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Andrew Whitmarsh; D-Day Landing Craft. How 4,126 ‘Ugly and Unorthodox’ Allied
Craft made the Normandy Landings Possible. Cheltenham, The History Press
2024 : ISBN 9781803994451. For more information click the 'other' topics link to
the left.
Combined
Operations - General
History of the
Combined Operations Organisation 1940 - 1945 by the Amphibious Warfare
Headquarters, London 1956. Crown Copyright Expired. Modified layout
copyright of Andrew Findall. Printed and bound by Lulu for Pawn Books. Lulu
describe the book thus; 'This is not a history of the sharp end of Commando
raids and invasions, it is the story of the tri-service headquarters set up
to take the war back to the continent. Although published eleven years after
the end of the war and nine years after the disbandment of Combined Ops,
much use was made of wartime reports. This facsimile copy contains much
valuable and interesting information on the wide range of matters that came
within their scope.'
Available from Lulu.
Bernard Fergusson;
The Watery Maze - The story of Combined Operations. A very good introduction to the
conditions prevailing at the time the Command was set up, the early years
when a certain amount of in fighting took place between the "new boy on the
block" and the Chiefs of the traditional services through its years of
planning and training for amphibious raids and landings to D-Day. London :
Collins, 1961. 445 p.
C
Wilmot;
Tobruk 1941. Halsted Press (1993).
Penguin Books.
Rear Adm LEH Maund;
Assault From the Sea. Combined Operations in
the West 1943-45. Published by Methuen, 1949.
Ralph Ingersoll; Top Secret. Written after the author left the Army. As a civilian he recalls his
back-room military service which had the sole objective of defeating
of the Wehrmacht on the continent of Europe. Partridge Publications, UK,
1946.
Nicholas Rankin; Ian Fleming's Commandos. The story of 30 Assault Unit in WW2. Faber and Faber.
Chief of Combined
Operations; Combined Operations Staff Notebook
1945. 241p., 7.49
MB. ISBN
9781847914675.
Peter Bull; To Sea in a Sieve. One
of the great books about Combined Operations in WW2. Actor Peter Bull's
To Sea in a Sieve, covers his complete wartime service but
concentrates on his command of an LCT (Landing Craft Tank) and HM LCF 16
(Landing Craft Flak). Many humorous anecdotes.
ISBN: 0552103802 / 0-552-10380-2
Alastair Borthwick; Battalion. Published
by Baton Wicks, London, 1994. ISBN 1-898573-35-2. Chapter 6 describes Operation
Husky and Chapters 10 & 11 describe Operation Overlord from the perspective of
the battle hardened 5th Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders.
Hilary St.George Saunders;
Combined Operations : the official story of the Commandos.
New York : Macmillan, 1943 : xiii, 155 p.
Ministry of Information;
Combined Operations 1940 -1942. London, HMSO : 144 p
James D. Ladd; Combined Operations.
London : Dragon Grafton Books, 1986 : 48
p : ISBN 0-583-31004-4 : [Modern military techniques].
Major-General John Frost;
A Drop Too Many. From Iraq Levies to major airborne
operations in which he took part - Bruneval, Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, Arnhem.]
Geoffrey Sanders; Soldier, Sailor. 1947 by the Bombardment Units
Association (COBUs) : [Foreword by Major-General R. E. Laycock, CB,
DSO.]
Clayton D Marks; Combined
Operations.
This
book has been re-mastered, reprinted and released as a second edition by the
granddaughter of veteran Clayton D Marks. It's now available for purchase at
$20 CDN. More information
here.
Dozens of Contributors;
St. Nazaire to Singapore. The Canadian Amphibious
War 1941 - 1945 Vol. 1 and 2. These books do exists in physical form but are
difficult to find. However, you can read on-line versions courtesy of "Our
Roots" at the University of Calgary, Alberta.
N Calder; The
English Channel. A history of both
English and French side; the ships, invasions, personalities. 373pp. photo
illus. maps. 16x24cms. 1986.
H Ludlam & Paul Lund;
War of the Landing Craft.
Published by W Foulsham & Co Ltd (1976). ISBN 10:
0572009356 ISBN 13:
9780572009359.
C
Wilmot; The
Struggle for Europe. Collins, London 1952.
D
Botting; The
Second Front World War II. Time Life Books,
Alexandria, Virginia (1978. Re-published by Time Life Value (2005). ISBN 10:
1844471942 ISBN 13:
9781844471942.
G
Holman; Stand By to Beach. Hodder & Stoughton
(1944).
B
Warlaw; Shore Establishments of
the Royal Navy. Maritime Books, Liskeard, Cornwall (1992). ISBN 10:
0907771521 ISBN 13:
9780907771524.
Peter Poland;
Hands to Action Stations. Memoirs of a very young Naval Officer (1939 –
1945).
Amazon Digital Services Inc 2012 (available only on Kindle).
Chapter 5 describes the
author’s Naval Commando training and how, aged 19, he found himself in command
of the 16th Landing Craft (Ramp) Flotilla just hours before the start
of Operation Torch.
The Naval Review, Vol. XLVIII, No. 4, October, 1960.
Combined
Operations in Hitler’s War - Part 1, pp 440 – 453.
The Naval Review, Vol. XLIX, No. 1, January 1961.
Combined Operations in Hitler’s War - Part 2,
pp 18 - 29.
Commandos - General
J Davies & J P Kellet;
A
History of the RAF Servicing Commandos. Published by Airlife,
England (1989). ISBN 10:
185310051X ISBN 13:
9781853100512.
A C Hampshire; The Beachhead
Commandos; RN Commandos. Published by William Kimber, London, United Kingdom (1983). ISBN 10:
0718303199 ISBN 13:
9780718303198.
Donald Gilchrist;
Don't Cry For Me. The Commandos: D-Day and After.
Foreword by Brig. the Lord Lovat. (ISBN 0 7091 9148 0, published by Robert
Hale Ltd. 1982.
Stephen Bull; Commando Tactics : The Second World War. An in-depth study of commando tactics and history and seeks to
dispel the myths and misunderstandings that surround them, whilst placing
these elite troops of 70 years ago in the context of their times. Pen and
Sword Books.
Stuart Allan; Commando Country. The author is Senior Curator of
Military History at the National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle. The book
tells the story of Scotland's role in the training of Commandos and Special
Operations personnel in WW2.
James Dunning; It Had To Be Tough. Pentland : ISBN 1-85821-748-2 :
[Commando training, very interesting & detailed. Author was a Commando CSM
at Dieppe and finished as a Major.]
Hilary St. George Saunders;
The Green Beret : the story of the
Commandos. London : Joseph, 1949 : 320p
Hodding Carter; The Commandos of World War II. New York : Random House, [1966] : 168 p
[juvenile literature].
James Ladd; Commandos and Rangers of World War II. London : Macdonald & Jane's, 1978 : 288
p : ISBN 0-356-08432-9.
Rupert Butler; Hand of Steel : the story of the
Commandos. Feltham : Hamlyn, 1980 : 261 p : ISBN
0-600-38387-3.
Charles Messenger; The Commandos, 1940-1946. London : Kimber, 1985 : 447 p : ISBN
0-7183-0553-1.
Leroy Thompson; British Commandos in Action. Carrollton, Tx : Squadron/ Signal
Publications, 1987 : 49 p : ISBN 0-89747-192-X : [Combat troops in action ;
8].
Derek Oakley; The Commandos : World War Two to the Present. London : Arms & Armour Press, 1987 : 72
p : ISBN 0-85368-844-3 : [Uniforms illustrated ; 2].
