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| 682 | KIRBY, S. Woodburn. The War against Japan (History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Military Series). 5 vols., illus., index. London: HMSO, 1957-69.
Although necessarily concerned mainly with the land campaigns, these indispensable volumes of the British Official History have much to offer on the Navy's part in the Far East. |
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| 683 | KRUG, Hans-Joachim, HIRAMA, Yoichi, SANDER-NAKASHIMA, Berthold J. and NIESTLÉ, Alex. Reluctant Allies: German-Japanese Naval Relations in World War II. xxii, 417p., bibliog., index. Annapolis, NIP, 2001. ISBN: 1861761953. Two Japanese and two German naval historians describe the incoherent approach to joint planning which prevailed in this relationship. The English is rather laboured at times. |
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| 684 | LAWREY, John. The Cross of Lorraine in the South Pacific: Australia and the Free French Movement 1940-1942. vii, 142p., bibliog.., illus., index. Canberra: Journal of Pacific History, 1982. ISBN: 0959547711.
The overthrow of the Vichy colonial government of New Caledonia in 1940 was an important but little mentioned incident. |
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| 685 | LEWIS, Tom. Sensuikan I-124: A History of the Imperial Japanese Navy Fleet Submarine Sunk in Northern Territory Waters. 131p., bibliog., illus., index. Darwin: Tall Stories, 1997. ISBN: 0646322184. The story of the Imperial Japanese Navy Fleet Submarine I-124, sent with three other IJN submarines to lay mines in the approaches to Darwin in early 1942 and the story of her sinking by the corvette Deloraine, the many controversies and conflicts that have been fought over her since. Republished in a new edition in 2010 as Darwin’s Submarine I-124 (ISBN: 0957735197). |
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| 686 | LEWIS, Tom. A War at Home: A Comprehensive Guide to the First Japanese Attacks on Darwin. 79p., bibliog., illus., index. Darwin, N.T.: Tall Stories, 1999. ISBN: 0957735103.
A well-researched and authoritative account of the Japanese attacks on Darwin during the Second World War. Further editions were published in 2003 and 2007. |
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| 687 | LIND, L. J. The Midget Submarine Attack on Sydney. 72p., illus., index. Garden Island: Bellrope, 1990. ISBN: 0646012304.
A good account of the daring Japanese raid. |
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| 688 | LINDSAY, Oliver. The Battle for Hong Kong 1941-1945: Hostage to Fortune. xiv, 272p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Spellmount, 2005. ISBN: 1862273154.
Based on the diaries of John Harris, a Royal Engineer, gives a vivid account of the fall and of the fate of the POWs. |
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| 689 | LINDSAY, Oliver. The Lasting Honour: The Fall of Hong Kong. xiv, 226p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hamilton, 1978. ISBN: 024189946X.
Contains a little information on the naval forces involved in the hopeless defence of the colony. The first full study since the official history. |
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| 690 | LITTLE, Eric H. The Luck of HMS Dragon. 93p., illus. Cape Town: Stewart, 1944.
A South African's thrilling sea story recounting numerous incidents from the war in the Far East, including the story of the evacuations of Singapore and Batavia. |
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| 691 | LOCKWOOD, Douglas W. Australia’s Pearl Harbor: Darwin, 1942. xv, 232p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cassell Australia, 1966.
The story of the first, little-known but devastating attack on Australian soil ten weeks after Pearl Harbor. The Japanese air strike sank eight ships and killed 250 people. A revised edition was published in 1967 (ISBN: 0851793746) and republished by New Holland in 2005 as Australia Under Attack: The Bombing of Darwin 1942 (ISBN: 1741102693). |
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| 692 | McCARTHY, Dudley. Southwest Pacific Area-First Year: Kokoda to Wau (Australia in the War of 1939-45. Series 1, Army: vol. 5). xiv, 656p., illus., index. Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1959.
Covers the worst year of the war, when an invasion of Australia seemed imminent but was halted by the desperate battles in New Guinea. Some background information on naval affairs. |
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| 693 | McCRAE, Alister, & PRENTICE, Alan. Irrawaddy Flotilla. 195p., bibliog., illus., index. Paisley: James Paton, 1978. ISBN: 0950606103.
