Recently published English language booksThere are all the English language books found in the system that have been published from 2000 to this day. If you think we are missing some please let us know.  | by - Zetterling, Niklas
A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours of Germany's Greatest Battleship
2009, Casemate
ISBN 1935149040
Hardcover, 320 pages
The sinking of the German battleship Bismarck-a masterpiece of engineering, well-armored with a main artillery of eight 15-inch guns-was one of the most dramatic events of World War II. She left the port of Gotenhafen for her first operation on the night of 18 May 1941, yet was almost immediately discovered by Norwegian resistance and Allied air reconnaissance. British battlecruiser Hood was quickly dispatched from Scapa Flow to intercept the Bismarck, together with new battleship Prince of Wales. They were ordered to find the ship quickly because, on their way from the USA, several large convoys were heading for Britain. On 24 May, Bismarck was found off the coast of Greenland, but the ensuing battle was disastrous for the British. The Hood was totally destroyed within minutes (only 3 crewmen surviving), and Prince of Wales was badly damaged. The chase resumed until the German behemoth was finally caught, this time by four British capital ships supported by torpedo-bombers from the carrier Ark Royal. The icy North Atlantic roiled from the crash of shellfire and bursting explosions until finally the Bismarck collapsed, sending nearly 2,000 German sailors to a watery grave.Tamelander and Zetterling's work rests on stories from survivors and the latest historical discoveries. The book starts with a thorough account of maritime developments from 1871 up to the era of the giant battleship, and ends with a vivid account, hour by hour, of the dramatic and fateful hunt for the mighty Bismarck, Nazi-Germany's last hope to pose a powerful surface threat to Allied convoys. NIKLAS ZETTERLING, a researcher at the Swedish Defense College, is most recently co-author of The Korsun Pocket: The Encirclement and Breakout of a German Army in the East, 1944. Together with MICHAEL TAMELANDER, a part-time military author, they have written books about the battleship Tirpitz, the D-Day landings and the 1940 campaign in Norway. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Sutherland, Jon
2009, Pen & Sword Maritime
ISBN 1848840454
Hardcover, 160 pages
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 | by - Hewitt, Nick
The Indestructible Highway
2009, Pen and Sword
ISBN 1844158616
Hardcover, 256 pages
Using official records from the National Archives personal accounts from the Imperial War Museum and other sources, Coastal Convoys 1939 - 1945: The Indestructible Highway describes Britain's dependence on coastal shipping and the introduction of the convoy system in coastal waters at the outset of the war. It beings to life the hazards of the German mining offensive of 1939, the desperate battles fought in coastal waters during 1940 and 1941, and the long struggle against German air and naval forces which lasted to the end of the Second World War. Reference is also made to the important role played by coasters during the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940 and the Normandy landings in 1944. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Turner, John Frayn
The siege of the Malta Force submarines
2009, Pen and Sword
ISBN 1844157245
Hardcover, 224 pages
The Malta Force submarines had the vital task of interrupting German and Italian convoys crossing the Mediterranean to resupply Rommel and his Army in North Africa. The outcome of the Desert War depended on this. Operations from the beleaguered island were hazardous both at sea and in port. The Naval Base was under constant air attack. Due to the courage and tenacity of the crews by the time the Malta-based submarines were at full strength a staggering 50% of Axis shipping bound for Africa failed to arrive at its destination. The submarines sank some 75 enemy vessels totaling 400,000 tons.Periscope Patrol picks out the highlights of their actions and sets them against the bombed-out background of Malta, the island awarded the George Cross for its single handed stand. This is a hugely readable and informative account of submarine warfare at its toughest and roughest.Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Prag, Christian
The Eventful Career of U-604
2009, Naval Institute Press
ISBN 1591146283
Hardcover, 208 pages
U-604 may have looked like the hundreds of other Type VIIC U-boats built by the Nazi Kriegsmarine during World War II, but her six wartime patrols were far from ordinary. This book draws on the eyewitness testimony of survivors and the boat s war diary to weave a detailed tapestry of life and action on U-604 during some of the fiercest convoy battles of the Atlantic war. She was credited with many successes, among them inflicting the largest single loss of U.S. mercantile personnel in one attack. The success of her career, however, pales beside the epic story of her loss. The boat was damaged beyond repair after repeated bombing by American aircraft, and her commanding officer organized an amazing but tragically unsuccessful rescue attempt by two other U-boats in their wolfpack. Many of the book's photos have not been published previously. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Dunmore, Spence
From the Hunley to the Kursk, the Greatest Submarines Ever Lost-and Found
2009, Madison Press Books
ISBN 1897330413
Paperback, 176 pages
Through gripping text and powerful images, this chronicle traces the evolution of the submarine and the history of under-the-seas warfare. Harrowing tales of a submerged death and eerie images of ghost ships are haunting, yet the daring stories of the vessels and their inhabitants invoke a nostalgic courage, allowing the reader to reflect on a sunken, dark fate that is rarely mentioned. State-of-the-art underwater photographs, accompanied by archival images and cutaway diagrams, answer many questions about why each submarine sank and make this the definitive illustrated history. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - O'Hara, Vincent P.
