Additional reading

Intelligence

1942 Australia's Greatest Peril [2008] ISBN: 9781405038607 Area: Australia By: Bob Wurth Publisher: Macmillan
Comments: Australia feared invasion. Britain believed it wouldn't happen. Japan considered it. Then the tide of war turned. Author describes the unfolding situation.
An Awkward Truth [2009] ISBN: 9781741756432 Area: Australia By: Peter Grose Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Describes the bombing of Darwin in February 1942, spelling out its severity and the responses of those affected, both shameful & heroic.
Australia Goes To War [1988] ISBN: 0868243752 Area: Worldwide By: John Robertson Publisher: Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Describes the Australian involvement during World War 2.
Australians In Wartime [1987] ISBN: 0170059391 Area: Worldwide By: Michael McKernan Publisher: Nelson
Comments: Year 12 history text telling about WW I and WW II. Includes illustrative documents.
Churchill 1874-1915 [1983] ISBN: 224020447 Area: Worldwide By: Ted Morgan Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Comments: Churchill's life and intrigues from 1874 to 1915.
Churchill As War Leader [1993] ISBN: 0747514852 Area: Worldwide By: Richard Lamb Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Limited
Comments: Churchill's involvement in World War 2.
Commando Strike [1985] ISBN: 0436270250 Area: Worldwide By: Kenneth Macksey Publisher: Leo Cooper
Comments: The story of amphibious raiding in World War 2.
Convoy Is To Scatter [1974] ISBN: 0860070530 Area: Europe By: Jack Broome Publisher: First Futura Publications
Comments: The sequence of events that sealed the fate of Allied PQ17 convoy en route to Russia and resulted in the loss of 23 from 34 merchant ships.
D-Day : Dawn Of Heroes [2007] ISBN: 9781841937502 Area: Europe By: Nigel Cawthorne Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Comments: Describes D-Day in Normandy, France from intelligence secrets to each beach through to breakout of the beach heads.
Echoes Over The Pacific [1995] ISBN: 0646243233 Area: Pacific By: Ed Simmonds & Norm Smith Publisher: E W & E Simmonds
Comments: Overview of Allied Air Warning Radar from Pearl Harbour to the Philippines campaign.
Eighth Army : The Triumphant Desert Army That Held The Axis At Bay From North Africa To The Alps 1939-45 [2004] ISBN: 1585675377 Area: Africa, Europe By: Robin Neillands Publisher: The Overlook Press, Peter Mayer Publishers Inc
Comments: Account of Eighth Army's campaigns from North Africa to The Alps 1939 to 1945.
Escape : A Thousand Miles To Freedom & Hunted [1995] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: M. Murray Publisher: Seal Books
Comments: Escape from New Ireland in the Pacific of Harry Murray and a group of Australians over 3 months behind enemy lines back to safety. Second part of book is about the Coastwatchers intelligence network.
Escape And Evasion [2001] ISBN: 0304362379 Area: Worldwide By: Ian Dear Publisher: Cassell & Co
Comments: Description of eighteen great escapes and the organisations that set up escape lines.
Fear Drive My Feet [1992] ISBN: 0140172564 Area: Pacific By: Peter Ryan Publisher: Penquin Books Australia Ltd
Comments: Author's account of patrolling remote, enemy-infiltrated parts of New Guinea and returning to Allied lines with the incredible help & loyalty of the native New Guineans.
Final Patrol [2006] ISBN: 0451219511 Area: Worldwide By: Don Keith Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Comments: True stories of World War 2 submarines (16 U.S. Gato/Balao/Tench classes) & U-505 (German) which are open to the public in the United States.
Fire Over The Islands : Coast Watchers Of The Solomons [post1968] ISBN: 0589070894 Area: Pacific By: D.C. Horton Publisher: Reed
Comments: Coastwatchers of the Solomon Islands.
Frogman V.C. [1957] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Ian Fraser Publisher: Angus & Robertson
Comments: Allied frogmen and weapons.
General Kenney Reports [1987] ISBN: 0912799447 Area: Asia, Pacific By: George C. Kenney Publisher: Office of Air Force History
Comments: Blow by blow description of U.S.A.F. Fifth Air Force in the Pacific through to fall of Japan.
H.M. U-boat [1960] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: John D. Drummond Publisher: Panther Books
Comments: The capture of U-570 by a British aircraft before being renamed H.M.S. Graph and used against the Axis wolf packs.
