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| 1722 | MACINTYRE, Ben. Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story That Changed The Course of World War II. xiii, 400p., bibliog, illus., index. London: Bloomsbury, 2010. ISBN: 0747598681. Offers a mass of new detail, and enchanting pen portraits of the British, Spanish and German participants. |
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| 1723 | MACKSEY, Kenneth. The Searchers: How Radio Interception Changed the Course of Both World Wars. 288p., bibliog.., illus., index. London: Cassell, 2003. ISBN: 0304365459.
A good account of a neglected area with much naval relevance. |
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| 1724 | MACLACHLAN, Donald. Room 39: Naval Intelligence in Action 1939–45. xvii, 438p., illus., index. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; New York: Atheneum, 1968. ISBN: 0297761153.
A full account, interesting but incomplete, for example in its omission of any discussion of the value of ULTRA, which was still considered secret in 1968. |
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| 1725 | MONTAGU, Ewen. Beyond Top Secret U. 192p., index. London: Davies; New York: Coward McCann, 1977. ISBN: 0432095101.
The author served in Section 17-M of the Naval Intelligence Division. He was responsible for all nonoperational intelligence, including ULTRA decodes, for deception using double agents and liaison with other intelligence services. An enjoyable if coy account of a recently declassified area. US title: Beyond Top Secret ULTRA. |
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| 1726 | MONTAGU, Ewen. The Man Who Never Was. 144p., illus. London: Evans, 1953; Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1954.
An account by one of its organisers of Operation Mincemeat, in which an attempt was made to fool German Intelligence about the forthcoming landings in Sicily by allowing them to find a dead body with false documents. The body was washed ashore in Spain, having been "planted" at sea by Seraph. |
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| 1727 | NESBIT, Roy Conyers. ULTRA Versus U-Boats: Enigma Decrypts in the National Archives. viii, 248p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2008. ISBN: 1844158748.
A very detailed and well illustrated account. |
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| 1728 | PEACOCK, Alan. The Enigmatic Sailor. xi, 118p., illus. Latheronwheel: Whittles, 2003. ISBN: 1904445098.
Sir Alan Peacock served with the Y Service, which intercepted enemy signals at sea. He was called up in 1942 from university and was drafted for Intelligence work because of his knowledge of German. He served on Woolston on East Coast convoys before going to King Alfred for officer training. Assigned to the staff of Captain (D) Plymouth, he was almost immediately wounded on Limbourne in a disastrous Tunnel operation in the Channel. After survivor's leave he was posted to work with Arctic convoys and finally to the occupying forces in Germany. |
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| 1729 | PEARSON, John. The Life of Ian Fleming. 352p., illus., index. London: Cape; New York: McGraw Hill, 1966. ISBN: 0224611364.
Fleming's wartime service as personal assistant to Admiral Godfrey, Director of Naval Intelligence, is covered in under fifty pages. It was a mixture of painstaking hard work and madcap exploits. |
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| 1730 | POWYS–LYBBE, Ursula. The Eye of Intelligence. 223p., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1983. ISBN: 0718304683.
A participant describes the role of photo-interpretation. |
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| 1731 | SEBAG-MONTEFIORE, Hugh. Enigma: The Battle for the Code. xii, 403p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000. ISBN: 029784251X.
An excellent account of the fight for the naval Enigma code covering the codebreaking, traitors and heroic cutting out and captures of U-boats and weather ships. |
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| 1732 | SHANAHAN, Phil. The Real Enigma Heroes. 223p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Tempus, 2008. ISBN: 9780752444727.
A campaigning local journalist tells the story both of the action when Petard captured the Enigma codes from U-559 and of his campaign to highlight the bravery of a local man, Colin Grazier, one of three men who boarded the submarine, losing his life in the process. |
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| 1733 | SHOWELL, Jak P. Mallmann. Enigma U-Boats: Breaking the Code. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. Shepperton: Ian Allan; Annapolis: NIP, 2000. ISBN: 0711027641.
A German perspective on the role of Enigma, and the U-boats and weather ships which provided Enigma machines or related intelligence. Also speculates on half a dozen other boarded U-boats where information might have been gained. Excellent illustrations. |
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| 1734 | SMITH, Constance Babington. Evidence in Camera: The Story of Photographic Intelligence in World War II. 256p., illus., index. London: Chatto & Windus, 1957.
One of those involved gives an account of the role of photo reconnaissance and interpretation. Some mention is made of its naval value. |
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| 1735 | TENNANT, Peter. Touchlines of War. xv, 312p., bibliog., illus., index. Hull: Hull University Press, 1992. ISBN: 0859586030.
Tennant was officially the British Press Attaché in Stockholm throughout the war. But he was one of SOE's men and this is a lively tale of black propaganda, blockade running, and sabotage. |
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| 1736 | WINTON, John. ULTRA at Sea. [v], 212p., illus., index. London: Cooper, 1988. ISBN: 0850528836.
An important book assessing the impact of ULTRA. It reviews various campaigns and actions with a quite new eye in the light of what is now known of this intelligence. |
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| 1737 | BLACKMORE, Bert. The Explosive Years: Exploits of a Royal Navy Bomb Disposal Officer, 1940–1946. [v], 342p., illus. London: Donovan, 1994. ISBN: 1871085233.
He was called up in 1940 and served on HMS Jersey until he was selected for a commission in 1941. He specialised as a bomb disposal officer, serving in the Middle East, Greece, and Singapore. |
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| 1738 | BROOKES, Ewart. Glory Passed Them By. 176p., illus., index. London: Jarrolds, 1958.
The story of the minesweeping trawlers, by an author who served with them. Fullest in its account of the earlier years of the war. |
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| 1739 | CASHFORD, Noel. All Mine. vi, 136p., illus. Sheffield: ALD Design & Print, 2002. ISBN: 1901587231.
Memoirs of a naval bomb and mine disposal officer. He volunteered in 1941 and trained as a bomb disposal officer. The book is arranged as a whole series of anecdotes. |
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| 1740 | COCKER, M.P. Mine Warfare Vessels of the Royal Navy 1908 To Date. 223p., illus., index. Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1993. ISBN: 1853103284. A basic but comprehensive list by class, with leading details, and appendices covering losses. Includes vessels requisitioned, chartered and purchased. Over 200 illustrations. |
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| 1741 | COLLARD, Chris. On Admiralty Service: P & A Campbell Steamers in the Second World War. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Tempus, 2003. ISBN: 0752427776.
A very well illustrated account of how the White Funnel Line ferries were taken up for war service as minesweepers. |
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