Ken Ford; D-Day Commando. Published in the UK in 2003 by Sutton P.Ltd : ISBN 0-7509-3023-3 : [From Normandy to the river Maas. It also
describes the part of 48 RMC in the liberation of Walcheren].
Contre-Amiral Lepotier;
Raiders from the Sea. William Kimber, London 1954.
Donald Gilchrist;
Castle Commando (Achnacarry).
Available from The West Highland Museum, Cameron Square, Fort William, PH33
6AJ for £12.99. 01397 702169.
Lt Col Peter Young; Storm from the Sea. William Kimber 1958.
James Alan Thompson; Only the Sun Remembers. London : Dakers, 1950 : 275 p.
John Durnford-Slater;
Commando. London : Kimber, 1953 : 222 p : [No 3
Commando; Commando Group HQ].
Derek Mills-Roberts;
Clash by Night : a Commando Chronicle. London : Kimber, 1956 : 204 p : [No 4
Commando; No 6 Commando; 1st Special Service/Commando Brigade].
Army Commandos
Nicholas Rankin; Ian
Fleming's Commandos. Published by Faber
and Faber (2012) ISBN 10:
0571250637 ISBN 13:
9780571250639.
Stuart Allan; Commando Country. The author is Senior Curator of
Military History at the National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle. The book
tells the story of Scotland's role in the training of Commandos and Special
Operations personnel in WW2.
Robin Neillands; The Raiders : the Army Commandos
1940-1946. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989 :
xi, 242 p : ISBN 0-297-79426-4.
Mike Chappell;
Army Commandos 1940 1945. London : Osprey, 1996 : 64p : ISBN
1-85532-579-9 : [Elite series ; 64].
No 4 Commando
James Dunning; The Fighting Fourth. Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2003 : ISBN
0750930950 : [ No 4 Commando at War 1940-1945].
Murdoch C. McDougall; Swiftly They Struck. London : Odhams Press, 1954 : 208 p :
[the story of No. 4 Commando].
Donald Gilchrist; Don't Cry for Me. London : Hale, 1982 : 192 p : ISBN
0-7091-9148-0 : [the Commando's, D-Day and after].
No 8 Commando
John St.
John; To the war with Waugh. London : Whittingdon, [1973]. London:
Leo Cooper, 1974. : xi, 55 x, 55 p : ISBN 0-85052-163-7 : [Author Evelyn
Waugh served with No 8 Commando & Tito's partisans].
No 10 Commando
Ian Dear; Ten Commando, 1942-1945. London : Leo Cooper, 1987 : 207 p : ISBN
0-85052-121-1.
Nicholas
van der Vijl; Commando in Exile. The story of 10 (Inter-Allied)
Commando 1942-1945. (2008).
Maciej Zajączkowski;
Sztylet Komandosa. Wydawnictwo Bellona, Warszawa 1991.
Konrad Brauliński;
Zielony Talizman. Zielony Talizman" is a collection of reports
gathered by Konrad Brauliński. ISBN: 9788388736940 edited in 2007.
Miroslaw
Derecki; Na ścieżkach polskich komandosów. ISBN 83-910483-4-9 edited 15.07.2006.
No 4 (Belgian) Troop
Carlo G. Segers; Geef ons een slagveld : fragmenten
uit de geschiedenis der Belgische commando's [Dutch]
Antwerpen : Segers, [1950] : 77p.
Carlo G. Segers; Donnez-nous un champ de bataille :
l'histoire des Commandos belges (1940-1945)
[French]
[Bruxelles] : De Méyère, [1959] : 188 p.
Carlo G. Segers; Geef ons een slagveld : fragmenten uit de geschiedenis van de Belgische
commando's (1940-1945) [Dutch] Soumagne : André Grisard, 1981 : 302 p.
Carlo G. Segers; Donnez-nous un champ de bataille
[French] Bruxelles : Didier Hatier, 1984 : 224 p
: ISBN 2-87088-526-1 : [Mr. Segers produced at least 7 different versions of
his account, each time expanded & corrected (only the first & last ones in
Dutch & French are given)].
Royal Marines
Tristan Lovering; Amphibious Assault: Manoeuvre from
the Sea. Seafarer Books 2007 : [All royalties
go to the 'Royal Marines 1939 War Fund.'].
Ministry of Information;
The Royal Marines : the Admiralty
account of their achievement, 1939-1943. London : His Majesty's Stationery
Office, 1944 : 80 p.
G.W.M. Grover; Short history of the Royal Marines. Aldershot : Gale & Polden, 1948 : 68 p.
Robert Bruce Lockhart;
The Marines were there : the story of
the Royal Marines in the Second World War. London : Putnam, 1950 : 229p.
A. Cecil Hampshire; The Royal Marines tercentenary :
formation of the Admiral's Regiment, 1664-1964. [S.l : Royal Marines, 1964 (Glasgow
: Paramount Press) : xlvi 80 p : [About the Royal Marines 1664-1964].
Patrick Pringle; Fighting Marines. London : Evans Brothers, 1966 : 192 p :
[Fighting Series].
J.L. Moulton; The Royal Marines. London : Leo Cooper, 1972 : x, 100 p :
ISBN 0-85052-117-3 : [Famous regiments].
Peter C. Smith; Per Mare, per Terram : a history of
the Royal Marines. St. Ives, Huntingdon : Photo Precision,
1974 : 191 p : ISBN 0-85944-017-6.
James D. Ladd; The Royal Marines 1919-1980 : an
authorised history. London [etc : Jane's, 1980 : 482 p :
ISBN 0-7106-0011-9.
Ian Dear; Marines at War. London : Ian Allan, 1982 : 128 p : ISBN
0-7110-1147-8.
Nick van der Bijl & Paul Hannon.
The Royal Marines, 1939-93. London : Osprey, 1994 : 64 p : ISBN
1-85532-388-5 : [Elite series ; 57].
Royal Marine Commandos
Robin
Neillands; By Sea and Land. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987 :
xviii, 268 p : ISBN 0-297-79064-1 :[
the Royal Marines Commandos : a history, 1942-1982].
41 RM Commando
Douglas Grant; The Fuel of Fire. London : The Cresset Press, 1950 : 235 p
: [officer's memoirs up to August 1944].
Raymond Mitchell; They Did What Was Asked of Them.
Firebrand Books, Box 327, Poole, Dorset :1996 : 224 p : ISBN 1-85314-205-0 :
[41 (Royal Marines) Commando, 1942-1946].
Raymond Mitchell; Commando Despatch Rider. Barnsley : Le Cooper, 2001 : xvii, 234 p
: ISBN 0-85052-797-X : [with 41 Royal Marines Commando in North-West Europe
1944-1945].
43 RM Commando
Michael McConville
; Nothing
Much To Lose. The Story of 2nd Battalion Royal
Marines and 43 Commando Royal Marines.Maps Ralph
Bazely Both he and the author served in 43 CDO. Publisher 43 Royal Marine
Commando Reunion ( Hon Sec Norris Peak), ISBN 0 9521241 0 6. Printed Bourne Press
3-11 Spring Road Bournemouth Dorset BH1 4QA.
47 RM Commando
Marc de Bolster; 47
Royal Marine Commando: An Inside Story 1943-1946. The
story of 47 Royal Marine Commando during the Second World War based on
personal accounts written by veterans who served in the conflict. ISBN
978-1-78155-297-1.
John
Forfar; From Omaha to the Scheldt : the story
of 47 Royal Marine Commando. Phantassie, East Linton : Tuckwell
Press, 2001 : xv, 400 p : ISBN 1-86232-149-3 : [John
Forfar was the Senior Medical Officer attached to 47 RM Commando. For his
heroism at Walcheren he was awarded the Military Cross.