Heroic Australian Women In War [2004] ISBN: 0732276691 Area: Worldwide By: Susanna De Vries Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Comments: Exploits of Australian women in both World Wars.
High Command [1992] ISBN: 1863733337 Area: Worldwide By: David Horner Publisher: Allen Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Political background and decision making of the Australian contribution to World War 2.
Hunted : A Coastwatcher's Story [1967] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: M. Murray Publisher: Rigby Limited (Adelaide)
Comments: Experiences of the Coastwatcher H. Murray in the Pacific.
Intercept : The Enigma War [1981] ISBN: 0417056400 Area: Worldwide By: Jozef Garlinski Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
Comments: History of the German coding machine Enigma and the cracking of the codes by Polish and French cryptanalysts.
Lilliput Fleet [1976] ISBN: 450025438 Area: Europe By: A. Cecil Hampshire Publisher: New English Library Limited
Comments: The drifters and trawlers who defended British harbours and coastal convoys against impossible odds.
Lonely Vigil [1977] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Walter Lord Publisher: The Viking Press
Comments: Coastwatchers of the Solomon Islands.
Missionary Turns Spy [1989] ISBN: 0731670450 Area: Pacific By: A. P. H. Freund Publisher: Lutheran Homes Incorporated
Comments: Pastor A. P. H. Freund's story of his service with the New Guinea Coast Watchers in the war against Japan 1942-43.
Moon Squadron [1956] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Jerrard Tickell Publisher: Allan Wingate (Publishers) Limited
Comments: Special Operations Executive missions over Europe.
My War [2004] ISBN: 0733314635 Area: Pacific By: Brian Wadpole Publisher: ABC Books
Comments: Z Special Unit member who served in Borneo with the headhunting Sea Dyaks.
Nancy Wake [2002] ISBN: 0732269199 Area: Europe By: Peter FitzSimons Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Comments: Biography of Australia's greatest war heroine known to the Germans as the White Mouse.
Popski's Private Army [1975] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Vladimir Peniakoff Publisher: Mayflower Books Ltd
Comments: Vladimir Peniakoff's operatives who operated behind enemy lines in North Africa and Italy.
Port Moresby Yesterday And Today [1970] ISBN: 0858070006 Area: Pacific By: Ian Stuart Publisher: Pacific Publications (Aust.) Pty Ltd
Comments: History of the town from beginning to 1970 and including World War 2 details.
Red Jungle [1957] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: John Cross Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Comments: Story of British intelligence party cut-off in Malaya by Japanese advance from January 1942 until rescued in June 1945.
Ring Of Fire [1983] ISBN: 0333356152 Area: Asia, Pacific By: D. C. Horton Publisher: MacMillan Company Of Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Australian guerrilla operations against the Japanese in World War 2.
Sand Against The Wind [1991] ISBN: 0333564219 Area: Asia By: Barbara W. Tuchman Publisher: Papermac
Comments: General Stilwell and the American experience in China 1911-1945.
SBS In World War Two [1985] ISBN: 0586064338 Area: Worldwide By: G. B. Courtney Publisher: Panther Books
Comments: Story of the original Special Boat Section of the Army Commandos.
Secrets Of Wartime Adventure [1980] ISBN: 0340252448 Area: Worldwide By: Gordon Hill Publisher: Knight Books
Comments: True espionage stories.
Service Most Silent [1976] ISBN: 856170704 Area: Europe By: J. F. Turner Publisher: White Lion Publishers
Comments: Exploits of the men who dismantled the live mines dropped around Britain and used the information gathered to devise counter measures. Many died in the attempt.
Silent Feet [1993] ISBN: 0646129031 Area: Asia, Pacific By: G.B Courtney MBE, MC Publisher: G. B. Courtney
Comments: History of operations of Z Special Unit behind Japanese lines 1942 - 1945.
Silent Warriors Of World War II [1995] ISBN: 0934793565 Area: Pacific By: Lance Q. Zedric Publisher: Pathfinder Publishing Of California
Comments: The Alamo Scouts behind Japanese lines.
Spy Ring Pacific [1958] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Allison Ind Publisher: Weidenfeld And Nicolson
Comments: Allied Intelligence Bureau's spy network across the Pacific and stories of the 164 who died, 75 who were captured and 178 whose fate is still unknown. 170 decorations were awarded to this unit.
