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SKEELS, Fred. Java Rabble: a Story of a Ship, Slavery and Survival. viii, 151p., illus. Carlisle, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 2008. ISBN 9780859054195.
The story of the sinking of HMAS Perth and its aftermath as experienced by one of the survivors.
Categories:
Autobiography; The ABDA Command Area; Royal Australian Navy: Cruisers;
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URQUHART, Alistair. The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East. [v], 312p., illus., index. London: Little, Brown, 2010. ISBN: 9781408702116.
A somewhat bitter autobiography. He joined the Gordon Highlanders and went to Singapore on the troopship ss Andes. Captured at the fall of Singapore he worked as a POW on the Burma railroad then was shipped to Japan on one of the “Hellships” in late 1944. The Kachidoki Maru was sunk by an American submarine and he was only rescued after several days on a raft. He was then sent to Nagasaki where he saw out the war. As with many others he was denied financial support post-war because he could not produce documentation about his imprisonment!
Categories:
Autobiography; The Fall of Singapore; Prisoners of War; Shipwrecks & Sinkings; Troopships;
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A Bibliography of Japanese Books on the Burma Campaign: War in Burma 1942-1945. xv, 112p. Tokyo: All Burma Veterans Association of Japan, 2000.
A comprehensive guide covering everything from official histories to personal accounts. Although most of the text is in Japanese, titles and many details are also given in English. There is some peripheral material on naval matters.
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Bibliographies; The Eastern Fleet Holds the Line; Victory over Japan;
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LETT, Brian. Ian Fleming and SOE's Operation Postmaster: The Untold Top Secret Story. x, 255p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2012. ISBN: 9781781590003.
The story of a daring but controversial raid by the Small Scale Raiding Force which sailed a Q ship to West Africa in January 1942 and stole three enemy ships from a neutral Spanish port on the island of Fernando Po in the Gulf of Guinea.
Categories:
Combined Operations: The Early Years; Special Service Units;
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TRENOWDEN, Ian. Malayan Operations Most Secret – Force 136. 231p., bibliog., illus., index. Singapore: Heineman Asia, 1983. ISBN: 9971640570.
No copy seen. Appears to be a retitled reprint of the author’s 1978 work Operations Most Secret: SOE, q.v.
Categories:
The Fall of Singapore; Victory over Japan; The Pacific Raiders ; Special Service Units;
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BRITTS, Angus. A Ceaseless Watch: Australia's Third-Party Naval Defense 1919-1942 (Studies in Naval History and Sea Power). 336p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press, 2021. ISBN: 9781682475331.
Studies Japanese, British, American and Australian naval planning in the years leading up to the outbreak war with Japan. Explores how a small navy interacted with major powers and how Australia shifted its reliance on the Royal Navy to forge a new relationship with the United States.
Categories:
Preparations for War; The Loss of the Far East; Royal Australian Navy;
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 |