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| 782 | WINGATE, John. Last Ditch: The English Channel 1939-1943. [xvii], 176p. London: Heinemann Young Books, 1971. ISBN: 0434972606.
A dramatised account of the war in the Channel from Dunkirk to the Dieppe Raid. |
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| 783 | WRAGG, David. Sink the French: The French Navy After the Fall of France 1940. xiii, 241p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2007. ISBN: 9781844155224.
Examines the background to the fall of France and its consequences, most particularly the way the French Navy was dealt with. |
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| 784 | ANSEL, Walter. Hitler Confronts England. xix, 348p., illus., index. Durham: Duke UP, 1960.
Admiral Ansell's book is a detailed study of the projected invasion of England in 1940 (Operation Sealion), based largely on original German records. |
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| 785 | FLEMING, Peter. Invasion 1940: An Account of the German Preparations and British Counter-Measures. 323p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hart-Davis; New York: Simon & Schuster, 1957.
An excellent study of the proposed invasion, with a good account of British strategy and reasons for naval dispositions. US and paperback title: Operation Sea Lion. |
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| 786 | GLOVER, Michael. Invasion Scare 1940. xiii, 224p., illus., index. London: Cooper, 1990. ISBN: 0850522625.
An account which attempts to synthesise German and British approaches and responses to the tense summer of 1940. |
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| 787 | GRINNELL-MILNE, Duncan. The Silent Victory: September 1940. 210p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Bodley Head, 1958.
A full examination of the projected German invasion in 1940 and the reasons for its cancellation. He claims that the Navy, more than any other factor, frustrated German plans. |
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| 788 | HEWITT, Geoff. Hitler's Armada: The German Invasion Plan, and the Defence of Great Britain by the Royal Navy, April-October 1940. xx, 194p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2008. ISBN: 1844157857.
A re-appraisal of German plans and British preparedness which reassesses the relative importance of sea power and air power. |
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| 789 | KIESER, Egbert. Hitler on the Doorstep. Operation Sealion: The German Plan to Invade Britain, 1940. 287p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour; Annapolis: NIP, 1997. 1557503907.
First published in Germany in 1987 this is a young historian's refreshing account of the summer of 1940. Explores British defensive plans as much as German preparations to invade. |
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| 790 | MACKSEY, Kenneth. Invasion: The German Invasion of England, July 1940. 223p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour; New York: Macmillan, 1980. ISBN: 0853683247.
Although a speculative account of how an invasion might have happened, Macksey is a respected military historian and his views are based on known plans and possibilities. Contains a succinct account of the state of the navy in July 1940. Reprinted by Greenhill in 1989. |
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| 791 | RAINBOW, Jonathan. Tribute: Operation Sealion. xii, 112p., illus. London: Avon, 1997. ISBN: 1860334296. An account of the planned invasion aimed at schoolchildren. |
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| 792 | SCHENK, Peter. Invasion of England 1940: The Planning of Operation Sealion. viii, 372p., illus., index. London: Conway, 1990. ISBN: 0851775489.
A technical guide to the invasion craft and to the operational plan and the units to be involved. Very thorough. |
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| 793 | TAYLOR, Telford. The Breaking Wave: The German Defeat in the Summer of 1940. 378p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Weidenfeld, 1967. ISBN: 0671103660.
An American view of the summer of 1940. Focuses on German strategy and has a full view of the planning for Operation Sea Lion. |
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| 794 | WHEATLEY, Ronald. Operation Sea Lion: German Plans for the Invasion of England 1939-1942. xiv, 201p., illus., index. Oxford: Clarendon, 1958.
A carefully documented account of German plans. |
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| 795 | ARMSTRONG, Warren. HM Small Ships: Written with the Authority and Assistance of the Admiralty. ix, 199p., illus. London: Muller, 1958.
A freely dramatised history of Coastal Forces, concentrating heavily on WWII. |
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| 796 | BENNETT, A. S. Tide Time. [6], 165p., illus. London: Allen & Unwin, 1949.
Just under half of this autobiography concerns the author's wartime service in Coastal Forces. |
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| 797 | BOTT, L. F. Coastal Forces and Communications with France Before D-Day 1944 (Monograph 16). 11p. Sydney: Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1991.
A personal account of the role of light coastal forces in the lead up to the invasion. |
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| 798 | COOPER, Bryan. The E-Boat Threat. 138p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Macdonald and Jane’s, 1976. ISBN: 0356081443.
Describes the development of these craft, crew training, and the gradual evolution of tactics. It is concerned principally with operations off the east and south coasts of England. |
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| 799 | DICKENS, Peter. Night Action: MTB Flotilla at War. xiii, 242p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Davies, 1974. ISBN: 0432027653.
The memoirs of the commander of the 21st MTB Flotilla. His previous war service in Somali at Norway, the command of a schuyt at Dunkirk and with Cotswold on the East Coast is also briefly described. Reprinted by Seaforth in 2008. |
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| 800 | GRANVILLE, Wilfred, & KELLY, Robin A. Inshore Heroes: The Story of HM Motor Launches in Two World Wars. 320p., illus., index. London: W. H. Allen, 1961.
This is the story of a group of unsung and largely unrecorded heroes. Good and extensive coverage, mainly on WWII. |
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| 801 | HICHENS, Robert Peverell. We Fought Them in Gunboats. 152p., illus. London: Joseph, 1944. A lively picture of the author’s career in Coastal Forces. It was cut short by his death in action off the Dutch Coast in May 1943. A second edition edited by David James was published by Badger Books in 1957. |
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