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| 5137 | HOLLAND, James. The War in Italy (Ladybird Expert History of the Second World War, Book 8). 52p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Penguin Random House, 2021. ISBN: 9780718186548. A beautifully illustrated but very succinct account from the invasion of Sicily to the surrender in 1945 |
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| 5138 | HOLLAND, James. Pacific War 1941-1943 (Ladybird Expert History of the Second World War, Book 6). 52p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Penguin Random House, 2019. ISBN: 9780718186524. A beautifully illustrated and expertly crafted introduction to the Pacific War as it affected the Allied powers. |
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| 5139 | KENNEDY, Paul. Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II. xxii, 521p., bibliog., illus., index. New Haven; London: Yale U.P., 2022. ISBN: 9780300219173. A sweeping, well written but somewhat rehashed coverage of how the navies of the major powers conducted themselves at war. Illustrated with over fifty original paintings. |
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| 5140 | OSBORNE, Brian D. & ARMSTRONG, Ronald. The Clyde at War. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. Edinburgh, Birlinn, 2001. ISBN: 9781841581873. Another of the very fully illustrated accounts of the wartime experiences of Scottish cities and towns. |
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| 5141 | MARS, Alastair. Mediterranean Wolfpack. Sydney: Horwitz, 1960. |
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| 5142 | JOWETT, Philip. Narvik and the Norwegian Campaign 1940: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives. (Images of War). 240p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2022. ISBN: 9781526796547. Some 300 images and a concise text cover the war at sea, on land and in the air. |
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| 5143 | COOPER, Malcolm. The Ocean Class of the Second World War. 144p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth; Annapolis, N.I.P., 2022. ISBN: 9781399015530. A fully illustrated and well researched account of these workhorses. |
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| 5144 | HOBBS, David. The Fleet Air Arm and the War in Europe, 1939-1945. xii, 340p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth; Annapolis, NIP; 2022. ISBN: 9781526799791. An excellent clear and well-illustrated operational history by a leading authority. |
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| 5145 | EDWARDS, Bernard. Running the Gauntlet: Cargo Liners Under Fire 1939-1945. x, 208p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2022. ISBN: 9781399097864. An excellent collection of case studies of duels between fast but lightly armed merchantmen and German U-boats and surface raiders, by this experienced author. |
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| 5146 | HAMILTON, Aaron Stephan. Knight of the North Atlantic: Baron Siegfried von Forstner and the War Patrols of U-402 1941-1943. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2022. ISBN: 1399096729. The biography of a successful U-boat commander who was on his eighth patrol when U-402 was sunk with both hands. The story is enriched and made more poignant by the fact that the authors maternal grandfather had served on the boat as a cook during its first four patrols. |
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| 5147 | HEILIGMAN, Deborah. Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship". xi,292p., illus. New York: Godwin Books, 2019. ISBN: 9781627795548. A well-researched and well written account aimed at 10-14 year-olds. |
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| 5148 | HOOD, Susan. Lifeboat 12: Based on a True Story. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018. ISBN: 9781481468848. A fictional poetry account of the ss City of Benares tragedy for young readers. |
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| 5149 | PHILLIPS, John Henry. The Search: The True Story of a D-Day Survivor, An Unlikely Friendship, and a Lost Shipwreck Off Normandy. ix, 324p., maps, index. London: Robinson, 2022. ISBN: 9781472146182. The story of Landing Craft Headquarters (LCH) 185, which led the assault on Sword Beach but was sunk by a mine on 25th June 1944. A chance meeting between the author (an archaeologist) and Patrick Thomas, one of the few survivors, at a D-Day commemoration in 2016 led to a hunt for the wreck of the LCH. The story jumps backward and forward between the story of the landing craft’s war service, Thomas’s wartime service in the RN and the ultimately successful hunt for the wreck. |
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| 5150 | RIDDELL, John. Fairlie’s Secret War: How One Village Helped Defeat the German U-Boats. xii, 156p., bibliog., illus., index. Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2022. ISBN: 9781839830235, In late 1940 the Royal Navy’s anti-submarine establishment was moved from Portland to a small village on the Firth of Clyde. This is the previously untold story of what this secret establishment achieved and how it interacted with the local community. |
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| 5151 | KERSHAW, Robert. Dünkirchen 1940: the German View of Dunkirk. 352p., bibliog., illus., index. Oxford: Osprey, 2022. ISBN: 9781472854377. A new commentary on what went wrong for the Germans at Dunkirk. An excellent account with a novel perspective. |
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| 5152 | JONES, Julia. Uncommon Courage: the Yachtsmen Volunteers of World War II. x, 310p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Adlard Coles, 2022. ISBN: 9781472987105. The story of the Royal Navy Volunteer Supplementary Reserve. Almost two thousand amateur sailors signed up to the Reserve as war loomed. The author discovered her father’s papers in the attic and they told of his service in this very mixed group. They served in everything from minesweeping to Ian Fleming’s Commandos and the author brings their hugely varied service to life. |
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| 5153 | BARKER, A. J. Dunkirk: The Great Escape. 240p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Dent, 1977. ISBN: 0460120204. A good well researched and readable account which is well and profusely illustrated. |
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| 5154 | HEPPER, David. British Warship Losses in the Modern Era 1920-1982. viii, 424p. bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2022. ISBN: 9781399097666. An excellent reference work. Arranged chronologically there is a brief account of each loss which includes relevant background information. Covers everything from trawlers to battleships. |
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| 5155 | SIMMONS, Mark. Alistair MacLean’s War: How the Royal Navy Shaped his Bestsellers. xiv, 193p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2022. ISBN: 9781399019385. He joined the RN as an Ordinary Seaman in 1941 and saw active service from the Arctic to the Indian Ocean. This gave the background to his hugely successful literary career starting with the incomparable novel HMS Ulysses. Approximately half the book covers his wartime service while the second half covers his literary success and later life. |
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| 5156 | CARLTON, Mike. The Scrap Iron Flotilla: Five Valiant Destroyers and the Australian War in the Mediterranean. xvi, 432p., bibliog., illus., index. Sydney, Heinemann, 2022. ISBN: 9781761042003. The five old RAN V&W class destroyers served with distinction in 1940-41 and were at the heart of action in the Mediterranean battles of that period. |
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