The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940-1945
2009, Naval Institute Press
ISBN 1591146488
Hardcover, 352 pages
The Mediterranean Sea was the most intensely contested body of water in World War II. As the maritime crossroads where Europe, Asia, and Africa meet, more major naval actions were fought in the Mediterranean than in the Atlantic or Pacific. Despite its importance, remarkably little has been written about the subject, and what exists is largely one-sided and outdated. This fresh study of the naval war in the Mediterranean analyzes the actions and performances of the five major navies British, Italian, French, German, and American during the entire five-year campaign and objectively examines the national imperatives that drove each nation s maritime strategy. The Struggle for the Middle Sea sidesteps the myths that haunt this campaign, such as Great Britain enjoying a moral advantage over Italy, or the French being Germany s puppet, or the North African campaign significantly contributing to the eventual Allied victory. The book documents how the British Royal Navy, despite brilliant victories, was bled white in a campaign with questionable strategic goals; how Italy followed its own coherent naval strategy, much to the frustration of its German ally; and how the Marine Nationale was the strength of the independent French state and how it fought the Allies--and rejected the Axis--to maintain that independence. Most World War II histories tell the story of the Mediterranean War from a limited national point of view. Other works also end the story in 1943. Struggle for the Middle Sea provides a complete history of the entire campaign from all perspectives and covers Germany s largely unknown and remarkably successful struggle to employ sea power in the Mediterranean after the Italian armistice. The book s perspective and depth of detail is unmatched by other works, and its fresh viewpoints, supported by extensive research in Italian and French sources, are certain to provoke controversy. Its lessons about coastal warfare, the use of the sea, and the difficulty of gaining command of the sea in wartime provide insight into the role naval strategy played in Word War II. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Brown, J.D.
2009, Naval Institute Press
ISBN 1591141087
Hardcover, 320 pages
The Royal Navy s Fleet Air Arm grew from a small force into a powerful strategic weapon during World War II, with British carrier-based aircraft fighting throughout the world. This complete history describes their activities in the Home, Mediterranean, Eastern, and British Pacific Fleets, together with forces created for specific operations, and lists aircraft and units embarked during the various phases. The author also covers carrier operations in the Pacific between 1941 and 1945, noting that both the U.S. Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy watched the Royal Navy s early carrier operations in the European Theatre and benefited from the lessons. This work combines material from two earlier studies by J. D. Brown and adds information the author was compiling for a third volume at the time of his death. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Konstam, Angus
Queen Elizabeth and Royal Soverign Classes
2009, Osprey Publishing
ISBN 1846033888
Paperback, 48 pages
With the outbreak of World War II, Britain's Royal Navy and her fleet of battleships would be at the forefront of her defence. Yet from a fleet of 12 battleships, ten were already over 20 years old, venerable veterans of World War I. Extensive modifications throughout the 1930s allowed these ships to perform a vital service throughout the six long years of conflict, and further improvements made during the course of the war enabled them to hold their own against their German and Italian counterparts. This title offers a comprehensive review of the development of these British battleships from their initial commissioning to their peacetime modifications and wartime service. Detailed descriptions of the main armament of each ship will offer further analysis of individual battleships' effectiveness, discussing how the guns were manned when engaging the enemy. Describing HMS Warspite during the battle of Matapan in 1941, the author details how this British battleship, together with other Royal Navy and Australian vessels, defeated the might of the Italian navy so that they never again threatened Allied fleets within the Mediterranean. With specially commissioned artwork and a dramatic retelling of key battleship engagements, this book will highlight what it was like on board for the sailors who risked their lives on the high seas. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - van der Vat, Dan
The Extraordinary Story of Churchill's Most Spectacular Defeat
2009, Overlook Hardcover
ISBN 1590202236
Hardcover, 256 pages
This extraordinary book covers the ill-fated and badly thought out Allied attack on the Dardanelles peninsula in 1915. The author claims that even if the attack would have succeeded, he claims was impossible, it would not have made any difference on the war. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Milner. Marc
The Royal Canadian Navy and the Battle for the Convoys
2006, Vanwell Publishing
ISBN 1551251086
Paperback, 384 pages
At the height of The Battle of the Atlantic, half of the Allied convoy escorts on the main trade routes were Canadian, but history has largely ignores their contribution and their bitter sacrifices of their struggle against U-boat attacks in 1942 and 1943.