48 RM Commando
Harold Smedley. 48 Royal Marine Commando : the story
1944-46. [S.l : 48 RM Commando, 1946 : 114 p.
J.L. Moulton; Haste to the battle : a Marine
Commando at war. London : Cassell, 1963 : xii, 210 p :
[Commanding Officer's memoirs].
Ken Ford; D-Day Commando, From Normandy to the
Maas with 48 Royal Marine Commando. Published (2003) by Sutton Publishing
Limited : ISBN 7509-3023-3.
Other Forces/Special Forces
Bill Strutton and
Michael Pearson; The Secret
Invaders. Hoddar &
Stoughton, 1958. The Secret Invaders is the story of how the COPPists were
trained and how they carried out the reconnaissance of proposed landing
beaches on enemy occupied territory under the very noses of patrolling
guards.
Ex L/Cpl X, QGM; The
SAS & LRDG. A seminal project
comprising moving stories of every Special Air Service and Long Range Desert
Group casualty in WW2. All proceeds go to charities.
www.sas-lrdg-roh.com.
John M Makie. The Spy Worker 1942 - 1946. In WW2, John's father
volunteered for top secret clandestine work while serving in the Canadian
Military. He and his 71 comrades had no rank, did not participate in any
parades, were never photographed and they received no rewards or
recognition.
Geoffrey Tudor; Hoofprints in the Clouds - Jeep
Tracks in the Mud. An account of
how a group of men came together in Scotland in the late summer of 1943 to
form a new mountain battery. Geoffrey Tudor relays his World War II
experiences as 'Graham Turner', a second lieutenant with the 1st Mountain
Regiment, Royal Artillery. With the formation of 474 Mountain Battery and
their initial training in the Scottish mountains, the gunners then cross the
Channel to the floods of Holland and through bloody conflicts in northern
Germany. Pen Press Publishers, 15 Nov 2008.
Paperback 272 Pages. ISBN: 1906206325.
Hugh Brewster; On Juno Beach; Canada's D-Day Heroes.
The story of Canada's Beach Commandos on Juno Beach
ISBN 0439967287.
George Blake; Mountain and Flood - The History of
the 52nd (Lowland) Division.
Jackson, Son and Company, Glasgow 1950
: xx, 265 p.
Ian Trenowden; Stealthily by Night. UK. Crecy. 1995 : 250 p, Ills : [About
the COPPists].
Hilary St.George Saunders; The Red Beret - The Story of the
Parachute Regiment at war 1940 - 45. Michael Joseph Ltd, 26 Bloomsbury St,
London W.C.1 October 1950.
William O Darby; We Led the Way:
Darby's Rangers. Presidio Press 1980.
David Bercusson; Battalion of Heroes: the Calgary
Highlanders in World War II.
The Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation 1994 : ISBN
0-9694616-1-5.
David Lee; Beachhead Assault. Greenhill Books 2004 : [The Story of the Royal Naval
Commandos in WW2. Foreword by Tony Parsons].
Cecil Hampshire; The Beachhead Commandos. William Kimber & Co Ltd in 1983.
Malcolm Uren; 1000 Men at War - Story of the 2/16th Battalion A.I.F. [Led by Major General Stevens as part of the 21st Australian Infantry
Brigade. Details their fighting in the Syrian campaign, the Kododa trail at
Gona, New Guinea and Borneo highlighting their audacious heroism during the
Battle of Shaggy Ridge.]
Hilary St.George Saunders;
The Red Beret - The Story of the
Parachute Regiment at war 1940 - 45. First published by Michael Joseph Ltd,
26 Bloomsbury St, London W.C.1 October 1950 : ISBN 0 9056 1786.
J P Kellett and J
Davies; A History of the RAF
Servicing Commandos. Airlife 1989.
Tom Atkinson; Spectacles, Testicles, Fags and
Matches. Luath Press Ltd, Edinburgh 2004 : the untold story of the RAF
Servicing Commandos in World War Two. The author was a member of RAFSC Unit
3210.
Specific Commando Raids & Landings
Operation Biting -- Bruneval
Brian Austin;
Schonland - Scientist and Soldier.
Institute of Physics Publishing 2001 : ISBN 0 7503 0501 0 : Subject later
became Sir Basil Schonland CBE FRS.
R V Jones; Most Secret War. Wordsworth :
ISBN 1-85326-699. One full chapter devoted to the raid plus other
relevant background information.
George Millar; The Bruneval Raid. Cassell : ISBN
0-304-36221-2. About
one third of the book devoted to the raid the remainder covering early radar
and photo reconnaissance.
Operation Overlord ~ D-Day
C
Ryan; The
Longest Day. New English Library
Ltd (1985). ISBN 10:
0450054535 ISBN 13:
978045005453. Many
other editions.
P
Young; D Day. Photo review of the
Normandy invasion by the commanding officer of No.3 Commando on the day.
22x28c. 62pp. Professional illustrations. Bison Books, London (1981).
N Cawthorne;
Fighting Them on the Beaches.
The D-Day Landings June 6, 1944.
Published by Arcturus Publishing Ltd (2003). SBN 10:
1841931136 ISBN 13:
9781841931135.
M
Gilbert; D Day. Turning point in
history. Includes information on some interesting Enigma intercepts.
Published Wiley & Sons (2004).
D
Parry;
D-Day: 6.6.44.
The
Dramatic Story of the World's Greatest Invasion. Published
by BBC, London (2004). ISBN 10:
0563521163 ISBN 13:
9780563521167.
A
Reddish; Normandy 1944: From the hull
of a Sherman. A
first-hand account of the battle.
Paperback: 104 pages. Publisher: Battlefield Associates by arrangement with
Ken Ewing Publications (1995). ISBN-10: 0473032686. ISBN-13:
978-0473032685.
T
Kilvert-Jones;
Normandy Omaha Beach: V Corps' Battle for the Normandy
Beachhead (Battleground Europe). Published by Pen
& Sword. ISBN 10:
085052671X ISBN 13:
9780850526714.
J St
J Cooper;
Invasion; The D Day Story. First published
(1954) Beaverbrook Nespapers, London. Re-published by [Express Newspapers]
(1984) ISBN 10:
0850791421 ISBN 13:
9780850791426.
W Tute, T Costello,
T Hughes, J Moore & J Karkinson; D-Day. Pan
Books (1975). ISBN 10:
0330244183 ISBN 13:
9780330244183.
R W
Thompson; D Day Spearhead of
Invasion. Pam/Ballantyne
Printing (1968). Re-published by Bookthrift Co (1984), ISBN 10:
0671066242 ISBN 13:
9780671066246.
A
Kemp; D Day
The Normandy Landings & Liberation of Europe. Published by Thames &
Hudson Ltd (1994). ISBN 10:
0500300437 ISBN 13:
9780500300435.
P
Carell; D Day Invasion;
They're Coming. Corgi Children's
(1974). ISBN 10:
0552095427 ISBN 13:
9780552095426.
G
Perrault; The
Secrets of D Day. Corgie Children's
(1974). ISBN 10:
0552095400 ISBN 13:
9780552095402.
R J
Kershaw; D
Day. Piercing the Atlantic Wall. Published by Ian Allan, Shepperton.
John de S Winser; D Day
Ships: Neptune. The greatest amphibious
operation in history. (5015 vessels listed). Published by The World Ship
Society, Kendal (1994). ISBN 10:
0905617754 ISBN 13:
9780905617756.
Over 5,000 vessels listed.
F
Mackay;
Overture to Overlord.
Special Operations in preparations for D-Day.
Published by Pen & Sword / Leo Cooper. ISBN 10:
0850528925 ISBN 13:
9780850528923.
