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| 922 | SMITH, Peter C. Arctic Victory: The Story of Convoy PQ18. 238p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1975. ISBN: 0718300742.
After the disaster of PQ17, PQ18 proved a relative success. A good workmanlike history. |
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| 923 | KONSTAM, Angus. The Battle of the North Cape: The Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943 (Campaign Chronicles). x, 166p., illus. index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2009. ISBN: 184415856X.
The last surface duel between battleships in the history of naval warfare is ably described and Admiral Fraser's reputation enhanced. |
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| 924 | OGDEN, Michael. The Battle of North Cape. 207p., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1962.
An account of perhaps the last fleet action involving only capital and lesser surface ships and in which the Scharnhorst was sunk. |
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| 925 | WATTS, A. J. The Loss of the Scharnhorst (Sea Battles in Close-Up, 1). 84p., bibliog., illus. London: Ian Allan, 1970. ISBN: 0718300742.
A historical and technical analysis of convoy JW55B and the events leading to the action, in the first of what was to prove an excellent series. |
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| 926 | WINTON, John. The Death of the Scharnhorst. x, 182p., bibliog., illus., index. Chichester: Antony Bird, 1983. ISBN: 0907319068.
A good account taking full advantage of ULTRA information and enlivened with survivors’ stories. |
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| 927 | D'ESTE, Carlo. World War II in the Mediterranean 1942-1945 (Major Battles and Campaigns, 3). xxii, 218p., bibliog., illus., index. Chapel Hill: Algonquin, 1990. ISBN: 0945575041.
A workmanlike strategic overview from a good historian. Limited naval content except for the invasions. |
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| 928 | EDGE, Geraldine, & JOHNSTON, Mary E. The Ships of Youth: The Experiences of Two Army Nursing Sisters on Board the Hospital Carrier Leinster. 124p., illus. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945.
A record of one year of service by two nurses in the Mediterranean from Sicily to Anzio. |
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| 929 | INFIELD, Glenn B. Disaster at Bari. iv, 301p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hale, 1974. ISBN: 0709143125.
A German air raid on Bari in December 1943 sank some 17 merchantmen, when one of them, the John Harvey, carrying a cargo of 100 tons of mustard gas, exploded and caused heavy casualties. |
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| 930 | KAUFFMAN, Russell W. Fifty Thousand Human Corks. 63p. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1957.
The fanciful wartime memoirs of a religious engineer on an American LSI, who served in all the Mediterranean invasions. |
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| 931 | KERWIN, Paschal E. Big Men of the Little Navy: The Amphibious Force in the Mediterranean 1943-1944. xiv, 129p., illus. Paterson: St. Anthony Guild, 1946.
In fact the rather self-indulgent memoirs of a Catholic chaplain who served with American naval forces in North Africa, Italy, and the South of France. |
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| 932 | MACMILLAN, Harold. Mediterranean Diary: Politics and War in the Mediterranean January 1943-May 1945. xxiv, 804p., illus. London: Macmillan; New York: St. Martin's, 1984. ISBN: 0333371984.
Macmillan ran what amounted to a ministerial department in French North Africa, Italy and Greece. Much of incidental relevance. |
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| 933 | NICHOLSON, G.W.L. The Canadians in Italy 1943-1945 (Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Volume II). xv, 807p., bibliog., illus., index. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1956. A detailed accurate account with some marginal naval material. |
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| 934 | REMINICK, Gerald. Nightmare in Bari: The World War II Liberty Ship Poison Gas Disaster and Coverup. xii, 266p., bibliog., illus., index. Palo Alto, CA.: Glencannon, 2001. ISBN: 1889901210.
The story of the German air attack on the port of Bari, Italy, in 1943, where 17 ships were lost, one of which carried mustard gas. More than 1,000 service men and 1,000 civilians lost their lives. |
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| 935 | REYNOLDS, L. C. Gunboat 658: The Story of Operations of a Motor Gunboat in the Mediterranean from the Fall of Tunisia until the German Surrender. 246, [10]p., illus. London: Kimber, 1955.
Reynolds joined MGB 658 when she was building at Brixham. He rose to command her and served in her until the end of the war. |
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| 936 | SOUTHERN, George. Poisonous Inferno: World War II Tragedy at Bari Harbour. xiv, 194p., illus., index. Shrewsbury: Airlife, 2002. ISBN: 184037389X.
A survivor has painstakingly reconstructed the tale of this terrible tragedy and its aftermath when a Luftwaffe Raid on the harbour released a cargo of liquid mustard gas to terrible effect. |
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| 937 | WHINNEY, Patrick. Corsican Command: A Dramatic First-hand Account of Clandestine Operations in the Western Mediterranean 1943-1944. 224p., illus. London: PSL, 1989. ISBN: 185260090X.
The author commanded the African Coastal Flotilla, which actually operated from Corsica at this period. They undertook skulduggery of various kinds in Northern Italy and Southern France using Italian MAS boats. An engaging tale. |
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| 938 | BLACKWELL, Ian. Battle for Sicily: Stepping Stone to Victory. 203, [v]p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2008. ISBN: 1844157598.
A good up to date account with reasonable coverage of the naval elements. |
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| 939 | BLORE, Trevor. Turning Point - 1943. 128p., illus. London: Hutchinson, 1945.
A general view of the year followed by the author’s account of his own experiences, notably the Sicily landings and a visit to Russia during which the Scharnhorst was sunk. |
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| 940 | BROWN, John Mason. To All Hands: An Amphibious Adventure. [xii], 236p., illus. New York; Whittlesey, 1943.
Originally written as daily broadcasts for the US Fleet involved in Husky. Propaganda with little factual content. |
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| 941 | CULL, Brian with MALIZIA, Nicola, & SHORES, Christopher. Spitfires Over Sicily: The Crucial Role of the Malta Spitfires in the Battle of Sicily, January - August 1943. [vi], 234p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Grub Street, 2000. ISBN: 1902304322.
Has some useful naval coverage. |
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