In North Atlantic Run, noted military historian Marc Milner tells the story of this drama at sea, detailing the dynamic role played by Canada and The Royal Canadian Navy in the battle for the convoys.
Originally published in hardcover in 1985. See our review for that copy. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Waters, S. D.
2008, Lulu.com
ISBN 1435757602
Paperback, 66 pages Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Lloyd, Keith Warren
2008, AuthorHouse
ISBN 0595492185
Paperback, 123 pages
During the Second World War, long-range German submarines, commonly referred to by their German name Unterseeboot, or U-boat, ranged the American coastline and placed a stranglehold on the flow of vital war supplies. The shipping lanes off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina were prime hunting ground for these feared sea hunters. As the war raged on, however, Allied destroyers using the newly invented sonar and radar began to hunt down and destroy the U-boats as they moved in to attack. There are six U-boats resting on the seabed near Cape Hatteras, known to mariners as "the Graveyard of the Atlantic." Of the 280 young German sailors who undertook these dangerous missions, only 40 survived to be taken prisoner. What might have happened if survivors from a sinking German submarine were able to land on the eastern coast of the United States?Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Nolan, L and Nolan J.
Was Convoy T.M. 1. Sacrificed?
2007, Bellevue Publications/Trafford Publications
ISBN 1412069874
Paperback
The strange facts about the near-total destruction of the first Special Oil Convoy of World War II. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Debrosse. Jim
The Untold Story of America's Ultra War Against the U-boat Enigma Codes
2004, Random House
ISBN 0375508074
Hardcover, 304 pages
For the first time, the inside story of the brilliant American engineer who defeated Enigma and the Nazi code-masters.
Much has been written about the success of the British 'Ultraā'¯ program in cracking the German Enigma code early in World War II, but few know what really happened in 1942, when the Germans added a fourth rotor to the machine that created the already challenging naval code and plunged Allied intelligence into darkness.
Enter one Joe Desch, an unassuming but brilliant engineer at the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio, who was given the task of creating a machine to break the new Enigma settings. It was an enterprise that rivaled the Manhattan Project for secrecy and complexity and nearly drove Desch to a breakdown. Under enormous pressure, he succeeded in creating a 5,000-pound electromechanical monster known as the Desch Bombe, which helped turn the tide in the Battle of the Atlantic but not before a disgruntled co-worker attempted to leak information about the machine to the Nazis.
After toiling anonymously "it even took his daughter years to learn of his accomplishments" Desch was awarded the National Medal of Merit, the country's highest civilian honor. In The Secret in Building 26, the entire thrilling story of the final triumph over Enigma is finally told.