M
Hastings; Overlord; D Day & the Battle of Normandy. M Joseph, London 1984
also published by Pan Books (1999) ISBN 10:
0330390120 ISBN 13:
9780330390125.
Stephen E. Ambrose; Day June 6, 1944:
The Climactic Battle of World War II. 1994 : ISBN 0-671-67334-3.
John Keegan; Six Armies in
Normandy. 1982 : ISBN 0 7126
5579 4.
Douglas Botting; The Second Front -
World War II. World Time Books 1978
: ISBN 0 8094 2498 3.
John des S Winser; Short Sea Long War. World Ship Society,
Gravesend, Kent : ISBN 1-85310-051-X : [the
story of 119 Cross Channel ships commandeered by the R.N. to fly the White
Ensign].
Dieppe
James W Lauder; Hard
Tears & Soft Laughter. When the last ships
left the beaches of Dieppe on the 19th of August, 1942, more than 2700 dead
and wounded were left behind. 1,949 Canadians were captured. Of these, 586
were wounded, and all spent the remainder of the war as prisoners of war.
Approximately 180 of the injured survivors were sent to the POW hospital in
the village of Obermassfeld, Thuringen, Germany. James William Lauder, of
the Canadian Essex Scottish Regiment, was one of those men. He was
twenty-four years old. “Hard Tears and Soft Laughter” is his story. https://www.hardtearsandsoftlaughter.com/
Jack A Poolton;
Destined to Survive: A Dieppe Veteran's Story. Dundurn Press, Toronto, 1998.
7¾" - 9¾". Personal reminiscences of a Canadian Soldier taken prisoner at
Dieppe in World War II. 144pp, photo illustrated. ISBN:
155002311X /
1-55002-311-X).
Will Fowler; The Commandos at Dieppe: Rehearsal for
D Day. Harper Collins 2000 : ISBN 0 00 711125
8.
Bob Bowman; Dieppe. Ottawa : Wartime Information Board,
[1942] : 11 p.
Jack Lindsay; Into action : the battle of Dieppe :
a poem. London : Andrew Dakers, 1942 : 60 p.
Willi Antonowitz ... et
al; Dieppe: die Bewährung des Küstenwestwalles : ein Gemeinschaftswerk der
Kriegsberichter [German]. Berlin : Mittler, 1943 : 97 p.
Hans Kämpfer; Der Sieg von Dieppe, 19. August 1942 [German]. Paris : Marine-Propaganda-Offizier West,
1943 : 30 p.
Quentin Reynolds; Dress rehearsal : the story of Dieppe. New York : Random House, 1943 : xi, 278
p Garden City, NY : Blue Ribbon Books, 1943 : 278 p.
Quentin Reynolds; Raid at Dieppe. London : Angus & Robertson, 1943 : x,
199 p. New York : Avon, [1958] : 190 p.
A B Austin; We landed at Dawn. London : Gollancz, 1943 : 127 p.
Sydney ; London : Angus & Robertson, 1943 : xii, 153 p.
A B Austin; We landed at dawn : the story of the
Dieppe raid. New York : Harcourt, Brace, [1943] : iv,
127 p London : Brown, Watson, [1958] : 157 p : [Digit books ; 165].
Wallace Reyburn; Rehearsal for invasion : an
eyewitness story of the Dieppe raid. London : Harrap, 1943 : 126 p.
Wallace Reyburn; Glorious chapter : the Canadians at
Dieppe. London : Harrap ; Toronto : Oxford
University Press, 1943 : ix, 165 p.
Wallace Reyburn; Dawn
Landing [Digit books].
London : Brown, Watson, [1958] : 160 p.
J. Hughes-Hallett; The Dieppe raid, 18th/19th August : despatch submitted ... on 30th August
1942. London : London Gazette, 1947 : 5 p :
[Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday, the 12th of Aug., 1947].
Henri Bernay; Les Canadiens à Dieppe, 19 août 1942. Paris : Rouff, 1948 : 24 p : [French] [Collection Patrie].
Christopher Buckley; Norway :
The Commandos : Dieppe. London : H.M.S.O., 1951 : viii, 276 p.
London : H.M.S.O., 1977 : x, 276 p : ISBN 0-11-772194-8 : [The Second World
War, 1939-1945: a popular military history].
R.W. Thompson; Dieppe at dawn : the story of the
Dieppe raid. London : Hutchinson, 1956 : 215 p.
At whatever cost : the story of the
Dieppe raid. New York : Coward-McCann [1957] : 215 p.
Dieppe at dawn : the story of the
Dieppe raid, 19 August 1942. London : White Lion Publishers, 1972 :
215 p : ISBN 0-85617-511-0.
Amiral Lepotier; Raids sur mer: St. Nazaire, Dieppe [French]. Paris : France-Empire, [1960] : 299 p.
Terence Robertson; Dieppe: The shame and the glory. Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, 1962 :
432 p. Boston : Little, Brown, 1962 : 432 p. London : Hutchinson, 1963 :
432 p.
Terence Robertson; Dieppe : the shame and the glory. London : Pan Books, 1965 : 508 p.
Eric Maguire; Dieppe, August 19, 1942. London : Cape, 1963 : 205 p. London :
Corgi, 1974 : 185 : ISBN : 0-552-09575-3.
Jacques Mordal; Les Canadiens à Dieppe [French] [Presses Pocket ; 735]
[Coup d'œil]. Paris : Presses de la Cité, 1962 : 343 p.
Paris : Presses Pocket, 1970 : 311 p. Paris : Presses de la Cité, 1982 :
253 p : ISBN 2-258-01100-0.
Jacques Mordal; Dieppe : the dawn of decision
[Panther books ; 1711] [NEL paperbacks ; 50041]. London : Souvenir Press, 1963 : 285 p.
Toronto : Ryerson Press, 1963 : 285 p. London : Panther Books, 1964 : 288
p. London : New English Library, 1981 : 288 p : ISBN 0-450-05004-1.
Lucien A. Dumais; Un Canadien français à Dieppe [French]. Paris : France-Empire, 1968 : 287 p.
Douglas Stuebing (comp.);
Dieppe 1942.
Toronto : Clarke, Irwin, 1967 : [The Canadian series of jackdaws ; C 8]
René Abautret; Dieppe, le sacrifice des Canadiens, 19 août 1942 [French] [Ce jour là]. Paris : Laffont, 1969 : 249 p.
Montréal : Cercle du livre de France, 1969 : 249 p.
Claude-Paul Couture;
Opération "Jubilee". Dieppe, 19 août 1942 [French]. Paris : France-Empire, [1969] : 602 p.
Raymond Rudler; Le Jubilé des Canadiens [French]. [Paris] : Presses de la Cité, [1972] :
309 p.
John Mellor; Forgotten Heroes : the Canadians at
Dieppe. Toronto : Methuen, 1975 : 163 p : ISBN
0-458-91180-1.
John Mellor; Dieppe : Canada's forgotten heroes. Scarborough, Ont. : Macmillan-NAL, 1979 :
viii, 199 p : ISBN 0-7723-0034-8.
John Mellor; The Dieppe
Raid. Sevenoaks [etc : Coronet, 1979 : 204 p
: ISBN 0-340-22312-X.
John Mellor; Dieppe, Canada's forgotten heroes. Alma, Ont. : Maple Leaf Route, 1985 :
159 p : ISBN 0-9692301-0-9 : [the D-Day rehearsal that went so tragically
wrong].
James Leasor; Green
beach. [A Drum book]. London : Heinemann, 1975 : 249 p : ISBN
0-434-41024-1. New York : Morrow, 1975 : 292 p : ISBN 0-688-00295-1.
