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| 102 | HAMER, David. Bombers Versus Battleships: The Struggle between Ships and Aircraft for the Control of the Surface of the Sea. xv, 399p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Conway Maritime, 1999. ISBN: 0851777716.
Some 20 key WWII battles are examined in detail and the lessons which were learned - or should have been learned - are set out with great clarity. |
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| 103 | HAMILTON, John. War at Sea 1939-1945. 272p., illus. Poole: Blandford, 1986. ISBN: 0713716606.
There was a 750-copy limited edition as well as the standard one. The book has 176 paintings and 43 maps of various actions in the war at sea. A visual delight. |
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| 104 | HOUGH, Richard. The Longest Battle: The War at Sea 1939-45. xi, 371p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; New York: Morrow, 1986. ISBN: 029778983X.
An excellent introduction covering the major actions of British and American naval forces. |
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| 105 | IRELAND, Bernard. Jane's Naval History of World War II. 256p., illus., index. London: HarperCollins, 1998. ISBN: 0004721438.
Full of pictures, maps, and diagrams, this is a general history which concentrates on a few major areas. |
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| 106 | JAMES, William M. The British Navies in the Second World War. xii, 255p., illus., index. London: Longmans, 1946.
A brief general account of the war at sea. |
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| 107 | KEMP, P. K. Victory at Sea 1939-1945. 383p., illus., index. London: Muller; Boston: Little Brown, 1957. A short, single-volume official history of the war at sea. US title: Key to Victory, the Triumph of British Seapower in World War Two. A new edition was published by White Lion in 1976, ISBN: 727400274. |
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| 108 | KEMP, Paul. Friend or Foe: Friendly Fire at Sea 1939-1945. ix, 198p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cooper, 1995. ISBN: 0850523850.
A sympathetic account which is descriptive rather than judgmental. Covers all the participants and all types of incidents. |
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| 109 | KEMP, Paul. A Pictorial History of the Sea War 1939-1945. 192p., illus. London: Brockhampton, 1995. ISBN: 1854092995.
Contains over 450 photographs arranged thematically. A good selection with informative captions. |
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| 110 | KEMP, Paul. Underwater Warriors. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour; Annapolis: NIP, 1996. ISBN: 1854092286.
Looks at the various underwater craft and submarines country by country. A predominantly operational account. |
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| 111 | MCINTYRE, Colin. World War II: Battle at Sea. 176p., bibliog., illus. Godalming: Bramley Books, 1990. ISBN: 0792453735.
A well-illustrated but rather limp account of the major sea battles. |
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| 112 | MACINTYRE, Donald. Fighting Ships and Seamen. 192p., illus. London: Evans, 1963.
Something of a potboiler from this leading historian, it describes a miscellanea of WWII actions from the sinking of Royal Oak to the Walcheren landings. |
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| 113 | MACINTYRE, Donald. Fighting Under the Sea. 174p., illus. London: Evans, 1965; New York: Norton, 1966. ISBN: 0237446391.
In large part a potted history of submarine actions in WWII. |
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| 114 | MACINTYRE, Donald. The Naval War Against Hitler. 376p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Batsford; New York: Scribner, 1971. 0713411724.
A broad view of the sea war in the west by a leading naval writer. |
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| 115 | MACINTYRE, Donald. Wings of Neptune: The Story of Naval Aviation. x, 269p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Davies, 1963; New York: Norton, 1964.
In large part the story of the major naval air actions of WWII. |
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| 116 | MILLER, Nathan. The Naval Air War 1939-1945. xi, 223p., bibliog., illus., index. Greenwich: Conway; Annapolis: Nautical & Aviation Publishing, 1980. ISBN: 0851772013.
An American work which aims to move the emphasis from the Pacific War and to show the equally important developments in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. |
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| 117 | MILLER, Nathan. War at Sea: A Naval History of World War II. 592p., bibliog., illus., index. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. ISBN: 0684803801.
A good popular general history with an excellent bibliography to lead the general reader into the subject. |
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| 118 | O'HARA, Vincent P. , DICKSON, W. David & WORTH, Richard. On Seas Contested: The Seven Great Navies of the Second World War. xvi, 333p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP, 2010. ISBN: 1591146461.
A series of essays which attempts a comparative study. |
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| 119 | O'NEILL, Richard. Suicide Squads: Axis and Allied Special Attack Weapons of World War II, Their Development and Their Missions. 296p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Salamander, 1981. ISBN: 110861010981.
Covers midget submarines, explosive motorboats, banzai charges, kamikazes, and human torpedoes. |
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| 120 | PADFIELD, Peter. War Beneath the Sea: Submarine Conflict 1939-1945. xvi, 560p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Murray, 1995. ISBN: 0719551684.
An excellent and authoritative account of the experiences and problems of all the combatants in this area of the war at sea. |
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| 121 | PEARCE, Frank. Sea War: Great Naval Battles of World War II. 255p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hale, 1990. ISBN: 070904013X.
A run-of-the-mill account of mainly British actions, mainly from the first half of the war. Some good new source material is used. |
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