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| 1702 | BREUER, William B. The Secret War with Germany: Deception, Espionage and Dirty Tricks 1939–1945. 328p., bibliog., illus., index. Novato, Calif.: Presidio, 1988; Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1991. ISBN: 1853100374. Much relevant naval material. |
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| 1703 | BROOKES, Andrew J. Photo Reconnaissance. 247p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Ian Allan, 1975. ISBN: 0711005702. A general history which concentrates on WWII. It was useful to the navy and this is touched on briefly. |
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| 1704 | BRYCE, Ivar. You Only Live Once: Memories of Ian Fleming. x, 142p., illus. London: Weidenfeld, 1975. ISBN: 0297770225.
Few memories not very well told. |
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| 1705 | COLVIN, Ian. The Unknown Courier. 208p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1953.
The story of a hunt for "the man who never was." Seraph dropped the body of a "Major Martin" off the Spanish coast. It carried fake documents aimed at distracting the Axis from the planned invasion of Sicily. |
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| 1706 | DEACON, Richard. The Silent War: A History of Western Naval Intelligence. 288p., bibliog., illus., index. Newton Abbot: David & Charles; New York: Hippocrene, 1978. ISBN: 0715375571.
The highlights of WWII are disposed of in 50 pages, with an eye to the controversial and some brisk judgments. |
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| 1707 | DENHAM, Henry. Inside the Nazi Ring: A Naval Attaché in Sweden 1940–1945. xvi, 174p., illus., index. London: Murray, 1984; New York: Holmes & Meier, 1985. ISBN: 0841910243.
A disappointing and scrappy account of an important wartime post. Fills out the picture of operations in Northern waters. |
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| 1708 | ELPHICK, Peter. Far Eastern File: the Intelligence War in the Far East 1930-1945. xvii, 510 p., illus., index. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1997. ISBN: 0340665831.
Essentially a study of espionage in the Far East between the wars based on official intelligence material released in the 1980s. Issues explored include Britain's appeasement policy towards Japan, and the conspiracy theories which claim Churchill and Roosevelt had prior knowledge of the attack on Pearl Harbour. |
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| 1709 | GALLEHAWK, John. Convoys and the U Boats (Bletchley Park Trust Report No. 7). 48p., bibliog., illus. Bletchley: Bletchley Park Trust, 1997.
An account of the early 1943 convoy battles, focusing on the use of intelligence. |
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| 1710 | GARDNER, W. J. R. Decoding History: The Battle of the Atlantic and Ultra. xvii, 263p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Macmillan; Annapolis: NIP, 1999. ISBN: 0333693035.
An overview of the battle which reassesses ULTRA and puts it in its context as a useful and very occasionally crucial tool, but ultimately only one facet in a complicated campaign with many dimensions. |
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| 1711 | HANDEL, Michael I. Intelligence and Military Operations. 464p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cass, 1990. ISBN: 0714640603.
A set of US Army War College Conference papers, which includes a notable paper by Beesly on PQ17. |
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| 1712 | HANDEL, Michael I. Strategic and Operational Deception in the Second World War. x, 348p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cass, 1987. ISBN: 071463316X.
Seven lengthy essays, by various contributors, with an emphasis on the invasion of Europe. |
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| 1713 | HARPER, Stephen. Capturing Enigma: How HMS Petard Seized the German Naval Codes. xii, 180p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton, 1999. ISBN: 0750923164.
An account of Petard's immensely important capture of U 559. A detailed account which would have made an excellent journal article is turned into a very padded book. |
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| 1714 | HINSLEY, F. H. British Intelligence in the Second World War: Its Influence on Strategy and Operations (History of the Second World War). 5 vols. in 6, illus., index. London: HMSO, 1979–90. ISBN: 0116309334 (Vol.1); 0521242908 (Vol.2); 0521351960 (Vol.3 Part 1); 0116309407 (Vol.3 Part 2); 0521394090 (Vol.4); 0116309547 (Vol.5).
A dry and unemotional work, as befits its purpose, with naval intelligence well covered. The final volume was written by Sir Michael Howard. A one volume abridged edition with the same title was published in 1994. (ISBN: 0116309563). |
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| 1715 | HYDE, H. Montgomery. Cynthia. [viii], 240p., illus. New York: Farrar Strauss and Giroux, 1965.
Sir William Stephenson considered her the greatest unsung heroine of the war. Her daring exploits included the acquisition of the Italian naval cypher, which is claimed to have affected the battle of Matapan, while the acquisition of the Vichy French cyphers affected beneficially the North African Torch landings. |
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| 1716 | KAHN, David. Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-Boat Codes, 1939–1943. xii, 337p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Souvenir; New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. ISBN: 0285630660.
The best and fullest account of the influence of ULTRA on naval operations. |
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| 1717 | KOHNEN, David. Commanders Winn and Knowles: Winning the U-Boat War with Intelligence 1939–1943. 168p., bibliog., illus., index. Krakow: University of Krakow Enigma Press, 1999. ISBN: 8386110341.
At the strategic core of the Allied naval effort in the Battle of the Atlantic were Commander Rodger Winn of the Admiralty Operational Intelligence Centre and US Navy Commander Kenneth Knowles of their F-21 Atlantic Section. Together, Winn and Knowles influenced the most pivotal decisions and operations in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and other naval theaters as well. They fostered an atmosphere of Anglo-American cooperation that was described by Patrick Beesly as "probably closer than between any other British and American organizations in any service and in any theatre." |
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| 1718 | KOZACZUK, Wladyslaw. Enigma: How the German Cipher Machine Was Broken and How It Was Used by the Allies in World War II. xiv, 348p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour; [n.p.]: University Publications of America, 1984. ISBN: 0853686408.
First published in Poland in 1979. This is one of the early works on ULTRA decryption and has a good section on the war at sea. |
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| 1719 | LEAF, Edward. Above All Unseen: The Royal Air Force's Photographic Reconnaisance Units 1939–1945. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. Sparkford: PSL, 1997. ISBN: 1852605286.
A particularly well-illustrated account, with much material of naval relevance. |
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| 1720 | LEWIN, Ronald. ULTRA Goes to War: The Secret Story. 397p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hutchinson; New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978. ISBN: 0091344204.
A scholarly account of the intelligence war which had only recently come to public knowledge. Has some background on the naval value of the material. |
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| 1721 | LYCETT, A. Ian Fleming. 486p.,bibliog., illus., index. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995. ISBN: 0297812998.
A useful life, with almost sixty pages on his wartime career. |
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