New York : Dell, 1976 : 256 p.
James Leasor; Green Beach. London : Corgi, 1976 : 288 p : ISBN
0-552-10245-8.
London : Corgi, 1982 : 288 p : ISBN 0-552-11922-9. New York : Richardson & Steirman, 1986 : 245 p : ISBN 0-931933-21-8.
Toronto : General Paperbacks, 1987 : 283 p : ISBN 0-7736-7130-7 : [the story
of one man's courageous mission that changed the course of World War Two.]
William Whitehead; Dieppe 1942 : echoes of disaster. Toronto : Personal Library, 1979 : 187 p
: ISBN 0-17-600782-2 . New York : St. Martin's Press, 1980 : 187 p : ISBN
0-312-20989-4. Glasgow : Drew, 1982 : 187 p : ISBN 0-86267-006-3.
Norman L.R. Franks; The greatest air battle : Dieppe,
19th August, 1942. London : Kimber, 1979 : 256 p : ISBN
0-7183-0396-2. London : Grub Street, 1992 : 256 p : ISBN 0-948817-58-5.
Ronald Atkin; Dieppe 1942 : the Jubilee disaster. London : Macmillan, 1980 : xii, 306 p :
ISBN 0-333-19187-0.
T. Murray Hunter; Canada at Dieppe. Le Canada à Dieppe [French]. [Ottawa] : Canadian War Museum, [1982] :
ix, 61 p : ISBN 0-919511-06-6. [Ottawa] : Musée Canadien de la guerre,
1982 : ix, 61 p : 0-919511-07-4 : [Musée canadien de la guerre publication
d'histoire militaire ; 17].
Raymond Souster; Jubilee of death : the raid on Dieppe. [Ottawa] : Oberon Press, 1984 : 154 p
: ISBN 0-88750-533-3 & 0-88750-534-1.
P. Paus; Das Inferno von Dieppe : 1942, der gescheiterte britisch-kanadische
Landungsversuch. Rastatt : Pabel, 1986 : 109 p : [German] [Die Deutsche Wehrmacht im II.
Weltkrieg] : [poetry].
Jimmy Stewart; Dieppe. [Worthing] : Crossroad Postcards, 1987 :
32 p.
Joël Tanter; Dieppe :
Opération Jubilee : 19 août 1942. Condé-sur-Noireau : Corlet, 1987 : 110 p
: ISBN 2-85480-147-4 : [comic] [French].
Brian Loring Villa; Unauthorized action : Mountbatten and
the Dieppe raid. Toronto; Oxford; Oxford University
Press, 1989 : xiii, 314 p : ISBN 0-19-540679-6. Oxford : Oxford
University Press, 1994 : xiii, 314 p : ISBN 0-19-541061-0.
Pierre Vennat; Dieppe n'aurait pas dû avoir lieu. Montréal : Méridien, 1991 : 199 p : ISBN
2-89415-056-3 : [French].
W. Denis & Shelagh Whitaker;
Dieppe : tragedy to triumph. Toronto : McGraw-Hill Ryerson 1992 : xv,
372 p : ISBN 0-07-551385-4. London : Leo Cooper, 1992 : xv, 372 p : ISBN
0-85052-309-5 : [Capt. Denis Whitaker earned a DSO at Dieppe].
Brereton Greenhous; Dieppe, Dieppe, Dieppe, Dieppe [French]. Montreal : Art global, 1992 : 155 p :
2-920718-52-5 Montreal : Art global, 1992 : 155 p : 2-920718-53-3.
Ernest Langford; Rendezvous at Dieppe. Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing,
1992 : 170 p : ISBN 1-550-17076-7.
19 août 1942 à Dieppe : opération Jubilee. Luneray : Bertout, 1992 : 135 p : ISBN
2-86743-149-2 :
des récits authentiques, des souvenirs de témoins oculaires, des photos
bouleversantes : le raid de l'espoir [French] [La mémoire normande].
John P. Campbell; Dieppe revisited : a documentary
investigation. London : Frank Cass, 1993 : xv, 247 p :
ISBN 0-71-463496-4 : [Cass series: studies in intelligence].
Hugh G. Henry & Jean Paul Pallud;
Dieppe through the lens of the German
war photographer.
London : Battle of Britain Prints, 1993 : 63 p : ISBN 0-90-091376-2.
Derek R. Leathers; Dieppe : the summary. Worthing : Star Press, [1994] : 20 p.
Jack A. Poolton & Jayne Poolton-Turvey;
Destined to survive : a Dieppe
veteran's story. Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1998 : 144 p :
ISBN 1-550-02311-X.
Paul Dickinson & Terry Copp;
Dieppe : Anglo-Canadian raid - August
1942. London : Leo Cooper, 2001 : 160 p. ISBN
0-85052-792-9.
N.M. Christie; The suicide raid : the Canadians at
Dieppe, August 19th, 1942. Ottawa : CEF Books, 2001 : vi, 42 p :
ISBN 1-89697-936-X : [Access to history ; 5].
Will Fowler; The Commandos at Dieppe :
Rehearsal for D-Day. London : HarperCollins, 2002 : 256 p :
ISBN 0-00-711125-8 : [Operation Cauldron, No.4 Commando attack on the Hess
Battery, August 19th 1942].
Béatrice Richard; La mémoire de Dieppe : radioscopie d'un mythe. Montréal : VLB, 2002 : 205 p : ISBN
2-89005-813-1 : [French] [Études québécoises ; 58e].
Operation Frankton - The Cockleshell Heroes
Quentin Rees; Cockleshell Heroes - The
Final Witness. Main foreword is by the 1st
Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope. Includes personal testimony from some
who took part in the raid. Published Nov 2010. ISBN 9781848688612.
Quentin Rees; The Cockleshell Canoes - British
Military Canoes of World War 2. 'Cockleshell
Canoes' is the complete narrative of the British Military canoe designed and
manufactured during WW2. The work is some 90,000 words in length with many
vintage and rare previously unpublished B&W photographs. Published by
Amberley Publishing PLC. Book launch c. Nov/Dec 2008.
320 Pages with 134 Photographs.
Size 248x172mm.
ISBN
9781848680654.
Ewan Southby-Tailyour;
Blondie. Leo Cooper in 1998.
William Sparks & Michael Munn;
The Last of the Cockleshell Heroes. Leo Cooper in 1992 : ISBN 0 85052 297 8
Repub. in 1995 as a paperback : ISBN 0 85052 465 2.
C.E. Lucas Phillips;
Cockleshell Heroes. Heinemann in 1956.
Operation Musketoon - Glomfjord
Stephen
Schofield; Musketoon - Commando Raid on
Glomfjord 1942. Jonathon Cape 1964.
Operation Chariot - St Nazaire
Jon Cooksey; Operation Chariot: The Raid on
St. Nazaire. (Elite Forces Operations Series)
Pen & Sword,
2005, 128pp. B/w & Coloured illustrations throughout. Paperback. ISBN
1844151166.
Ken Ford; "St Nazaire 1942" The Great
Commando Raid. The Osprey campaign series : ISBN
1-84176-231-8 : [an excellent source of information covering planning,
execution and aftermath of Op Chariot].
Robert Lyman; Into
The Jaws of Death. The True Story of the
Legendary Raid on Saint-Nazaire. Published by Quercus (2014). ISBN 10:
1782064478 ISBN 13:
9781782064473.
James G Dorrian; Storming St Nazaire - The Dock Busting Raid.
Published 1998 : 304 p : ISBN 08052 807 0 : [more recently in paperback by
Leo Cooper (an imprint of Pen & Sword Books)].
C E Lucas Phillips; The Greatest Raid of All. Pan Books : ISBN 0-330-48070-7.
