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| 862 | REES, Goronwy. A Bundle of Sensations: Sketches in Autobiography. 240p. London: Chatto & Windus, 1960.
A general autobiography of a well-known writer and broadcaster, who served in the Army. He was on Garth at Dieppe. |
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| 863 | REYBURN, Wallace. Rehearsal for Invasion: An Eyewitness Story of the Dieppe Raid. 126p., illus. London: Harrap; Toronto: OUP, 1943.
A war correspondent’s view of the Dieppe Raid. Later published as Dawn Landing. Canadian title: Glorious Chapter. |
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| 864 | REYNOLDS, Quentin. Dress Rehearsal: The Story of Dieppe. x, 199p., illus. London: Angus & Robertson; New York: Random House, 1943.
An American war correspondent’s view of the raid, which he witnessed from Calpe. |
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| 865 | ROBERTSON, Terence. Dieppe: The Shame and the Glory. xviii, 432p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hutchinson; Toronto: McLelland, 1963.
Attempts to retrieve the reputation of the Canadian general, Roberts, in a full account of the blunders and the courage. Canadian title: The Shame and the Glory: Dieppe. |
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| 866 | SAUNDERS, Tim. The Dieppe Raid: 2nd Canadian Division (Battleground Europe). 224p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2005. ISBN: 1844152456. An excellent battlefield guide, describing the raid in some detail. |
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| 867 | THOMPSON, R. W. Dieppe at Dawn: The Story of the Dieppe Raid. 206p., frontis. London: Hutchinson, 1956; New York: Coward McCann, 1957.
An early attempt to account for this costly operation. US title: At Whatever Cost. |
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| 868 | VILLA, Brian Loring. Unauthorized Action: Mountbatten and the Dieppe Raid. xiii, 314p., bibliog., illus., index. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989. ISBN: 0195408047.
A controversial view of the military politics surrounding the raid. |
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| 869 | WHITAKER, Denis, & WHITAKER, Shelagh. Dieppe: Tragedy to Triumph. xx, 372p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cooper, 1992.ISBN: 0075513854.
A mixture of history and reminiscence from Brigadier Whitaker, who landed with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. The authors conclude both that Churchill and Alanbrooke pressed ahead with the attack, although fully aware that security was compromised, but that it was a necessary part of a strategy which produced lessons that saved lives at D-Day. |
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| 870 | WHITEHEAD, William. Dieppe 1942: Echoes of Disaster. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. Toronto: Personal Library, 1979; New York: St. Martin's, 1980. ISBN: 0176007822.
An illustrated impression of the raid, based on a CBC-TV program and concerned with the Canadian background and feelings about their participation. There is a set of photographs of Berkeley's sinking. |
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| 871 | COOKSLEY, Peter G. Operation Thunderbolt: The Nazi Warships’ Escape 1942. 190p., illus., index. London: Hale, 1981. ISBN: 0709194358.
A retelling of the story of the Channel Dash to mark the fortieth anniversary of the affair. |
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| 872 | GREAT BRITAIN. Admiralty. Report of the Board of Enquiry Appointed to Enquire into the Circumstances in which the German Battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and Cruiser Prinz Eugen Proceeded from Brest to Germany on February 12th 1942 and on the Operations Undertaken to Prevent the Movement (Cmd. 6775). 38p. London: HMSO, 1946.
The official account, which is the basic published source of information on the British side. |
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| 873 | KEMP, P. K. The Escape of the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau (Sea Battles in Close-Up, 14). 96p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Ian Allan; Annapolis: NIP, 1975. ISBN: 0711005877.
Another miniature but comprehensive account from this excellent series. |
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| 874 | POTTER, John Deane. Fiasco: Breakout of the German Battleships. viii, 235p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Heinemann; New York: Stein & Day, 1970.
Lucidly told. |
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| 875 | POWELL, Ted. The Channel Dash Heroes. iv, 34p., illus. [n.p. East Kent Branch Fleet Air Arm Association, c.1995]. A tribute to the eighteen men who took part in the Swordfish attack. A full retelling is followed by an account of the work undertaken to trace and maintain their graves. A second edition was published in 2002 and a third in 2007. |
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| 876 | ROBERTSON, Terence. Channel Dash: The Drama of Twenty-Four Hours of War. 208p., illus., index. London: Evans; New York: Dutton, 1958.
A full, early account of the escape of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau from Brest. It was the subject of a libel action by Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Peirse and was withdrawn in 1962. American sub-title differs. |
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| 877 | TAYLOR, Theodore. Battle in the English Channel. 141p., bibliog., illus., index. New York: Avon Books, 1983. ISBN: 038085225X.
An atmospheric popular account. |
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| 878 | BEAUMONT, Joan. Comrades in Arms: British Aid to Russia, 1941-1945. 264p., bibliog., index. London: Davis-Poynter, 1980. ISBN: 0706702328.
The strategic and political background to the Russian convoys. |
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| 879 | BEITZELL, Robert. The Uneasy Alliance: America, Britain and Russia, 1941–1943. xiv, 404, xviip., bibliog., index. New York: Knopf, 1972. ISBN: 0394441931 A view of the often acrimonious relationship of which the Arctic convoys were a part. Concentrates on the major conferences between the heads of government. |
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| 880 | BLOND, Georges. Ordeal below Zero: The Heroic Story of the Arctic Convoys in World War 2. 199p., illus. London: Souvenir, 1956. Concentrates on the convoys between PQ16 and PQ18, on JW51B and on the X-craft attack on the Tirpitz (Operation Source) plus a brief account of the Scharnhorst action. Reprinted in 1987 by Firecrest and by Souvenir Press in 2018. |
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| 881 | BROOKES, Ewart. The Gates of Hell. 144p., illus., index. London: Jarrolds, 1960.
A popular account of the Arctic convoys of which more than half is devoted to PQ17, PQ18, and JW51B. |
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