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 | by - Booth, Tony
The Slow Death of a Submarine
2009, Pen and Sword
ISBN 1844158594
Hardcover, 240 pages
On 1 June 1939 His Majesty's Submarine Thetis sank in Liverpool Bay while on her diving trials. Her loss is still the worst peacetime submarine disaster the Royal Navy has yet faced when ninety-nine men drowned or slowly suffocated during their last fifty hours of life. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Kershaw, Alex
A Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew
2008, Da Capo Press
ISBN 0306815192
Hardcover, 288 pages
The adrenaline-soaked story of nine men who fought the Japanese from America's deadliest submarine, survived its sinkage, and endured months of brutal torture in captivity. By October, 1944, the U.S. Navy submarine Tang was legendary--she had sunk more enemy ships, rescued more downed airmen, and pulled off more daring surface attacks than any other Allied submarine in the Pacific. And then, on her fifth patrol, tragedy struck--the Tang was hit by one of her own faulty torpedoes. The survivors of the explosion struggled to stay alive in their submerged "iron coffin" one hundred-eighty feet beneath the surface. While the Japanese dropped deadly depth charges, just nine of the original eighty-man crew survived a harrowing ascent through the escape hatch. But a far greater ordeal was coming. After being picked up by a Japanese patrol vessel, they were sent to a secret Japanese interrogation camp known as the "Torture Farm." They were close to death when finally liberated in August, 1945, but they had revealed nothing to the Japanese--not even the greatest secret of World War II. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Henderson, Bruce
An Epic Story of Naval Disaster and Heroism in World War II
2008, Collins
ISBN 0061173177
Paperback, 400 pages
This epic story opens at the hour the Greatest Generation went to war on December 7, 1941, and follows four U.S. Navy ships and their crews in the Pacific until their day of reckoning three years later with a far different enemy: a deadly typhoon. In December 1944, while supporting General MacArthur's invasion of the Philippines, Admiral William "Bull" Halsey neglected the Law of Storms, placing the mighty U.S. Third Fleet in harm's way. Drawing on extensive interviews with nearly every living survivor and rescuer, as well as many families of lost sailors, transcripts and other records from naval courts of inquiry, ships' logs, personal letters, and diaries, Bruce Henderson finds some of the story's truest heroes exhibiting selflessness, courage, and even defiance. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Kennedy, Maxwell Taylor
The Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot Who Crippled Her
2008, Simon & Schuster
ISBN 0743260805
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 | by - Michael Sturma
The Loss of the Legendary USS Harder
2006, US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 1591148456
Hardcover, 246 pages Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Showell, Jak Mallmann
2006, Naval Institute Press
ISBN 1591148928
Hardcover, 224 pages
History and of German AU-Boats and submarine warfare, 1906-1006 Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - WAB Douglas, R. Sarty, M. Whitby et al.
The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War, 1943-1945, Volume II, Part II
2007, Vanwell Publishing Limited
ISBN 1551250691
Hardcover 650pp 7 x 9.5
Based on extensive research, Blue Water Navy follows the RCN's path to victory from 1943 to 1945 as Canadian warships engage the enemy across the globe in the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific Oceans, covering:
* the Allies' North Atlantic triumph over the German submarine arm
* the RCN's combined operations role in Dieppe, Africa and Sicily
* the procurement of large fleet destroyers and their operations
* culmination of the RCN's overseas buildup with Operation Neptune
* multi-function capabilities from MTBs, minesweeping and anti-submarines activity
* acquisition of cruisers and Canadian manned escort carriers
Thoroughly explores the world-wide scope of the Royal Canadian Navy's involvement in the Second World War and its transition from a small-ship navy into a balanced force.
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 | by - Milner, Marc
2002, Vanwell St Catherines Ontario
ISBN 1550681257
Written by Prof. of History at Uni of New Brunswick. Gives good account of the Canadian activities and particularly what happened on the other side of the pond. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Ron Young & Pamela Armstrong
Submarine Wrecks of the United Kingdom, Volume-1
2006, Tempus Publishing, Ltd., The Mill, Brimscombe Port, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL52QG.
ISBN 075243876X
Soft cover, 350 pages, lots of maps/charts and B&W photos
All the submarines lost around the UK (about 150). Volume-1 covers the English east coast from the Scottish borders and down to Kent. It includes lots and lots of original archive material that has never seen the light of day until now. Forewards by Axel Niestle and Michael Lowrey. £19.99 and available from Amazon and all major book shops and of course our the publisher. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Hawkins, Nigel
Naval Blockades of WW1
2002, Leo Cooper
ISBN 0850529085
Hardcover, 262 p., 23 illustr., in-text maps
Fairly balanced account of the British naval blockade of Germany 1914-18 and the German counter-blockade, which culminated in the unrestricted U-boat campaign in 1917. Explores political, strategic, economic, legal and military aspects. Illustrates the fateful spiral of reprisals and counter-reprisals and the effects on neutrals, especially the US. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Edward T Wilkins
2004, Countyvise
ISBN 1901231445
Paperback 172 pages
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 | by - McLoughlin, Jim
The Laconia Incident: A Survivor's Memoir
2006, Wakefield Press, 1 The Parade West, Kent Town, South Australia 5067
ISBN 1862546908
Softcover 200 pages; 13 pages of photographs
The author recounts the chaos and carnage of war at sea that led him to a fateful rendezvous with a much loved ship from his boy-hod, the passenger liner Laconia. Nostalgia turns to disaster when Loconia was torpedoed by U-156 in the South Atlantic. Despite a remarkable rescue attempt by a courageous compassionate foe, the author was condemned to a drifting lifeboat and a harrowing voage of death and madness. It is a story of a desperate personal battle for survival, but also a moving narrative of innocence lost and a lifelong battle with confronting memories.
