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| 4874 | WIBERG, Eric. U-Boats off Bermuda: Patrol Summaries and Merchant Ship Survivors Landed in Bermuda 1940-1944. 288p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Fonthill, 2017. ISBN: 9781781556061. Expands upon a little known theatre of war in great detail. Gives full accounts of German actions and patrols, merchant shipping movements and Allied military responses. |
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| 4875 | MARTINDALE, Dougie. Gunther Prien and U-47: The Bull of Scapa Flow. From the Sinking of HMS Royal Oak to the Battle of the Atlantic. viii, 450p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Frontline, 2018. ISBN: 1526737752. This detailed account charts the full story of U-47, its commander and crew. As well as examining all the main events in each of U-47's ten War Patrols, particularly the attack on HMS Royal Oak, for which a number of new conclusions are explored, as is U-47's final fate. Includes her specifications and gives descriptions of crew duties and life on board the submarine. |
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| 4876 | NEILLANDS, Robin. The Battle of Normandy 1944. 456p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cassell, 2002. ISBN: 034358371. Looks at the battles after the landings and so is of marginal naval interest. |
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| 4877 | SMITH, Alistair. U-108 at War: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War). 154p., bibliog., illus. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2012. ISBN:1848846673. Pictures taken from an unpublished album belonged to a member of the crew. They show every aspect of life aboard before, during and after a typical mission into the Atlantic, including some of the sinking of Allied shipping and the rescue of their crews. |
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| 4878 | Voices from the Second World War: Witnesses Share Their Stories with the Children of Today. 320p., illus., index. London: Walker Books, 2016. ISBN: 1406360112. Aimed at 9-14 year olds this has a due share of “dits” from all parts of the navy, from action on the Arctic convoys to WREN signallers ashore. |
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| 4879 | THOMAS, David A. Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy. 362p., bibliog., illus., index Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 1998. ISBN: 085052623X. Claims to be the first comprehensive list of such honours and provides good brief accounts of the relevant battles. An alphabetical list of battles and campaign honours includes good brief summaries of the battles and their context. There are then further sections on battles not awarded honours, on single ship actions, FAA Squadrons and the Royal Marines.
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| 4880 | COLVIN, Ian. Chief of Intelligence. 223p.,bibliog. London: Gollancz; New York: McGraw-Hill, 1951. In a series of essays on Canaris and German Intelligence, tries to describe Canaris's character, his views, his role in the Abwehr and in German intelligence, and his place in German opposition to Hitler.The US edition is entitled Master spy, the incredible story of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, who, while Hitler's Chief of Intelligence, was a secret ally of the British. Reprinted by George Mann in 1973 as Canaris, Chief of Intelligence, ISBN: 0704100231. |
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| 4881 | FRASER, Ian. Personal Memories of World War II. 107p., [n.p.]: sifi publishing, 2012. ISBN: 9781480056749. An autobiography. Aged 20 he joined the FAA in 1939. After training he was seconded to the RAF 252 Squadron in late 1940 where he flew Beaufighters. The squadron soon moved to Malta then Crete then Egypt where he was shot down. After almost six months in hospital he was sent to South Africa to recover before returning to the UK. He then returned to active service in Malta with 828/830 Squadron on night operations. Rising to command the squadron, in mid-1943 he was shot down over the Sicilian coast. After six days in a dinghy he was rescued by a German ship. He was transferred to Stalag Luft III as a POW and was imprisoned for the rest of the war. |
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| 4882 | SADLER, John. D-Day: the British Beach Landings. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Amberley, 2019. ISBN: 9781445644578. Based on personal recollections, this focuses on the morning of the landings on Gold, Juno and Sword beaches. |
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| 4883 | STELLA-SAWICKI, Marek, GARLINSKI, Jarek and MUCHA, Stefan (eds.). First to Fight: Poland’s Contribution to the Allied Victory in WWII. xviii, 278p., bibliog., illus. [London]: Polish Ex-Combatants Association of Great Britain, 2009. ISBN: 9780955782442. A heavily illustrated mix of history and personal reminiscences, with a small section on the Polish Navy. |
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| 4895 | MAWDSLEY, Evan. The War for the Seas: A Maritime History of World War II. xlii, 557p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Yale U.P., 2019. ISBN: 9780300190199. A professional historian offers a sweeping. magisterial view of the war at sea covering all theatres and participants. |
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| 4896 | TUTE, Warren. The True Glory: The Story of the Royal Navy over a Thousand Years.288p., bibliog., illus., index. ISBN: 0060152125. A substantial popular history with a large section on WW2. |
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