James G Dorrian; Saint-Nazaire. Operation Chariot -
1942. Pen and Sword as part of their
'Battleground' series 2006 : ISBN 1844153347 : [The guide is highly
illustrated, with 224 pages, 20 maps and drawings and more than 150
photographs].
Jean-Charles Stasi;
Opération Chariot : L'incroyable raid qui a redonné
espoir aux Alliés. Published by Coop Breizh (2014). ISBN 10:
2843467179 ISBN 13:
9782843467172.
Operation
Archery - Vaagso & Malloy.
Joseph Devins Jr; The Vaagso Raid. Robert Hale 1967.
Brian Crabb; In Harms Way. Published 1998 : ISBN 1 900289 02 4 :
[The story of HMS Kenya from her build to break up including a chapter on
the Vaagso raid].
Lt Col Peter Young; Storm from the Sea. William Kimber 1958.
Operation Infatuate - Walcheren & the
Scheldt
Paul M Crucq;
Turning the Key. The capture and liberation of Walcheren Island October 30 - November
8, 1944. 320 pages, maps,
photos, bibliog. ISBN/EAN 978-90-807854-4-1.
Sir Brian Horrocks with Eversley
Belfield and H. Essame;
Corps Commander.
London; Sidgwick & Jackson, 1977 : [Chapter 8 of the book gives
a very detailed history of the delay in capturing Antwerp harbour which was
very urgently needed for the supply of the Allied forces in Europe].
Terry Copp;
Cinderella
Army. Toronto University of Toronto
press, cop. 2006 XI, 407 p 0-8020-3925-1.
Andrew Rawson; Walcheren Operation
Infatuate. The Canadians in Northwest Europe,
1944-1945 : Battleground Europe series Belgium-Holland : Barnsley; Lee
Cooper 2003 : 192 p : ISBN 0-85052-961-1.
R.W. Thompson; The eighty-five days. The story of the battle of the
Scheldt. London : Hutchinson, 1957 : 235 p Ballantine books
(various) & London : Four Square Books, 1960 : 192p.
W Denis Whitaker; Tug of War.
1984 : ISBN 0-8253-0257-9 : [Canadian view of the Battle of the Scheldt with
one chapter on Walcheren landings].
H.A. van Lith; De bevrijding van Walcheren. [Dutch] Middelburg : Den Boer, 1970 : 92 p
: ISBN 90-70027-25-9
Albert Baldewyns, André Herman-Lemoine;
Les batteries de Walcheren, De kanonnen van Walcheren. [French] [Collection "Des temps et des hommes"] Bruxelles ;
Paris : Rossel, 1974. [Dutch] Zele : D.A.P. Reinaert ; Gent : Het
Volk, 1977 : 208 p : ISBN 200 90-310-0400-6.
J.L.Moulton; Battle for Antwerp. The liberation of the city and the
opening of the Scheldt : 1944 London : Ian Allan ; New York : Hippocrene
Books : 1978 : 208 p : ISBN 0-7110-0769-1.
Gerald Rawling; Cinderella
Operation : the Battle for
Walcheren, 1944. London Cassell, 1980 : xi, 164 p : ISBN
0-304-30641-X: [Especially dealing with the naval support craft].
Terry Copp & Robert Vogel;
Maple leaf route: Scheldt. Alma, Ont. : Maple Leaf Route, 1985 :
143 p :ISBN 0-919907-04-0.
J.N. Houterman; Walcheren bevrijd : een fotografisch overzicht van de
operaties ter bevrijding van Walcheren in november 1944. [Dutch] Middelburg : J.N. Houterman, 1994 :
96 p : ISBN 90-73921-03-1.
André H. Lemoine; Forteresse Escaut : Novembre 1944, le dernier débarquement des bérets
verts. [French]
[Collection Les Combattants] Paris :
Albin Michel, 1994 : 190 p : ISBN 2-226-07541-0.
Ansgar Dürnholz; Het laatste bastion. [Dutch] Achtergronden
en gevolgen van de slag om Walcheren
Vlissingen : Den Boer/De Ruiter, 1997 : 224 p : ISBN 90-74576-18-4.
Yves Buffetaut; 1944, les combats sur l'Escaut'
[French]
[D'Arnhem à Walcheren, l'automne perdu ; 2] [Les grandes batailles
de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale] [Armes militaria magazine. Hors série ; 32]
Paris : Histoire & Collections, 1999 : 83-162 p.
Ken Tout; In the Shadow of Arnhem.
Subtitle - The battle for the Lower Maas, September-November 1944 : Sutton Publishing Ltd., Phoenix Mill, Thrupp,
Stroud, Gloucester GL5 2BU England : xiv, 242 p : ISBN
0-7509-2821-2.
Andrew Rawson; Battle Ground Europe Guide to
Walcheren. Pen and Sword, 47 Church Street,
Barnsley : ISBN 0850529611 : [Fully illustrated with maps and photographs.
The book charts the planning and execution of Operations Infatuate I and II.
The final section deals with visiting the island : 144 pages, 120
illustrations (75 wartime photos, 25 modern and 20 maps)].
Paul M. Crucq; Codename 'NELLY'; British Radar Units
on Walcheren and in Flanders. Defence of the Scheldt estuary, December 1944
- May 1945.
Publication date Oct 2004 : 80 pages : [Illustrations and photographs,
detailed interviews; limited edition, over 100 illustrations.
Subjects are: RAF mobile Radar defence at De Haan, Blankenberge [both in
Belgium], "Nelly" at Westkapelle and "Paddy" at Oostkapelle {both in
Walcheren}].
Raymond Mitchell; They did what was asked of them. Firebird Books, 1996 : ISBN 1 85314 205 0 : [ History
of 41 [Royal Marine] Commando - the book covers the period 1942-1946, but
has a detailed chapter on 41's role in the invasion of Walcheren ].
David Bercusson;
Battalion of Heroes:
the Calgary Highlanders in World War II.
The Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation, 1994 ISBN :
0-9694616-1-5.
Lofoten Islands Raids
Dr G Miles;
The Epic of Lofoten.
Hutchinson in 1941.
HMSO; Secret German Documents Seized during the Raid on the Lofoten Islands on 4th March 1941. HMSO's Command 6270 Norway No 1
(1941).
Evan John; Lofoten Letter. 1941 by Heinemann : [A diary of
the raid written by a member of No 4 Commando. His real name was Evan John
Simpson, the author and playwright].
Supplement to The London Gazette;
Raid on Military and Economic Objectives in the Lofoten
Islands. Published 22 June 1948.
Other Raids
Brian Lett; Ian Fleming and SOE's Operation
Postmaster. This is a true story of a force of
'licensed to kill' secret agents, commanded by a real war time secret
service chief code names M, with whom Ian Fleming worked, and upon whom his
James Bond stories were based. The mission was carried out by the
Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF) and the Special Operations Executive (SOE)
in January 1942.
John Grehan; Churchill's Secret Invasion. Britain’s First
Large-scale Combined Operations Offensive 1942. In a desperate
race against time, and under conditions of the utmost secrecy, at
Churchill’s instigation Britain planned to seize Madagascar, the fourth
largest island in the world, before the Japanese could strike. An
overwhelming force was assembled and despatched as part of the largest
convoy ever to have left Britain’s shores. This is the first book to examine
in detail this crucial campaign which was Britain’s largest amphibious
assault since the First World War and the first large-scale combined air,
sea and land operation Britain had attempted. Published 2014 by Pen & Sword
Books. ISBN 978 1 78159 382 0.