These river boats were "called up" in 1941 and their war service is briefly recorded. They were scuttled in the face of the Japanese invasion of Burma. |
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| 694 | MULHOLLAND, Jack. Darwin Bombed. xiv, 146p., illus. Loftus, NSW: Australian Military History Publications, 1999. ISBN: 1876439181.
Unofficial unit history of the 14 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery and looks at the way ordinary people coped with the hardships of life in the tropical north and how they reacted under fire. A revised edition was published by the author in 2009. An updated edition was published by the author in 2009. |
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| 695 | NEWCOMB, Richard F. Savo: The Incredible Naval Debacle off Guadalcanal. 278p., bibliog., illus., index. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Wilson, 1961. Sydney: Ure Smith, 1963.
The story of the naval disaster off Guadalcanal in 1942. In 40 minutes four cruisers were lost, including HMAS Canberra. The author records the controversy that raged throughout the war and became the subject of an official report that was never made. Reissued by Holt in 2002 as The Battle of Savo Island: The Harrowing Account of the Disastrous Night Battle Off Guadalcanal that Nearly Destroyed the Pacific Fleet in August 1942. ISBN: 0805070729. |
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| 696 | PRIME, Mervyn W. Broome's One Day War: The Story of the Japanese Raid on Broome 3rd March 1942. 48p., illus. Broome, W.A. : Shire of Broome [for Broome Historical Society], 1992. An updated and expanded edition of W.A.’s Pearl Harbour, published 1985. The tale of a Japanese air attack on this northern Australian town. An updated edition was published in 2007. |
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| 697 | SHORES, Christopher, & CULL, Brian, with IZAWA, Yasuho. Bloody Shambles. 3 vols., bibliog., illus., index. London: Grub Street, 1993-2005. A detailed, virtually sortie-by-sortie account of the air war in the Far East. Volume 1 (ISBN: 094881750X) covers the period from the drift to war to the fall of Singapore and volume 2 (ISBN: 0948817674) the defence of Sumatra to the fall of Burma. Volume 3, Air War for Burma covers the Allied fight back 1942-45 (ISBN: 1904010954). An excellent reference work. |
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| 698 | STRABOLGI, [J. M. K.], Lord. Singapore and After: A Study of the Pacific Campaign. 158p., illus., index. London: Hutchinson, 1942.
A general account of the fall of the British and Dutch eastern empires and of the loss of the Philippines. |
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| 699 | THOMAS, David A. Japan’s War at Sea: Pearl Harbor to the Coral Sea. 222p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Deutsch, 1978. ISBN: 0233970118.
The story of Admiral Nagumo’s carrier striking force from January to May 1942. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, it attacked Rabaul, bombed Darwin, mopped up Allied forces in the East Indies, struck across the Bay of Bengal at Ceylon, and drove back the British Eastern Fleet, before returning to the Pacific to suffer its first real setback in the Battle of the Coral Sea. |
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| 700 | WARNER, Dennis, WARNER, Peggy & SENO, Sadao. Disaster in the Pacific: New Light on the Battle of Savo Island. Sydney: Allen & Unwin; Annapolis, NIP, 1992. ISBN: 0870212567.
Describes the fierce night action fought in August 1942, when a squadron of American and Allied warships was attacked by a Japanese task force and torn apart, losing four cruisers and over 1,000 men. There were many controversial aspects of the battle, including unpreparedness and bungling on the part of the Allies, and the tactics that were used during the action. This exhaustively researched account is probably the definitive history of the Battle of Savo Island. |
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| 701 | WAVELL, A.P. Despatch by the Supreme Commander of the ABDA Area to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the Operations in the South-West Pacific 15 January 1942 to 25 February 1942. [ii], 22p. London: HMSO, 1948.
General Wavell held his command for a brief albeit critical six weeks. This despatch gives a very high-level but very clear articulation of his actions and decisions. |
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