Ten Thousand Eyes [2001] ISBN: 1585742945 Area: Europe By: Richard Collier Publisher: Lyons Press
Comments: Story of the spy network that cracked Hitler's Atlantic Wall before D-Day.
The Coast Watchers [1946] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Eric Feldt Publisher: Oxford
Comments: History of the Coastwatchers of the Pacific by the man who started and ran the organisation.
The Coast Watchers [2010] ISBN: 9781741669244 Area: Pacific By: Patrick Lindsay Publisher: Random House Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Stories of the Coastwatchers of the Pacific.
The Compact Timeline Of Military History [2008] ISBN: 1903025737 Area: Worldwide By: A. A. Evans and David Gibbons Publisher: Worth Press Ltd.
Comments: Timeline of 5,000 years of warfare.
The Emperor's Codes [2001] ISBN: 055381320X Area: Asia, Pacific By: Michael Smith Publisher: Bantam Books
Comments: Story of the breaking of the Japanese codes by the Allies & the consequences for WW II.
The French Resistance [1985] ISBN: 0330286579 Area: Europe By: Don Lawson Publisher: Pan Books
Comments: Stories of espionage and sabotage by the Underground.
The Frogmen [1953] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: T. J. Waldron & James Gleeson Publisher: Evans Brothers Ltd
Comments: Story of wartime underwater operators.
The Hidden Chapters [1995] ISBN: 1875575227 Area: Pacific By: Robert Piper Publisher: Pagemasters Pty Ltd
Comments: Untold stories of Australians at war in the Pacific.
The Imperial Japanese Navy [1978] ISBN: 085059295X Area: Asia, , Pacific By: Paul S. Dull Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd
Comments: Battle history of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1941-1945.
The Intelligence War [2000] ISBN: 1567999581 Area: Worldwide By: Donald P. Steury Publisher: Michael Friedman Publishing Group Inc.
Comments: Background of the intelligence war.
The Japanese Army 1931-45 (2) 1942-45 [2002] ISBN: 9781841763545 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Philip Jowett Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Comments: Volume 2 showing 1942-1945 period of deployments, organisation, uniforms and equipment of Japanese Army and auxiliary units in Burma and the Pacific.
The Long Range Desert Group [2003] ISBN: 0850528062 Area: Africa, Europe By: David Lloyd Owen Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Comments: History of the Long Range Desert Group.
The Man Who Saved London [1960] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: George Martelli Publisher: Odhams (Watford) Ltd
Comments: Michel Hollard operated as an independent Allied agent after the fall of France in 1940 performing numerous missions including providing British Intelligence with the first plans of a V1 launch site and measurements of a German V1 rocket.
The Pacific War [2009] ISBN: 9780688016203 Area: Asia, Pacific By: John Costello Publisher: Harper Perennial
Comments: Describes the lead-up to the Pacific War and the political and military actions over its whole geographic area. 742 pages.
The SAS At War 1941-1945 [1991] ISBN: 071954890X Area: Africa, Europe By: Anthony Kemp Publisher: John Murray (Publishers) Ltd, London
Comments: Full story of the SAS during World War 2.
The Second Front [1978] ISBN: 0809425009 Area: Europe By: Douglas Botting Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: Lead up to, and including, D-Day in Normandy, France and the ensuing battles.
The Second World War In The Far East [2000] ISBN: 0304352470 Area: Asia, Pacific By: H. P. Wilmott Publisher: Cassell & Co.
Comments: Concentrates on World War 2 in the Pacific and Asia.
The Secret War [1959] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Gerald Pawle Publisher: Corgi
Comments: Inventions and schemes used by the Allies.
The Secret War [1981] ISBN: 0809425467 Area: Worldwide By: Francis Russell Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: Intelligence war including spying, tricks, codebreaking and inventions.
The Shetland Bus [1991] ISBN: 0586210350 Area: Europe By: David Howarth Publisher: Grafton Books
Comments: History of the formation of a volunteer small boat fleet operating between Britain and Norway landing weapons and supplies and rescuing refugees during occupation of Norway.
Wewak Mission [2005] ISBN: 0646283162 Area: Pacific By: Lionel P. V. Veale Publisher: Lionel P. V. Veale
Comments: Author describes an actual Australian Coastwatchers mission to Wewak, New Guinea. Forty-seven Coastwatchers were killed or (usually) executed by the Japanese during World War 2.

Total books : 61