Ian McHarg; Litani
River. The author served in Army Commando (59 Commando Royal Engineers) from
1984-1994. ISBN: 1907463380 / 1-907463-38-0. Further information on this
Amazon link.
Michael Asher; Get Rommel. The Secret British Mission to Kill
Hitler's Greatest General : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2004 : 303 p :
ISBN 029784685X.
Michael Cumming; The Starkey Sacrifice. The Allied Bombing of Le Portel 1943 : Sutton Publishing, 1996.
Commander Kenneth Edwards;
Operation Neptune. Collins in 1946 : [Covers the naval
side of the North West Europe campaign including Commando actions such as
Walcheren].
Gérard Fournier & André Heintz;
If I must die…From "Postmaster" to
"Aquatint". The audacious raids of British
Commandos 1941-1943. ISBN 2915762058/ 9782915762051.
Opération Aquatint 12-13 Septembre
1942. An English translation of this French
book, distributed by Bookprint in the UK, is available
from Amazon.
Biographies
John Earnest Appleyard;
Geoffrey. Major Geoffrey Appleyard was
a Leeds (Bramley) born Commando and SAS
war hero (this was the first book to feature the SAS insignia) and he was
regarded as being the inspiration for 007 after his service with Ian
Fleming. Copies of this illustrated hardback book are £11.99 with free
postage, via PayPal to
bramleywm@aol.com, cheque or from eBay. Proceeds used for memorial
maintenance - click on thumbnails for more information.
Mary Horlock; Joseph Gray's Camouflage.
'This beautiful and moving book tells the story of an artist who became
skilled in painting as a way of hiding things in plain sight, and who
ultimately hid even himself from the world. It shows how painting can reveal
truth and at the same time disguise it. Gripping and sharp, it is a
brilliant exposure of creativity in the arena of death’ - Antony Gormley. Hardcover:
352 pages Publisher: Unbound (22 Mar. 2018) Language: English
ISBN-10: 1783524685 ISBN-13: 978-1783524686.
Alec Guinness;
Blessings in Disguise. Hampshire Hamilton,
London, 1985. ISBN. 14 - 026283. During WW2 Sir Alec Guinness was a
lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Chapter 9 describes his training with Combined
Operations and his part in Operation Husky as commanding officer of LCI(L)
124.
Denis Healey; The
Time of my Life. Published by Michael
Joseph, London, 1989. ISBN 10 - 0718131142. During WW2 Denis Healey was an
officer in the Royal Engineers. He took part in Operation Husky and the
landings at Salerno and Anzio where he was a highly regarded Beach Master.
Richard Hough; Mountbatten : hero of our time.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London : 1980 :
xiii, 290 p: ISBN 0297778056.
John Terraine; The life and times of Lord Mountbatten. London
Hutchinson, 1968 : x, 197 p : ISBN 0090888103 : An
illustrated biography based on the television history.
Brian Loring Villa; Unauthorized action : Mountbatten and the Dieppe Raid.
Toronto ; New York : Oxford University
Press, 1989 : xiii, 314 p : ISBN 0195406796.
Eugene L. Rasor; Earl Mountbatten of Burma,
1900-1979. Historiography
and annotated bibliography : Westport, Conn. Greenwood Press, 1998 : xvii,
139 p : ISBN 0313288763.
Elizabeth Keyes; Geoffrey Keyes, VC of the Rommel
Raid. George Newman, London.
C.F. Aspinall-Oglander;
Roger Keyes. Hogarth Press, London
1951 : xv, 478 p. illus. 23 cm. : Biography
of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Keyes of Zeebrugge and Dover, GCB., KCVO.,
CMG., DSO.
Paul G. Halpern (Edited by);
The Keyes Papers. Published by Allen & Unwin,
London for the
Navy Records Society, 1972-1981. 3 vols : ill., maps ; 23 cm : Selections
from the private and official correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Baron
Keyes of Zeebrugge.
David Lampe; Pyke the Unknown Genius. 1959.
Geoffrey Pyke.
Philip
Ziegler;
Personal Diary of Admiral The Lord Louis Mountbatten - Supreme Allied
Commander South-East Asia 1943 - 1946. Collins
1988 : ISBN 0-00-217607-6.
CM Wiles; From School to Landing Craft. A young man's war in letters. Richard
Charles Wiles was only 17 when he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR)
at the outbreak of war. From a comfortable middle class life in 1939 to the
deprivations of war years and beyond to 1947, the story unfolds. ISBN
978-178035-021-9.
Other
Andrew Whitmarsh; D-Day Landing Craft.
How 4,126 ‘Ugly and Unorthodox’ Allied Craft made the Normandy
Landings Possible. Cheltenham, The History Press 2024 : ISBN
9781803994451.
The enormous contribution of landing craft
and their crews to the 1944 Normandy campaign is often overlooked.
This new book tells the story of the operational use of landing
craft, landing ships and landing barges across all five D-Day
beaches, from the perspective of their British, American and
Canadian crews, and of the troops they carried. It also examines
different types of landing craft; their construction; and the
interrelationship between their availability and D-Day planning. For
more information and a Roll of Honour of landing craft crewmen, see:
ddaylandingcraft.net.
Martin Sugarman;
Fighting Back: British
Jewry’s Military Contribution in the Second World War. This book aims to set
the record straight about the significant contribution of Jewry in WW2. In so doing it
touches on Combined Operations raids such as Bruneval and St Nazaire as
well as the largely Jewish No 3 Troop of No 10 Inter-Allied Commando. Published by
Valentine Mitchell 2017. Full details at
this Amazon link.
Julie Summers;
Our
Uninvited Guests. The secret lives of
Britain's Country Houses 1939-45. This book offers behind-the-scenes
glimpses of life in some of Britain's greatest country houses that were
occupied by people who would never otherwise have set foot in such
opulent surroundings.
Published March 2018 by
Simon & Schuster.
J
Winton;
Ultra at Sea; How Breaking the Nazi Code Affected Allied Naval
Strategy During World War II. Published
by William Heinemann Ltd (1988). ISBN 10:
0850528836 ISBN 13:
9780850528831.
D
Fisher; The
War Magician.
The True Story of Jasper Maskelyne whose
camouflage and deception in North Africa helped defeat Rommel. ISBN 10:
0304367095 ISBN 13:
9780304367092.
Corgi (1985).
Peter Varey;
Life on the Edge: Peter Danckwerts GC MBE Frs. After training
briefly on disarming unexploded weaponry, young RNVR volunteer, Peter
Dankwherts, found himself confronting parachute mines in the streets of
London. He won a GC for his efforts. He then moved to Gibraltar where he
was awarded an MBE for unravelling the secrets of limpet mines used by the
Italians. Back in Britain he was placed in Combined Operations and spent
two years planning and clearing up unexploded munitions after D-Day.
Paperback: 378 pages, Publisher: PFV Publications (10 May 2012), ISBN-10:
0953844021, ISBN-13: 978-0953844029.
George Heron; HMS Intrepid - Her Final Journey. There are 100 glossy
pages of images taken inside and outside of the ship. The images chronicle
the ship's last days as she underwent recycling in Canada Dock, Liverpool.
There are also stories, written by the men that served on her over her 33
years in service. the short stories tell of what life was like in the Royal
Navy.
F H Hinsley;
British Intelligence in the Second World War. Published by HMSOx
Publications Centre, London (1994) ISBN 10:
011630961X ISBN 13:
9780116309617.
Francoise Gondree; Pegasus
Bridge, le pont de l’ espoir.
