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| 4996 | KONSTAM, Angus. Sink the Tirpitz 1942–44: The RAF and Fleet Air Arm Duel with Germany's Mighty Battleship (Air Campaign, 7). 96p., bibliog., illus., index. Oxford: Osprey, 2018. ISBN: 9781472831590. A succinct account of the various raids. |
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| 4997 | DIXON, Jeremy. The U-Boat Commanders: Knight’s Cross Holders 1939-1945. 352p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 2019. ISBN: 9781526718730. In all, there were 123 recipients of the Knight’s Cross. Dixon's highly illustrated book offers a guide to all these men and their wartime service. There are almost 200 archive photographs. Full details are given of their tours of duty, the operations they took part in, how they won their award, how many ships they sank and their subsequent careers. |
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| 4998 | EDWARDS, Bernard. U-Boats Beyond Biscay: Dönitz Looks to New Horizons. 204p., illus., Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2017. ISBN: 973919848. Tells the story of the U-boat war on the American Eastern seaboard, West Africa and the Mediterranean. |
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| 4999 | GHIGLINO, Marco. Italian Naval Camouflage of World War II. 240p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2018. ISBN: 1526735393. Italian naval camouflage was one of the most varied of all. This is a comprehensive survey by an acknowledged expert. |
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| 5000 | MOORE, Donald. All of One Company: The Novel of One Arctic Convoy. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1957. |
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| 5001 | JORDAN, David. Wolfpack: The U-Boat War and the Allied Counter-Attack, 1939-1945. 176p., illus. Staplehurst: Spellmount, 2002. ISBN: 076073092X. An accurate but basic run of the mill picture book account. |
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| 5002 | PATERSON, Lawrence. Eagles Over the Sea: Luftwaffe Maritime Operations 1935-1942. xvi, 464p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth; Annapolis, NIP, 2019. ISBN: 9781526740021. An operational history which gives a comprehensive overview of German developments and inter-service rivalries from the Spanish Civil War to the Middle of WW2. The first of two volumes. |
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| 5003 | PATERSON, Lawrence. Eagles Over the Sea 1943-45: A History of Luftwaffe Maritime Operations. xvi, 432p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth; Annapolis, NIP, 2020. ISBN: 9781526777652. This second volume takes the story from Operation Torch to wars end with an increasingly undertrained and under-resourced force operating increasingly obsolete aircraft overwhelmed by the Allies. |
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| 5004 | HAMILTON, Aaron Stephan. German Submarine U-1105 Black Panther: The Naval Archaeology of a U-Boat. 136p., illus. Oxford: Osprey, 2019. ISBN: 9781472835819. A technologically innovative U-boat, it surrendered at Loch Eriboll in Scotland at the end of the war and was handed over to the US as a war prize. It was then the subject of intense testing and evaluation, before finally being sunk in the Potomac River. A fascinating study of the boat and what remains of the wreck. |
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| 5005 | PEARCE, M. J. Confronting Italy: Mediterranean Surface Actions in 1940. Exploding the Myth of Mussolini’s ‘Mare Nostrum (Britannia Naval Histories of World War II). 192p., illus. Plymouth: University of Plymouth Press, 2019. ISBN: 1841024392. This volume contains three previously classified Naval Staff Histories describing major naval surface actions of 1940, supported by a modern introduction setting them in context and also illustrates warships involved, using WW2 US Navy Intelligence Department documents. Two Official Despatches are also included. The Staff Histories are: No. 2, The Battle of Calabria; No. 8. The Battle of Spartivento; No. 9, The Battle of Cape Spada. The Despatches are no. 38273, The Battle off Calabria and no. 38281, The Battle of Cape Spartivento. |
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| 5006 | RHODES, E. R. Tears Before Bedtime. Victoria, B.C.: Friesen Press, 2017; [n.p.], author, 2018. ISBN: 9781525500985 and for UK edition, ISBN: 9781775306016. |
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| 5007 | STERN, Robert C. The Modern Cruiser: The Evolution of the Ships that Fought the Second World War. 288p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2020. ISBN: 9781526737915. An excellent and sumptuously produced history of the cruiser in the twentieth century, which covers all the major fleets. At the core of the book is a view of the impact of the inter-war treaties which had a huge impact on cruiser design. This broadly chronological account is focused on design issues but also considers their performance in action. |
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| 5008 | FRIEDMAN, Norman. Naval Anti-Aircraft Guns and Gunnery. 399p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2013. ISBN: 9781848321779. An authoritative work which is rich in technical detail. A final chapter considers post-war developments, but the main focus is World War II. |
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| 5009 | GRAY, Edwyn. Captains of War: They Fought Beneath the Sea. x, 275p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Leo Cooper, 1988. ISBN: 0850522463. The author examines the careers and personalities of seventeen submariners - British, German, Japanese, American, Polish and Italian from both world wars. |
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| 5010 | HENSHAW, John. Liberty’s Provenance: The Evolution of the Liberty Ship from its Sunderland Origins. 128p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Sea-forth, 2019. ISBN: 9781526750631. The Joseph Thompson shipyard in Sunderland developed the design pre-war from which the Liberty ships grew. This book demonstrates that link and offers a detailed design comparison. Also looks at those ships spe-cially adapted for everything from hospital ships to mule transports. |
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| 5011 | ROBINS, Nick. Wartime Standard Ships. xii, 177p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2017. ISBN: 9781848323766. An excellent account of the design and construction of these prefabricated ships. Covers Axis as well as Allied ships and is well illustrated. |
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| 5012 | GREHAN, John & MACE, Martin. The Battle for Burma 1943-1945: From Kohima & Imphal to Victory. xii, 291p., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2015. ISBN: 9781783461998. Reprints four despatches published as supplements to the London Gazette, with a very brief introduction, namely General Giffard’s Despatch on operations in Burma and North-East India in 1943-44 ( No. 39171) and a second Despatch from him covering operations in Assam and Burma in June- November 1944 (No. 39187); a brief Despatch from Vice-Admiral Power covering naval operations in the Ramree Island area in January-February 1945 (No. 38269) and finally a long Despatch from General Leese on operations in Burma in November 1944-August 1945, which has some naval relevant material (No. 39195). |
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| 5013 | READ, Charles Herbert. Memoirs of the Flight Surgeon of HMS Nabob. [vi], 173p. Coaldale, Alberta: Lammi Publishing, 2018. ISBN: 9780995006089. The memoirs of a young Canadian who joined the RCN straight from medical school in 1944. He served on Nabob during her brief career. An excellent description of training, monotony, adventure and action until her near sinking off Norway during an attack on the Tirpitz. |
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| 5015 | HASTINGS, Max. The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-1945.xxvii, 612p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Collins, 2015. ISBN: 9780007503742. Aims to provide a worldwide perspective on the successes and failures of all the participants. Has some marginal naval relevance. A substantial and well-written account. |
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| 5016 | KAPLAN, Philip. U-Boat Pens of the Atlantic Battle. 176p., illus. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2018. ISBN: 9781526705440. Revisits these still extant bunkers some of which could hold a dozen U-boats. Contains some 150 photographs |
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