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| 4915 | CAREY, Alan C. Sighted Sub Sank Same: The United States Navy’s Air Campaign Against the U-Boat. xx, 217p., bibliog., illus., index. Casemate, 2019. ISBN: 9781612007830. An interesting narrative history of naval air operations from 1941 to 1945. In 1943 the USAAF transferred responsibility for ASW to the US Navy along with the transfer of B24 Liberators. This is the story of how the eight Liberator squadrons based round the Atlantic along with the growing numbers of escort carriers helped win the Battle of the Atlantic. Spoiled by many typographical errors. |
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| 4916 | HAMILTON, Aaron S. Total Undersea War: The Evolutionary Role of the Snorkel in Donitz’s U-Boat Fleet, 1944-1945. 416p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2020. ISBN: 9781526778802. Charts the last year of the Battle of the Atlantic, when new technologies such as the snorkel allowed the U-boats to move from the deep water of mid-Atlantic to the coastal waters of Europe and the US East Coast. A well-researched and written account. |
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| 4917 | BALL, Simon. The Bitter Sea: The Struggle for Mastery in the Mediterranean, 1935-1949. xxxv,380p., bibliog., illus., index. London: HarperPress, 2009. ISBN: 9780007203048. A masterly sweeping overview of the importance of the Mediterranean from Mussolini’s attempts at mastery in the 1930’s to the creation of the state of Israel. The role of the Royal Navy is well covered. |
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| 4918 | REID, Richard. Greece and Crete (Australians in World War II). 220p., bibliog., illus. Canberra: Department of Veterans’ Affairs, 2011. ISBN: 9781877007651. A mixture of personal reminiscences and many photographs describe Australian involvement. Some limited naval material. |
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| 4919 | CULL, Brian, with GALEA, Frederick. 249 at Malta: RAF’s Top-Scoring Fighter Squadron. 224p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Fonthill Media, 2017. ISBN: 978-1781555545. 249 Squadron arrived in Malta late in 1941 and claimed some 245 air victories by the time the squadron moved on. A comprehensive work of reference. |
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| 4920 | CULL, Brian, with GALEA, Frederick. Fighters Over Malta: Gladiators and Hurricanes 1940-1942. 491p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Fonthill, 2018. ISBN: 9781781556634. A highly detailed account of the gallant band of RAF and Commonwealth pilots who flew Gladiators and Hurricanes in defence of Malta between June 1940 and April 1942, when help in the form of Spitfires finally arrived. Partly based on newly discovered personal diaries and papers |
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| 4921 | McDONALD, Paul. Ladies of Lascaris: Christina Ratcliffe and the Forgotten Heroes of Malta’s War. xii, 322p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2018. ISBN: 9781526745453. An English dancer, she moved to Malta in 1937. She joined the RAF in 1941 and worked in the Plotting Room at Lascaris. A fascinating story with much evocative material on the arrival of convoys and the attacks on Illustrious in harbour. |
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| 4922 | McDONALD, Paul. Malta’s Greater Siege & Adrian Warburton DSO, DFC, DFC (USA). xviii, 324p., illus. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2015. ISBN: 9781473860087. A biography of the legendary RAF pilot “Warby” and his role in the defence of Malta which is interwoven with the story of Adrian his relationship with Christine Ratcliffe. |
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| 4923 | O’HARA, Vincent P. Six Victories: North Africa, Malta, and the Mediterranean Convoy War, November 1941-March 1942. 336p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2019. ISBN: 9781682474600. A reappraisal of the shifting fortunes in the central Mediterranean, from Allied control to Axis control. Covers, Malta convoys, Italian convoys to Libya, both battles of Sirte and air and submarine activity. An excellent study. |
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| 4924 | PRIME, Mervyn W. WA’s Pearl Harbour: The Japanese Raid on Broome. 32p., illus. Bull Creek, W.A.: Aviation Museum, Royal Australian Air Force Association, 1985. A heavily illustrated account, including reprints of contemporary newspaper clippings. |
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| 4925 | COOPER, Anthony. Darwin Spitfires. 516p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2013. ISBN: 9781783461882. The Japanese air attack on Darwin is well recorded. Much less known is the large number of subsequent attacks, especially in 1943. This is the story of how the RAF ‘s No. 1 Fighter Wing fought off these raids. |
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| 4926 | HOLLAND, James. Sicily ’43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe. xv, 613p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Penguin, 2020. ISBN: 9781787632936. An excellent account of the landings and the battle for the island, with appropriate naval coverage. |
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| 4927 | STEWART, Andrew. Operation Dragoon: The Invasion of the South of France, 15 August 1944 (Naval Staff Histories of the Second World War, Volume 2) edited by Andrew Stewart. 129p., bibliog., illus., index. Solihull: Helion, 2015. ISBN: 9781909982987. Originally produced in 1950 as Battle Summary No. 43 as a private Admiralty document, this is now reproduced with an excellent new introduction. |
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| 4928 | WYNN, Stephen. Disaster Before D-Day: Unravelling the Tragedy at Slapton Sands. 224p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2019. ISBN: 9781526735119. Retells the story of how some 750 American servicemen lost their lives on a pre-D-Day landing exercise, code-named 'Operation Tiger', on the evening of 23/24 April 1943 when attacked by German E-Boats off Slapton Sands. |
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| 4929 | ADDINGTON, Scott. Invasion! D-Day & Operation Overlord in One Hundred Moments. 224p.,illus. London: Uniform, 2019. ISBN: 9781912690008. Despite a misspelt subtitle on the cover, this is a useful if fashionable little reference work, heavily illustrated with photographs and infographics. A fact rich small work. |
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| 4930 | BENBOW, Tim. Operation Neptune: The D-Day Landings, 6 June 1944 (Naval Staff Histories of the Second World War, Volume 1), edited by Tim Benbow. 423p., bibliog., illus., index. Solihull: Helion, 2015. ISBN: 9781909982970 Originally published in 1948 by the Admiralty historical staff for internal use and covering the planning, preparation and execution of the landings, this edition has a new and strong introduction and a good bibliography and index, which make it very accessible. |
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| 4931 | BOTTING, Douglas. The Second Front (World War II, Vol. 13). 208p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Time-Life, 1978; Richmond, Va.: Time-Life, 1978. ISBN: 1844471942. Another volume in the heavily illustrated series of standard histories of the major campaigns and events of WW2. Six text chapters covering the background and the landings are followed by a series of photo essays. Reprinted in 1998 as The D-Day Invasion (ISBN: 0783557019). |
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| 4932 | CADDICK-ADAMS, Peter. Sand & Steel: a New History of D-Day. xliii, 1025p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hutchinson, 2019. ISBN: 9781847948281. An authoritative new comprehensive history gives a panoramic overview of the planning and execution of D-Day. |
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| 4933 | HALL, Anthony. Operation Overlord: D-Day Day by Day. 192p., illus., index. Hoo: Grange, 2003. ISBN: 1840135921. A heavily illustrated brief reference book. It has subsequently been reprinted in several formats, with the title D-Day Day by Day: the Planning, the Landings, the Battles. This was first reprinted by Chartwell in 2012 (ISBN: 9780785829379) and again in 2018 by Vantage Books, ISBN: 9781913100025. |
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| 4934 | HARVEY, Dan. A Bloody Dawn: The Irish at D-Day. xix, 191p., bibliog., illus., index. Newbridge, Co. Kildare; Merrion Press, 2019. ISBN: 9781785372414. Irish men and women and members of the Irish diaspora fought with the British, Canadian and American forces on land sea and air on D-Day. Naval matters are very much at the margin but this usefully opens up an unknown aspect of the landings. |
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