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| 142 | WANLESS, Alexander. The British People at War 1939-45: Compiled from the Daily Press. v, 466p. Cupar: Innes, 1956.
A chronological abstract of newspaper reports, weak on naval affairs but giving a useful contemporary impression. |
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| 143 | WESTWOOD, J. N. Fighting Ships of World War II. 160p., illus., index. London: Sidgwick & Jackson; Chicago: Follett, 1975. ISBN: 028398287X.
A heavily illustrated and potted account of the war at sea, concentrating on the major units and giving short two to three page "biographies" of ships of the major combatant nations. Those of the RN are Warspite, Ark Royal, Ajax, Belfast, Saumarez, Thunderbolt and Jervis Bay. Inevitably in so short a space, nothing new is said - but the pictures are excellent. |
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| 144 | WHITEHOUSE, Arch. Squadrons of the Sea. 383p., bibliog., illus. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1962.
Traces the carrier’s development through a series of colourful episodes. Much concentration is put on World War II with its great and decisive carrier battles at sea. |
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| 145 | WILKINSON, Burke. By Sea and by Stealth. xiv, 224p., bibliog., illus. New York: Coward McCann, 1956; London: Davies, 1957.
An American naval officer who liaised with the RN on Harbour Defence tells the story of small craft surprise attack in WWII. |
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| 146 | WINTON, John. Below the Belt: Novelty, Subterfuge and Surprise in Naval Warfare. 192p., illus. London: Conway, 1981. ISBN: 0851772366.
A review of novelties from Thucydides to Mountbatten and from fireships to X-craft. Very general, but an interesting miscellany. |
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| 147 | YOUNG, John M. Britain’s War at Sea: A Diary of Ship Losses 1939-1945. 288p., illus., index. Wellingborough: PSL, 1989. ISBN: 185260042X.
In practice a general chronology, with an emphasis on merchant shipping losses. |
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| 148 | BADEN-POWELL, Dorothy. Pimpernel Gold: How Norway Foiled the Nazis. 207p., illus., index. London: Hale; New York: St Martins, 1978. ISBN: 031261165X.
A popular account of the removal of the Norwegian gold reserves to Britain. Concerned with the work of the "Norwegian resistance." |
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| 149 | BRICE, Martin H. Axis Blockade Runners of World War II. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Batsford; Annapolis: NIP, 1981. ISBN: 0713426861.
The German attempts to run the Royal Navy's blockade with their own or captured merchantmen had mixed success and the various attempts are fully described. |
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| 150 | CAULFIELD, Max. Night of Terror: The Story of the Athenia Affair. 222p., illus. London: Muller, 1958; New York: Norton, 1959.
The Athenia was torpedoed without warning on the first day of the war by U 30. The book concentrates on the passengers and crew, from the reminiscences of the survivors. Also gives a brief account of the death of the U boat commander, Lemp, in a convoy action in May 1941. US title: Tomorrow Never Came: The Story of the s.s. Athenia. |
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| 151 | DRAPER, Alfred. Operation Fish. xi, 377p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cassell; Don Mills, Ont.: General Publishing, 1979. ISBN: 0304300683.
Describes the race to save the Norwegian, Dutch, and French gold reserves in the face of the German invasions, followed by its transfer, along with the British reserves, to Canada, where much of it was used to finance the war. |
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| 152 | DUPUY, Trevor Nevitt. The Naval War in the West: The Raiders (First Books. Military History of World War 2). [4], 68p., illus. New York: Watts, 1963; London: Ward, 1964. ISBN: 0851660231.
A very short, basic introduction, with a chapter on the struggle for the Mediterranean. |
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| 153 | DUPUY, Trevor Nevitt. The Naval War in the West: The Wolfpacks (The Illustrated History of World War II). [8], 62p., illus., index. London: Ward; New York: Watts, 1965. ISBN: 0531012379.
A very elementary, brief introduction to the war of the sea lanes. |
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| 154 | EVANS, Montgomery. A Ship Was Torpedoed: I Was on the Athenia. 16p. [n.p], 1941.
A limited edition of 300 copies. One American survivor’s account of the sinking and rescue. |
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| 155 | GAINARD, Joseph A. Yankee Skipper: The Life Story of Joseph A. Gainard, Captain of the City of Flint. viii, 265p., illus. New York: Stokes, 1940.
A book aimed at cashing in on the temporary notoriety of the City of Flint, which in the last three months of 1939 first helped rescue the Athenia survivors then was later captured by the Deutschland, leading to an international outcry. |
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| 156 | GUITARD, Pierre. The U-boat Warfare (Topics of the Moment). 80p. London: Pallas Publishing, 1939.
A review of the history of submarines, their present capabilities, and their successes in the first three months of the war. |
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| 157 | HENLEY, H. P. Lloyd's Reports of Prize Cases. Second Series. xi, 420p., index. London: Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, 1957.
This one volume covers all cases arising in or from WWII. It provides much useful information on how the economic blockade worked. |
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| 158 | JOHNSTON, George H. The Battle of the Seaways: From the Athenia to the Bismarck. 148p., illus. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1941; London: Gollancz, 1942.
An early and patriotic account of the war at sea. |
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| 159 | KEBLER, Fred T. The Capture of the s.s. City of Flint by the German Pocket Battleship Deutschland. 6p., [n.p.: author, 1940].
A brief personal account by a participant. |
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| 160 | McQUEEN, Robert. Hitler's Early Raiders. xii, 128, [iv]p., bibliog., illus. Dunbeath; Whittles, 2011. ISBN: 9781904445852.
An interesting if bitty account of air raid, submarine and raider attacks in home waters in the early months of the war. |
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| 161 | MEDLICOTT, W. N. The Economic Blockade (History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Civil Series). 2 vols., illus., index. London: HMSO, 1952-59.
A full analysis by a professional historian of the attempt to deprive the Axis powers of aid to their war economy from neutral sources. |
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