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| 462 | LUND, Paul, & LUDLAM, Harry. Night of the U-Boats. 204p., illus., index. London: Foulsham, 1973. ISBN: 0572008287. Convoy SC7 was badly mauled by the first use of wolfpack tactics in October 1940. Reprinted in 2010 as I Was There to Face the Night of the U-Boats. (ISBN: 9780572035761). |
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| 463 | MIDDLEBROOK, Martin. Convoy: The Battle for Convoys SC122 and HX229. x, 378p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Allen Lane, 1976. ISBN: 0713909277.
The two convoys sailed in March 1943, the month when the Germans came closest to winning the Battle of the Atlantic. The convoys are examined in depth and while these two have been picked for their own importance, they are also used as examples of the typical hazards, dangers, and successes of the Atlantic convoy system. |
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| 464 | O’BRIEN, David. HX72 First Convoy to Die: The Wolfpack Attack that Woke up the Admiralty. 168p., bibliog., illus., index. Halifax, N.S.: Nimbus, 1999. ISBN: 1551092735. In 1940 the Frederick S. Fales, a new motor tanker, left Halifax for Europe, as part of convoy HX72. This is the story of the Fales and her crew in a convoy which lost a quarter of its 40 ships. |
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| 465 | REED, James H. Convoy "Maniac"-R.B.1. 102p., illus. Lewes: Book Guild, 2000. ISBN: 1857764714.
One of the crew of the convoy's small escort raises the question of whether this convoy of ferry boats, which may have looked like troopships, was used as a decoy to allow the passage of troop convoys for the North African landings. |
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| 466 | REVELY, Henry. The Convoy that Nearly Died: The Story of ONS154. 222p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1979. ISBN: 0718304063.
The author was third officer on one of the torpedoed merchantmen and tells the largely unremarked tale of this battle by the Canadian Escort Group C1 to save the battered convoy, which had one-third of its ships sunk. Unusual in that the battle is described from the point of view of the merchantmen, which perhaps leads to the small crop of annoying errors and suppositious statements. |
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| 467 | RÖHWER, Jürgen. The Critical Convoy Battles of March 1943: The Battle for HX229/SC122. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Ian Allan; Annapolis: NIP, 1977. ISBN: 0711007497. A very technical account, fact and appendix filled, of this crucial period in the battle of the Atlantic. An excellent complement to the approach of Middlebrook on the same topic. |
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| 468 | SETH, Ronald. The Fiercest Battle: The Story of North Atlantic Convoy ONS5, 22nd April - 7th May 1943. 208p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hutchinson, 1961; New York: Norton, 1962.
A good general account of what can now be seen as a turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic. |
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| 469 | SMYTH, Denis. Battle of St Patrick's Day March 1943: the Story of the HX.229 and SC.122 Convoys - North Atlantic. 32p., bibliog., illus. Belfast: North Belfast History Workshop, [1992].
A short limited amateur account with some useful detail but nothing new to add. |
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| 470 | DUSKIN, Gerald L. & SEGMAN, Ralph. If the Gods Are Good: The Epic Sacrifice of HMS Jervis Bay. xiv, 270p, bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis, NIP, 2004. ISBN: 1591148197.
A full modern account which concentrates on the human side of the action and its background. |
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| 471 | JESSE, F. Tennyson. The Saga of the San Demetrio. 64p., illus. London: HMSO; New York: Knopf, 1942.
The heroic story of a tanker in the convoy saved by the sacrifice of Jervis Bay. The San Demetrio was hit by the raider Scheer, abandoned, but later reboarded and saved by her crew. |
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| 472 | McAUGHTRY, Sam. The Sinking of the Kenbane Head. x, 139p., bibliog., illus. Belfast: Blackstaff, 1977. ISBN: 0856401242.
Describes the author’s upbringing and relationship with his brother, a merchant seaman who was killed when the Kenbane Head was sunk by the Scheer in the Jervis Bay action. |
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| 473 | McNEIL, Calum. San Demetrio. 127p., illus. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1957.
The tanker’s famous voyage described by one of her able seamen. |
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| 474 | POLLOCK, George. The Jervis Bay. 206, [2]p., illus. London: Kimber, 1958.
Another account of this one-sided action. The Jervis Bay fought the pocket battleship Scheer and was sunk, but managed to save the convoy she was escorting by giving it time to scatter. Her captain was awarded the Victoria Cross. |
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| 475 | WATSON, Bruce Allen. Atlantic Convoys and Nazi Raiders: The Deadly Voyage of HMS Jervis Bay. xii, 194p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Praeger, 2006. ISBN: 0275988279.
A weak account. |
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| 476 | Britain’s Conquest of the Mediterranean: The First Complete Authoritative Account of the Five Year’s Fight for Mastery in the Critical Mediterranean Theatre. 82p., illus. London: Burke, 1945.
A brief pamphlet history of a long struggle. Biased coverage. |
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| 477 | The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean. 2 vols., bibliog., illus., index. London: Whitehall History Publishing in association with Frank Cass, 2002.
Originally published in 1952-57 and written by Commander G. A. Titterton, these were the only two volumes published of a planned four volume work and cover the period from September 1939 to December 1941. It was a confidential summary for Admiralty use while papers were classified and is a detailed account of the Royal Navy's engagement with the enemy. This has an introduction by David Brown. |
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| 478 | BELOT, Raymond de. The Struggle for the Mediterranean, 1939-1945. xix, 287p., bibliog., illus., index. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1951.
A French Admiral's professional view. Really a naval history, although military events are briefly recorded to give the overall context. A good if dated general account. |
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| 479 | CLAYTON, Tim & CRAIG, Phil. End of the Beginning. x, 438p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hodder, 2002. ISBN: 0340766808.
A diary of 1942 with much anecdotal material, concentrating on the Western Desert, but with some material on the Pedestal convoy. |
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| 480 | GREENE, Jack, & MASSIGNANI, Alessandro. The Naval War in the Mediterranean 1940-1943. 352p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Chatham, 1998. ISBN: 1861760574.
An excellent modern operational history with a useful understanding of the logistical background and good historiographical analysis. A second edition was published by Frontline in 2012. |
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| 481 | HOLLAND, James. Together We Stand: Turning the Tide in the West: North Africa 1942-1943. lviii, 806p., bibliog., illus., index. London: HarperCollins, 2005. ISBN: 0007176473.
Rich in personal testimony this full account takes due note of naval matters. |
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