Derek Law Bibliography

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CHAPMAN, John, ed. The Price of Admiralty: The War Diary of the German Naval Attaché in Japan 1939-43. 4 vols in 3, illus., index. Falmer: Saltire Press, 1982-90. ISBN: 0946938024 (Vol. 1); 0946938032 (Vol. 2-3); 0946938040 (Vol. 4).

A fascinating view of the British presence - mainly naval - in the Far East, from the diary of Joachim Lietzmann. In 2021 the remaining volumes plus a revised version of volume 1 were released on disk by the author ( http://price-of-admiralty.com/2021/08/).  Vol. 1 has been updated to include the reports of Wenneker and Lietz-mann for the years 1933-39 and includes a diary of events during the Czech Crisis, when the early preparations for war were tried out. Vol.5 of Wenneker's War Diary covering February to May 1942, Vol.6 only provides coverage from November 1942 to March 1943, as Parts 41-44 never arrived, but enclosed are central documents on naval policy and strategy for the missing period; Vol.7 covers what is available between 1943 and 1945, including Allied intercepts of Wenneker's reports to Berlin.