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| 1222 | SHAW, Frank H. Stirring Deeds of Britain's Naval Might. 255p., illus. London: Harrap, 1940. A rapidly produced account of naval actions in the first six months of the war. Graf Spee, Rawalpindi, and the cutting out of the Altmark are the main events recorded. |
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| 1223 | SHRUBB, R. E. A., & SAINSBURY, A. B. The Royal Navy Day by Day. iv, 392p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Centaur, 1979. ISBN: 0900000910.
A chronologically arranged treasure trove of facts and dates, of which WWII is but a part. The second edition by Sainsbury is much expanded. |
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| 1224 | STUBBS, Bernard. The Navy at War. 280p., illus. London: Faber, 1940.
How the navy is conducting the war, by a war reporter. |
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| 1225 | TAFFRAIL. The Navy in Action. 224p., illus. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1940.
A dozen stirring tales of the war at sea, which concludes, a little oddly, with the sinking of the Lusitania. |
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| 1226 | TAYLOR, Gordon. London's Navy: A Story of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. 176p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Quiller, 1983. ISBN: 090762118X.
A good general history of the London Division with a small section on WW2, where they notably manned the C Class cruisers. |
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| 1227 | THOMAS, David A. A Companion to the Royal Navy. xvi, 443p., bibliog., illus. London: Harrap, 1988. ISBN: 0245545727.
A useful guide to the ships, battles, and battle honours of the Royal Navy, full of fascinating detail. |
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| 1228 | THOMPSON, Julian. The Imperial War Museum Book of the War at Sea: The Royal Navy in the Second World War. viii, 280p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Sidgwick, 1996. ISBN: 0283063084
Well-chosen extracts and photographs from the contemporary letters, diaries, and memories of participants save a pedestrian text. |
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| 1229 | THURSFIELD, Henry G. Action Stations! The Royal Navy at War. 86p., illus. London: Black, 1941.
How the Navy is tackling the war. |
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| 1230 | THURSFIELD, Henry G. Epic Deeds of the Navy. 267p., illus. London: Hutchinson, 1941.
An adequate account of British successes in the first 18 months of the sea war, aimed at a junior market. |
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| 1231 | VAN DER VAT, Dan. Standard of Power: The Royal Navy in the Twentieth Century. xx, 460p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hutchinson, 2000. ISBN: 0091801214.
A broad, sweeping panoramic history and a good solid and workmanlike review of a century, which began and ended with trouble in the Balkans. |
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| 1232 | WELLS, John. The Royal Navy: An Illustrated Social History 1870–1982. x, 306p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton, 1994. ISBN: 0750905247. An excellent history which shows fully the RN’s change from a relatively small professional service to one capable of dealing with a mass global war. |
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| 1233 | WHITMAN, J. E. A. Britain Keeps the Seas: Some Naval Incidents during the First Two Years of the World War. 128p., illus. London: OUP, 1942.
A very one-sided review. |
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| 1234 | WRAGG, David. Royal Navy Handbook: 1939-1945. ix, 277p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton, 2005. ISBN: 0750939370.
Attempts to capture the huge training, procurement and logistics challenges which faced the RN as it expanded throughout the war. |
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| 1235 | GILBERT, Martin. The Churchill War Papers. Volume I: At the Admiralty September 1939–May 1940. xx, 1370p., index. London: Heinemann; New York: Norton, 1993. ISBN: 0393035220. From single-sentence instructions to voluminous reports, Churchill’s prodigious output is carefully documented and annotated. |
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| 1236 | GRETTON, Peter. Former Naval Person: Winston Churchill and the Royal Navy. [xiv], 338p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cassell; New York: Coward McCann, 1968. ISBN: 0304931608.
Admiral Gretton writes what is almost a biography of Churchill, whose life was intertwined with the navy for half a century. WWII is covered in 50 pages and the view of his effect on the Navy is one of critical approval. US title: Winston Churchill and the Royal Navy. |
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| 1237 | HOUGH, Richard. Former Naval Person: Churchill and the Wars at Sea. xii, 244p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1985. ISBN: 0297787063.
An accomplished historian charts the stormy relationship. |
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| 1238 | JENKINS, Roy. Churchill. xxi, 1002p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Macmillan, 2001. ISBN: 0333782909. Although this major biography has only limited coverage of his period at the Admiralty it is included as one of the finest pieces of historical writing of the last fifty years.
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| 1239 | JONES, Celia L. Navy Mixture. ix, 183p., illus. Durham: Pentland, 1995. ISBN: 1858212928.
The very anodyne memoirs of a successful and senior civil servant. She recalls briefly her wartime service in the accounts department of the Admiralty Secretariat. |
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| 1240 | LASH, Joseph P. Roosevelt & Churchill 1939-1941: The Partnership That Saved the West. 528p., bibliog., index. London: Deutsch, 1977. ISBN: 0393335410.
A study of the famous relationship which helped define the future course of the war. |
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| 1241 | LAVERY, Brian. Churchill Goes to War: Winston's Wartime Journeys. 392p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Conway; Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2007. ISBN: 978144860555.
A somewhat offbeat theme which gives a fascinating view of the trials and tribulations of wartime travel. |
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