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 | by - David A. Mindell
Feedback, Control and Computing before Cybernetics
2002, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363.
ISBN 0801868955
Hardcover, 450 pages
Although not dealing directly nor exclusively with naval warfare, the book is interesting insofar as it describes in detail the history and development of feedback and control systems in the US before and during WWII. In particular it details the Naval Control Systems from 1916 onwards: rangekeepers, gyrocompass, servo control systems and the shipwide fire control system that thus became possible. We get a description of the 'Ford Rangekeeper', a specialized version of which was used as Torpedo Data Computer on US submarines. Systems covered include: land and sea-based antiaircraft fire control, signal transmission in phone networks, representation of power systems, development and integration of radar into fire control. Purchase information: (info)
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| | by - Ernest F. Imhoff
2006, Glencannon Press
ISBN 1889901369
Softcover, 416 pages, photos
Volume 1 of a narrative of the restoration of the SS John W. Brown, the last surviving Liberty Ship.
Arriving in Baltimore in 1988, the ship was brought back to life by an all-volunteer crew.
Also featured are oral histories of the WWII merchant marine and navy crew members. Purchase information: (info)
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| | by - Bryan Galecki
The complete history of the Coast Guard cutters Bedloe and Jackson
2005, Pine Belt Publishing
ISBN 0976922304
Softcover, 305 pages
Recounts the loss of the Bedloe and the Jackson while assisting the liberty ship George Ade after being torpedoed by U-518 Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Ron Martini
2005, Riverdale Books
ISBN 1932606149
Trade Paperback,, 188 pages
A handy reference guide to submariner terminology and slang, from the serious to the silly. Purchase information: (info)
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| | by - Philip Lecane
The RMS Leinster Disaster
2005, Periscope Publishing Ltd.
ISBN 1904381316
Paperback 316 pages
The long forgotten story of the sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster in the dying days of the First World War is brought back to life in this intriguing tale of the disaster. Torpedoed by the German submarine UB-123, 501 of the 771 people on board were killed, marking the event as the worst maritime tragedy ever witnessed in the Irish Sea. The Leinster carried civilian passengers, postal workers and military personnel from Ireland, Britain, the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia and as such its loss had an impact around the globe. This remarkable book tells the stories of those on board the Leinster and UB-123 and sympathetically examines not only the sinking but also its ramifications for those left behind. A well-researched work, this book will appeal to any with an interest in the sea as well as military and maritime historians and genealogists. Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Garland, Landon
2002, iUniverse
ISBN 0595249345
Paperback
Novel
In the summer of 1949 a retired FBI agent, using a metal detector to search for shipwrecked artifacts on a Virginia beach, discovers a cache of buried weapons, remnants of uniforms and two identification tags. Upon further investigation the weapons prove to be of German manufacture, and the uniforms and ID tags are identified as belonging to two German naval officers. After researching police and FBI files the agent learns that two German saboteurs came ashore south of Virginia Beach in 1944... Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Edwards, Bernard
2004, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland
ISBN 1591148847
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 | by - Paterson, Lawrence
U-boats in the Indian Ocean
2004, Greenhill Books
ISBN 1853676152
Hardcover, 288 pages Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Greenfield, Nathan M.
The Second World War in Canada
2004, Harpercollins Canada, Limited
ISBN 0002006642
256 pages Purchase information: (info)
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 | by - Reminick, Gerald
True Stories of the U.S. Merchant Marine in World War II
2004, The Glencannon Press
ISBN 1889901318
Paperback, 327 pages, photos, bibliography, index
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