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| 762 | BARKER, Ralph. The Blockade Busters. 224p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Chatto, 1976. ISBN:0701121890. Describes special operations to carry special steels vital to the war effort, from Sweden to the UK. Reprinted in 2005 by Pen & Sword Maritime, with the sub-title Cheating Hitler’s Reich of Vital War Supplies, ISBN: 1844152820. |
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| 763 | BATTEN, John. Dirty Little Collier. 151p., illus. London: Hutchinson, 1947.
An account of the author's wartime voyages as a radio officer on the East Coast collier Hampden Z. Coney. |
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| 764 | BENSTEAD, C. R. Shallow Waters. 304p., illus., index. London: Hale, 1958.
A history of naval matters in coastal waters with a little on WWII. Enlivened by such footnotes as one which defines Bolshevism as "a state of mental decay known today as Communism." |
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| 765 | BOTT, Lloyd. The Secret War from the River Dart: The Story of the Royal Navy's 15th Motor Gunboat Flotilla 1942-1945 (Dartmouth History Research Group, Paper 23). vi, 58p., illus. Dartmouth: Dartmouth History Research Group, 1997. ISBN: 1899011137.
Written by a participant, this records the work of the flotilla which landed and recovered secret agents and worked with the French Resistance. |
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| 766 | CAPPER, D. P. Moat Defensive: A History of the Waters of the Nore Command, 55BC-1961. xi, 251p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Barker, 1963.
WWII is covered in a 20-page potted account of the main events in the waters of the Command. |
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| 767 | COLLIER, Basil. The Defence of the United Kingdom (History of the Second World War. UK Military Series). xix, 557p., illus., index. London: HMSO, 1957.
The official history views the subject of home defence from an inter service aspect, although the aerial battle clearly predominates. The Navy's role is well covered. Reprinted by the Imperial War Museum in 1996 with source notes. |
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| 768 | COLLINGS, Peter. The Illustrated Dictionary of North-East Shipwrecks. 202p., illus. [n.p.]: Collings & Brodie, 1988. ISBN: 0951168126.
A wreck divers’ alphabetical guide to ships. Disappointingly brief and uninformative notes on each ship’s fate. |
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| 769 | DOWNES, A. M. East Coast Destroyers: 1941-1942 Harwich Escort Force, HMS Walpole (Monograph 48). 14p., illus. Garden Island: Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1995.
An excellent memoir of the war of a young officer on a hazardous convoy run. |
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| 770 | FOYNES, J. P. The Battle of the East Coast (1939-1945). xi, 432p., bibliog., illus., index. Isleworth: author, 1994. ISBN: 0952155524.
Quite excellent amateur history, which makes good use of primary sources in detailed coverage of a neglected corner of the war. The seas from the Humber to North Kent saw unending action throughout the war and everything is covered in a smooth but analytical narrative. |
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| 771 | FOYNES, J. P. Whose Fault Was the Loss of HMS Gypsy? An Inquest into the Sinking of the Harwich Destroyer in 1939. 56p., bibliog., illus. Isleworth: author, 2006. ISBN: 0952155559.
Gipsy was lost to a mine in November 1939. This short but rigorous work uncovers the errors which led to the disaster |
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| 772 | GODFREY, Arthur, & LASSEY, Peter J. Shipwrecks of the Yorkshire Coast. 168p., bibliog., illus., index. Clapham: Dalesman, 1974. ISBN: 0852062273.
Arranged geographically rather than chronologically, this has some information on merchant shipping losses of WWII. |
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| 773 | HEWITT, Nick. Coastal Convoys 1939-1945: The Indestructible Highway. xii, 244p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2009. ISBN: 1844158616.
An intelligent and well researched account of the coastal convoys which were the backbone of the war effort. |
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| 774 | JACKSON, Robert. Churchill's Moat: The Channel War 1939-1945. 159p., bibliog., illus., index. Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1995. ISBN: 1853104590.
An excellent military historian gives a good if routine account of all the major episodes in the Channel from Dunkirk to D-Day. |
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| 775 | LINKLATER, Eric. The Northern Garrisons. 72p., illus. London: HMSO; Garden City: Garden City Publishing, 1941.
The takeover and defence of Iceland and the Faeroe, Orkney, and Shetland Islands. |
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| 776 | McKEE, Alexander. The Coal Scuttle Brigade. 223p. London: Souvenir, 1957.
A mixture of history and individual tales of the men and ships who took part in the East Coast convoys of coasters and colliers. Although close to home it was to prove as hair-raising as any other convoy route. |
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| 777 | PHILLIPS, Alan. Defending Wales: The Coast and Sea Lanes in Wartime. 160p., illus. Stroud: Amberley, 2010. ISBN: 9781848688452.
An unusual account which looks at everything from airships to flying boats and how they defended the coast and coastal traffic. |
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| 778 | SMITH, Peter C. Hold the Narrow Sea: Naval Warfare in the English Channel 1939-1945. 255p., bibliog., illus., index. Ashbourne: Moorland Publishing; Annapolis: NIP, 1984. ISBN: 0861900790.
Another excellent book by this prolific naval historian. The Channel was an active battleground throughout the war although action there is rarely described as a whole. A second edition using only the sub-title as its title was published by Pen & Sword in 2007. |
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| 779 | TAYLOR, Les. Luftwaffe Over Scotland: A History of German Air Attacks on Scotland 1939-1945. xv, 144p., bibliog., illus., index. Dunbeath: Whittles, 2010. ISBN: 9781849950008.
A brief but interesting work with some information on Coastal Command and raids on various ports and bases. |
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| 780 | WALKER, Dora M. They Labour Mightily: A Tale of Inshore Fishing in War and Peace. xvi, 84p., illus. London: Brown & Son, 1947.
A firsthand account of the life of the inshore fishermen of the Yorkshire coast in the 1930s and early 1940s. The war features prominently. |
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| 781 | WALMSLEY, Leo. Fishermen at War. 256p., illus. London: Collins; Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1941.
A personal view of the war of the inshore fishermen and their vessels in the early part of the war. Reprinted by White Lion in 1977. |
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