940. xii, 265p., bibliog., illus., index. Oxford: Casemate, 2015. ISBN: 9781612002866. A full account of how the Norwegian gold reserves were spirited out of the country after the German invasion, first to the UK and then on to Canada thanks to the bravery of Norwegian civil servants and patriots. |
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| 4769 | THOMAS, Graham A. Attack on the Scheldt: Allied Operations in Northern Europe 1944. viii, 212 pages, bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2017. ISBN: 9781473850675. Based on operational reports and eyewitness accounts this reviews the battles to gain access to the key port of Antwerp. |
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| 4770 | MEREDITH, Anthony. The Pilot and the Commando: The Interlinked Lives of Two Young Christians in the Second World War. ix, 207p., bibliog., illus. Bloomington, IN; Authorhouse, 2011. ISBN: 9781467877619. The story of two childhood friends who became related by marriage. They joined up in 1940 from University. One went to No. 2 Commando and fought in Sicily, Italy and the Balkans. The other joined the FAA, was sunk with Ark Royal and served in Colombo and East Africa, including Madagascar before returning to the UK and the Service Trials Unit, alternating between service at Crail and on Pretoria Castle. The book is fuller on the commando experience. |
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| 4771 | ROBB, J. D. Only Survivors Tell Tales. vii, 167p. New York: Vantage Press, 1990. ISBN: 0533089034. The story of a young man in Tank Landing Craft in the Royal Navy during the later part of WW2. A humorous tale of escapades, voyages to Australia, India, the East Indies and Japan; of sex and growing-up during wartime. Semi-autobiographical, but inspired by imagination and other's experiences. |
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| 4772 | SIMPSON, Geoff. A Dictionary of Coastal Command 1939-1945. 151p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2016. ISBN: 1473872715. From A to Z this well-illustrated book tells the story of the gallantry, the achievements, the losses, the VCs, the aircraft and much else about RAF Coastal Command. |
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| 4773 | ROGERS, Anthony. Air Battle of Malta: Aircraft Losses and Crash Sites 1940-1942. 220p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Greenhill, 2017. ISBN: 1784381888. Of more than 1,000 aircraft destroyed during the battle, many fell into the Mediterranean or were written off in landing, and at least 200 crashed among the Maltese Islands. This book documents all known aircraft crashes that occurred in and around Malta and Gozo during 1940-42, describing in detail the circumstances of each loss and what became of the pilot or crew, including some who even today are officially listed as missing. An excellent piece of research. |
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| 4774 | BILHAM, Chris. Sailors Behind the Medals: Waging War at Sea 1939-1945. 254p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2017. ISBN: 1473896495. Examines the careers of twenty-three sailors who took part in the various actions which resulted in the award of their medals. He illustrates a cross-section of the war-time Navy long-service regulars, volunteers, recalled veterans of the Great War, Hostilities Only ratings. They served in nearly every kind of warship and in all the main theatres of the war and their individual acts of gallantry. |
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| 4775 | WOMACK, Tom. The Allied Defense of the Malay Barrier, 1941-1942. viii, 358p., bibliog., illus., index. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2016. ISBN: 9781476662930. A good account which adopts the Dutch perspective on the build up to war and its impact on the Dutch possessions in the East Indies. |
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| 4776 | DENNIS, J. A. J. In Action with Destroyers 1939-1945. The Wartime Memoirs of Commander J. A. J. Dennis, DSC, RN, edited by Anthony Cumming. 208p., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books, 2017. ISBN: 9781526718495. Dennis served in four destroyers; HMS Griffin and Savage initially before commanding Valorous and Tetcott. He was mentioned in Despatches three times (Norway, sinking the Scharnhorst and in the North Sea) and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (Greece 1942). His war service also included the Madagascar operation, the Malta and Arctic convoys and D-Day. |
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| 4777 | THOMSON, Max. 8th Div Home From Changi 1945 (H.M.A.S. Hawkesbury). Addendum: USS Mount Hood Explodes 1944. (Naval Historical Society of Australia, Monograph 11). 13p., illus. Garden Island, NSW: Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1989. The text of two lectures given to the Victoria Chapter of the Society in 1988 and 1989. The first records the movements of Hawkesmoor in the dying days of the war and her trip to Singapore to return Australian POWs. The second deals with a catastrophic incident in Manus harbour in November 1944. There are several pages of poorly reproduced photographs. |
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| 4778 | COGSWELL, Reginald. Exeter: A Cruiser of the Medium Size. viii, 344p., illus. Liskeard: Maritime Books, 2017. ISBN: 9781904459729. Cogswell was the Warrant Officer in charge of the central electrical switchboard on Exeter at the Battle of the River Plate. This is an autobiographical account of his service on the ship. |
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| 4779 | DELVE, Ken. Malta Strikes Back: The Role of Malta in the Mediterranean Theatre 1940-1942. 252p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2017. ISBN: 9781473892446. Explores the roles of leadership, external support and community spirit and the parts they played during this period of the war. |
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| 4780 | FRIEDMAN, Norman. The British Battleship 1906-1946. 400p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2015. ISBN: 9781848322257. Covers the development of Royal Navy capital ships, including battlecruisers, from the pre-history of the revolutionary Dreadnought of 1906 to the last of the line, HMS Vanguard in 1946. A good work from an expert. |
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| 4781 | ATWILL, R. F. The Battle of the River Plate (Naval Historical Society of Australia. Monograph No. 5). 16p., illus. Garden Island, NSW: Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1970. Ron Atwill was serving on Exeter and this is his eyewitness account of the action. Reprinted as Monograph No. 105 in 2001. |
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| 4782 | BROWN, Ken. U-boat Assault on America: Why the US was Unprepared for War in the Atlantic. xv, 208p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2017. ISBN: 9781473887282. A wide ranging study which covers everything from recruitment and training to links with the mafia and the poor defences of New York as the US responded to the U-boat threat. |
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| 4783 | FORSYTH, Robert. Shadow Over the Atlantic: The Luftwaffe and the U-Boats 1943-45. 312p., bibliog., illus., index. Oxford: Osprey, 2017. ISBN: 9781472820457. FAGr 5 flew Ju290’s from Western France on long range reconnaissance missions over the Atlantic, spotting convoys for U-boats. Draws on unpublished records to tell this story for the first time. |
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| 4784 | DIAMOND, Jon. The Invasion of Sicily (Images of War). 248p., illus. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2017. ISBN: 9781473896093. A photographic record of Operation HUSKY and the battle for the island. |
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