Michael James
Bendon;
The Forgotten Flotilla. The
intriguing story of one of Churchill's earliest landing craft flotillas
operating in Greek waters in the dark days of 1940. Two well preserved wrecks
were discovered by archaeologist Mike Bendon in shallow waters off a Greek
island. Remarkably, the book contains the testimony of Temporary
Sub-Lieutenant, RNVR, John Sutton who was in command of one of them! 208 pages full
colour, hard bound with jacket. ISBN: 978 0 646 917085.
www.forgottenflotilla.com
Terry Henson; Porky's War - The story of a
real-life Freddie the Frogman on D-Day. How one cockney
rebel was released early from a Royal Navy prison in order to join a secret
all-volunteer unit of frogmen ( LCOCU ). They trained to demolish the
landing-craft obstacles and mines set up by Rommel on the D-Day beaches. Paperback: 96
pages. Publisher: FireStep
Press (Nov 2012). ISBN 10: 190833603X. ISBN-13: 978-1908336033.
Tonie and Valmai Holt;
Guide Books (Normandy Arnhem etc). Illustrated guide
books to the most visited battlefields of the First and Second World Wars.
6th edition of their Normandy guide will include GPS references for around
500 memorials.
www.guide-books.co.uk
David Fletcher;
Swimming Shermans: Sherman DD Amphibious
Tank of World War II.
Illustrated by Tony Bryan. Osprey
Publishing, Oxford, 2006. Paperback. 48pp. ISBN:
1841769835 /
1-84176-983-5).
Stuart Hills;
By Tank into Normandy. Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 2003. Paperback. (ISBN:
9780304366408).
Ray Oram; This is my Story: This is my Song. The
Wartime Memoirs of a 20 year old Landing Craft Skipper including Sicily,
Italy and Normandy. Paperback. 234 pages with many photos. Published by Woodfield Publishers of Bognar Regis. ISBN 1-903953-70-7.
Paul Lund and Harry Ludlam;
War of the Landing Craft. W Foulsham and Co. 1976 ISBN 0-572-00935-6.
Victor S Wigmore; Memoirs of a Concrete Consultant. Pub in 1979 by New Horizon, 5,
Victoria Drive, Bognor Regis, West Sussex : ISBN 0 86116 127 0 : [Author was
a consulting engineer on the Mulberry Harbour project in SE of England. His
speciality was in the use of concrete. Chapter VII of his book describes
aspects of his work on Mulberry].
Jane Evans, E. Palmer & R. Walter.
A Harbour Goes to War -
The Story of Mulberry and The Men Who Made it
Happen. ISBN
1873547307
: [The Mulberry
harbours were a vital link in the supply chain following the Normandy
invasion. This is the story of their development in Scotland, and their use,
using personal anecdotes and photographs]
Edward Ellsberg; The Far Shore. (A
book about the Mulberry harbours). Published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New
York, 1960.
Alfred Stanford; Force Mulberry. William Morrow and Co, 1951 : [The
Planning & Installation of the artificial harbor off U.S. Normandy Beaches].
Mark Hughes; Conwy Mulberry Harbour. Paperback, ISBN 0-86381-757-2.
G Hartcup; Code Name Mulberry.
Published 1977 David & Charles, London & Hippocrene Books Inc NY : [The
Planning, Building and Operation of the Normandy Harbors].
Hubert G Male; Being in All Respects Ready for Sea. James Publishing, London, 1992. ISBN1
85756 030 2.
Doug Shears; Damn my two left feet...and how I
flew with them. Jeff Mill & Associates 4/8 Nile St, Timaru, New Zealand. 2001 : [New Zealander Doug Shears was a pilot with
516 RAF Sqd attached to
Combined Operations. His book includes a chapter on his experiences with
them].
Phil Jones; Airfield Focus - No. 35 Dundonald. GMS Enterprises, 67 Pyhill,
Peterborough, PE3 8QQ : 1998 : ISBN 1 870384 66 0.
John Farthing & Tim
Wander; Where PLUTO Crosses the Path. 25 guided walks, with maps, for
walkers and historians which identify and locate the residual evidence of
the PLUTO pipeline of WW2 on the Isle of Wight. Available on Amazon and
www.marconibooks.co.uk
Adrian Searle; PLUTO Pipe-line under the Ocean. Shanklin Chine, 12 Pomona Road, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, O37 6PF : ISBN 0
9525876 0 2.
Bob Knight, Harry Smith & Barry Barnett;
PLUTO - World War 11's Best-Kept Secret. Published in 1998 by Bexley Council : [Softback
about the involvement of The Callender Cable Co. in the PLUTO project].
Michael Cumming. Radar Reflections - The Secret Lives of
Air Force Radar Mechanics in WW2. Radar Associates, Calgary, Alberta 2000
: ISBN 1-894255 10 0.
Hughes-Wilson, Col .John;
Military Intelligence Blunders. London: Robinson Publishing, 1999 : ISBN 1841190675 : [Includes
Dieppe and D-day].
Wilfred Eggleston; Scientists at War.1950.
Guy Hart;
The Challenge of War: Scientific and Engineering Contributions in WW2. ISBN 0-7153-4789-6.
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore;
ENIGMA the Battle of Code. Paperback 2001.
Bruce Macdermott; Ships Without Names. The story of the RN's Tank Landing
Ships : Arms and Armour Press 1992.
George K Grande, Sheila M Linden & Horace R Macauly;
Canadians on Radar 1940 -1945.
Published by The Canadian History Project 2000 : ISBN 0-9687596 0 2.
Charles Cruikshank; Deception in WW2. OUP 1981.
Louis Allan; Burma - The Longest War 1941-1945. Cassell & Co, Military Section 2000 :
ISBN 0-304-35370-1.
John Keegan; Six Armies in Normandy.
1982. ISBN 0-7126-5579-4.
Stephen E Ambrose; Day June 6 1944: The Climatic
Battle of WW2.
1994 : ISBN 0-67334-3.
B Carruthers and S Trew;
The Normandy Battles. Cassell & Co Military Section :
ISBN 0 35396 5.
John des S Winser; Short Sea Long War.
World Ship Society, Gravesend, Kent : [The story of 119 Cross Channel Ships
commandeered by the R.N. to fly the White Ensign].
George W Ball; The Past has another Pattern.1982 : ISBN 0-393-01481-9.
R W Thompson; The Price of Victory.
Constable, London 1960.
Lt. Col. Mains; Field Security - Very Ordinary
Intelligence. Piction Publishing (Chippenham) Ltd :
[An account of his time in the Intelligence Corps where he attained the
position of Chief Intelligence Officer of Central Command in India in 1946].
Ken Small; The Forgotten Dead. Bloomsbury : ISBN 0-7475 Q433 4.
Guy Hartcup; The Challenge of War: Scientific
and Engineering Contributions to World War II. 1970 : ISBN 0-7153-4789-6.
Max Perutz; I wish I'd made you angry earlier -
Essays on Science and Scientists. ISBN 0879696745 : Includes an essay
that discusses the development of Pykrete entitled 'Enemy Alien'.
George R. Lindsey; No Day Long Enough. Canadian Institute of Strategic
Studies 1997.
Henry Buckton; Forewarned is Forearmed. An Official Tribute and History of the
ROC. Ashford, Buchan & Enright 1993 : ISBN 1–85253-292-0.
Derek Wood; Attack Warning Red. The ROC and the Defence of Britain
1925 to 1975 : Macdonald and Jane’s 1976 : ISBN 0356 08411 6.
Dennis Royal;
United States Navy Base Two. Americans at Roseneath
1941 - 45. The Douglas Press, Colintraive, Argyll, PA22 3AE. ISBN 1
902831 802.
Acknowledgements
We are indebted to J.N. (Hans) Houterman
of Walcheren for his expertise and advice and to countless
visitors to the website who have added to the list over the years. If you have any 'Combined Operations'
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