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| 5117 | CLARKE, Alexander. Tribals, Battles and Darings: The Genesis of the Modern Destroyer. 176p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2021. ISBN: 9781526772909. A profusely illustrated account of the creation and wartime deployment of these three classes showing how the destroyer developed as a self-reliant resource. |
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| 5118 | O’CARROLL, Brendan. The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean. 336p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2020. ISBN: 9781526777379. Shortly after the invasion of Sicily Churchill ordered the occupation of the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean. The Long Range Desert Group, retraining in Lebanon, were now part of Raiding Forces, Middle East, along with the Special Boat Service and No 30 Commando. The LRDG landed on Leros establishing observation posts, reporting movement of enemy shipping and aircraft and fought bitter battles in the area until the end of 1943. |
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| 5119 | DUNN, Steve R. British Naval Trawlers and Drifters in Two World Wars: From The John Lambert Collection edited by Steve R. Dunn. 208p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2021. ISBN: 1526794861. The fourth of a planned series of albums using John Lambert’s detailed drawings. In his accompanying text, the editor examines the ships themselves, their design, construction, arming, operations and development; and he also relates how the trawlermen and skippers, from the age-old fishing ports of Britain, came to be part of the Royal Navy, and describes the roles they played. |
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| 5120 | WRIGHT, Matthew. Britain’s LAST Battleships. 52p., bibliog. Wellington, NZ: Intruder Books, 2018. ISBN: 9780908318223. A short monograph by a leading New Zealand historian covers the political, economic and technical background to battleship design and construction in the 1930s. A second edition was published in 2020, ISBN: 9780908318285. |
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| 5121 | SPAJIC, Hrvoje. Schnellbootwaffe: Adolf Hitler s Guerrilla War at Sea: S-Boote 1939-45 (Images of War). 184p., illus. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2021. ISBN: 9781399091756. An almost entirely photographic record showing how these very effective craft operated. |
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| 5122 | ARMSTRONG, Craig. Dundee at War 1939-45. 160p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2021. ISBN: 9781526704689. Gives good coverage of Dundee’s little known contribution as a naval base and in shipbuilding. |
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| 5123 | KLUGER, Michael & EVANS, Richard. Roosevelt’s and Churchill’s Atlantic Charter: A Risky Meeting at Sea That Saved Democracy. 248p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Frontline, 2020. ISBN: 9781526786302. A good account of how the Atlantic Charter was created, which describes the stormy sea journey from Britain to Placentia Bay and uses a good biographical approach to show how the main players engaged n their negotiations. |
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| 5124 | JACOBS, Peter. Fortress Island Malta: Defence and Re-supply During the Siege. xii, 228p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2016. ISBN: 9781783463329. The author is a former RAF navigator whose father served on the destroyer Wishart in Malta convoys. Although the focus of the book is the well known convoys, he offers an interesting air warfare perspective. |
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| 5125 | DOWNING, Taylor. 1942: Britain at the Brink. [vii], 423p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Little, Brown, 2022. ISBN: 9781408713709. A well judged and balanced account of Britain’s and Churchill’s darkest hour. It was the year that saw the fall of Singapore and Hong Kong, huge losses in the Atlantic, losses in North Africa and the siege of Malta as well as the Channel Dash. The author uses a wide range of records from official records to personal recollections to paint an excellent picture of the path from disaster to victory. |
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| 5126 | TURNER, Barry. Karl Doenitz and the Last Days of the Third Reich. xii, 302, [4]p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Icon Books, 2015. ISBN: 9781848319226. A good straightforward recapitulation of the end of the Third Reich drawn from secondary sources. |
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| 5127 | SPICER, Tim. A Dangerous Enterprise: Secret War at Sea. 312p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Barbreck Publishers, 2021. ISBN: 9781999589134. A distinguished soldier turned author gives an excellent account of the service of the 15th Motor Gunboat Flotilla. Based in Dartmouth it specialised in ferrying secret agents to and from Brittany. Uses an extensive range of official documents such as SOE files and private papers as well as published and on-line sources. |
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| 5128 | JONES, Peter. Guy Griffiths: The Life & Times of an Australian Admiral. 312p., bibliog., illus., index. Melbourne, Vic.: Arden, 2021. ISBN: 9781922454676. A well written authorised biography of a distinguished Australian admiral. A country boy from the Hunter Valley he went to the Royal Australian Naval College aged 13 as a cadet midshipman in 1937. On graduation he joined Repulse and was with her for the Bismarck hunt then survived her sinking off Malaya in 1941. He continued to see active service in the Pacific War and was awarded a DSC while serving on Shropshire and was in Tokyo Bay when Japan surrendered formally. His distinguished career continued post-war until his retirement in 1980. A well written and empathetic biography. |
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| 5129 | MATTHEWS, Geoffrey. The Re-conquest of Burma 1943-1945. xi, 104p., bibliog., map, index. Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1966. Aimed at British Army officers preparing for their Staff College examinations, this small, densely packed study contains little naval material, but offers an excellent strategic overview of the theatre, the campaign and the various operations. |
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| 5130 | BERTKE, Donald A., KINDELL, Don & SMITH, Gordon. World War II Sea War, Volume 17: Götterdämmerung and Sayonara – Germany and Japan Surrender. 392p. Dayton, OH: Bertke Publications, 2021. ISBN: 9781937470333. Covers the final naval events of the war. |
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| 5131 | BERTKE, Donald A., KINDELL, Don & SMITH, Gordon. World War II Sea War, Volume 18: Additions and Corrections August 1939-February 1941. 533p. Dayton, OH: Bertke Publications, 2021. ISBN: 9781937470357. Corrects some old data entries, but mainly consists of additional information. |
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| 5132 | HASTINGS, Max. Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45. xxiii, 664p., bibliog., illus., index. London: HarperCollins, 2009. ISBN: 9780007263677. Full of naval related material, Hastings paints a vivid picture of Churchill at war as seen by the outside world. |
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| 5133 | KENYON, David. Bletchley Park and D-Day: the Untold Story of how the Battle for Normandy Was Won. xxx, 295p., bibliog., illus., index London: Yale U.P., 2019. ISBN: 9780300243574. A good account of the role of intelligence in developing and implementing the strategy for D-Day. |
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| 5134 | LAW, Derek. The Indian Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic in World War 2. 26p., illus. [Glasgow]; Colourful Heritage, 2021. https://www.colourfulheritage.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Lascars-and-Merchant-Navy-article-by-Derek-Law.pdf An e-pamphlet recording the role of the six RIN sloops built in the UK which served in the Atlantic. Also tells the equally little-known story of the Indian crewmen and boys who died in the sinking of the ss City of Benares in 1940. |
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| 5135 | DUNMORE, Spencer. Above and Beyond: The Canadians’ War in the Air, 1939-1945. xii, 384p., bibliog., illus., index. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1996. ISBN: 0771029284. A wide-ranging account of wartime service with some marginal material on FAA and Coastal Command experiences. |
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| 5136 | PATERSON, Lawrence. The U-Boat War: A Global History 1939-45. 336p., bibliog., illus., index. Oxford: Osprey, 2022. ISBN: 9781472848253. A comprehensive review by a well-known author on the topic. |
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