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LEWIS-SMITH, Anne. Off Duty!: Bletchley Park Outstation : Gayhurst Manor. 51p., illus. Pen Ffordd, Newport: Traeth Publications, 2006. ISBN: 1898368023.
Lighthearted reminiscences of life at Gayhurst Manor, used to accommodate Wrens employed at Bletchley Park. Illustrated principally with the author's cartoons. Nothing about work at Bletchley.
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WRNS;
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LLEWELLYN-JONES, Malcolm. The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean Convoys: a Naval Staff History. xvii, 154p., illus. London: Routledge, 2007. ISBN: 0415390958.
A facsimile reproduction of the Naval Staff History, originally issued by the Admiralty in 1957 as a confidential book. Describes the convoy operations in the Mediterranean to relieve Malta, covering the period from the beginning of 1941 until the end of 1942. Has a good new introduction.
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The Battle for the Mediterranean; Malta; Royal Navy Battle Summaries;
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MILLAR, Andy. Lost At Sea: Found at Fukushima. viii, 251p., bibliog., illus. Newport, NSW: Big Sky, 2012. ISBN: 9781921941528.
The story of survivors of sinkings of merchantmen by the raider Thor and of their subsequent imprisonment in Japanese camps. Reprinted in 2017 by Pen & Sword Military (ISBN: 9781473878068).
Categories:
The Pacific Raiders ; Prisoners of War; Shipwrecks & Sinkings;
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PEARCE, M. J. Between Hostile Shores: Mediterranean Convoy Battles 1941-1942 (Britannia Naval Histories of World War II). 360p., bibliog., illus., index. Plymouth: University of Plymouth, 2013. ISBN: 1841023531.
Contains two Naval Staff History Battle Summaries, Nos. 18 and 32. These describe the major Mediterranean and Malta convoy operations, along with extracts from an unusual official document containing technical descriptions and plans of battle damage suffered by four Royal Navy warships escorting Mediterranean convoys - Nelson, Queen Elizabeth, Liverpool and Indomitable. Extracts from orders and despatches also give contemporary accounts of planning and the views of senior officers in command.
Categories:
The Battle for the Mediterranean; Malta; Royal Navy Battle Summaries;
Abbreviations | |
AHR | American Historical Review |
Alb | Albion |
alt | alternate |
Am Nep | American Neptune |
AQ & DJ | Army Quarterly and Defence Journal |
ASLIB | Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux |
BIHR | Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research |
Can His Rev | Canadian Historical Review |
Can J His | Canadian Journal of History |
comp | Compiled by |
DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International |
EcHR | Economic History Review |
ed | editor or edited by |
EnHR | English Historical Review |
HisAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review |
HJ | Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal) |
His Res | Historical Research |
His Tod | History Today |
Intell & Nat Sec | Intelligence and National Security |
IJ Mar His | International Journal of Maritime History |
IJ Nau Arch | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
IHR | International History Review |
intro | introduction |
J Am His | Journal of American History |
J Asian His | Journal of Asian History |
JBS | Journal of British Studies |
J Cont His | Journal of Contemporary History |
J Econ His | Journal of Economic History |
JI & CH | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
J Mar Res | Journal for Maritime Research |
J Mil His | Journal of Military History |
J Mod His | Journal of Modern History |
JRUSI | Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute |
J Soc His | Journal of Social History |
JSAHR | Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |
J Stra Stu | Journal of Strategic Studies |
J Trans His | Journal of Transport History |
J Wor His | Journal of World History |
MM | Mariner's Mirror |
Mil Aff | Military Affairs |
NHS | Naval History Symposium (USNA) |
NMM | National Maritime Museum |
Nav Rev | Naval Review |
NWCR | Naval War College Review (US) |
Nel Dis | Nelson Dispatch |
NIP | Naval Institute Press |
Nor Mar | Northern Mariner |
Pac His Rev | Pacific Historical Review |
P & P | Past and Present |
Traf Chron | Trafalgar Chronicle |
trans | translated by |
UP | University Press |
USNIP | United States Naval Institute Press |
Vic Stu | Victorian Studies |
War & Soc | War and Society |
War in His | War in History |
W&MQ | William and Mary Quarterly |
WSS | World Ship Society |
RFA | Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
NIP | Naval Institute Press |
RAN | Royal Australian Navy |