Additional reading

Maritime

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.
A Long Way from Silver Creek [2000] ISBN: 1875574395 Area: Worldwide By: Margaret Gee Publisher: Margaret Gee
Comments: Author's family history. Over a third covers the experiences of her father, Alan, in the Navy, with H.M.A.S. Perth and as a P.O.W. with Williams Force on the Burma Railway.
A Pictorial History Of Australians At War [1970] ISBN: 0600396560 Area: Worldwide By: Paul Hamlyn Publisher: Paul Hamlyn Pty Ltd
Comments: Australian armed forces from Colonial unrest to the Vietnam War.
A Submariner's War : The Indian Ocean 1939-45 [2000] ISBN: 0752432761 Area: Africa, Australia By: Michael Wilson Publisher: Tempus Publishing Limited
Comments: Overview of the Indian Ocean submarine war during World War 2 which involved 7 nations (Great Britain, the Netherlands, U.S.A., France, Italy, Germany and Japan).
Across the Sea to War [2003] ISBN: 1877058068 Area: Worldwide By: Peter Plowman Publisher: Rosenberg
Comments: Account of the Australian and New Zealand troop convoy movements during war from 1865 to Vietnam.
All Men Back - All One Big Mistake [1998] ISBN: 0859052540 Area: Asia, Pacific By: W.A. Bee Publisher: Hesperian Press
Comments: HMAS Perth sailor, wounded Battle of Sunda Strait, becomes POW Java, Burma Railway, Burma end, No. 5 Branch. Then to coal-mines, Moji, Japan via Kanburi, Saigon & Singapore.
Arthur's War [2010] ISBN: 9780670073467 Area: Asia By: Arthur Bancroft with John Harman Publisher: Viking
Comments: Bancroft survived the sinking of HMAS Perth, the Burma Railway with Williams and No.1 Mobile Forces and was rescued by a US submarine after Rakuyo Maru was sunk en route to Japan.
As You Were 1946 [1946] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Members of the Services Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian services from 1788 to 1946 (mainly World War 2).
As You Were 1947 [1947] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Members of the Services Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian services from 1788 to 1946 (mainly World War 2).
As You Were 1948 [1948] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Members of the Services Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian services from 1788 to 1946 (mainly World War 2).
As You Were 1949 [1949] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Members of the Services Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian services from 1788 to 1946 (mainly World War 2).
As You Were 1950 [1950] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Members of the Services Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian services from 1788 to 1946 (mainly World War 2).
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.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 NAVY Vol.2 : Royal Australian Navy, 1942-45 [1968] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: G. Hermon Gill Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 NAVY Vol.I : Royal Australian Navy, 1939-42 [1957] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: G. Hermon Gill Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australians In War [1974] ISBN: 304299723 Area: Worldwide By: Jane Barnaby Publisher: Cassell Australia Ltd
Comments: Stories involving Australians from World War 1 to 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.
Australia's War At Sea : 1939 To 1945 [UNKNOWN] ISBN: 1876270527 Area: Worldwide By: To add Publisher: Topmill Pty Ltd
Comments: None written yet.
Battle Of The Bismarck Sea [1991] ISBN: 0312058209 Area: Pacific By: Lex McAulay Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Comments: Background of the destruction of a Japanese troop convoy bound for Lae in New Guinea.
Battle Of The Java Sea [1968] ISBN: 0330026089 Area: Pacific By: David Thomas Publisher: Pan Books Ltd
Comments: Very detailed account of the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942.
Blitzkrieg [1977] ISBN: 0809424541 Area: Europe By: Robert Wernick Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: Initial attack by Hitler through Holland and Belguim to France and the evacuation of Dunkirk.
Blood, Sweat And Tears [2004] ISBN: 0670040894 Area: Worldwide By: Margaret Geddes Publisher: Viking
Comments: Memories of Australian service people, civilians, prisoners of war, & volunteers have of events in Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific and Australia during World War II.
Bravery In Battle [1997] ISBN: 185409338X Area: Worldwide By: David Eshel Publisher: Arms & Armour Press
Comments: Stories from the front line.
Centaur [1993] ISBN: 0646137158 Area: Australia By: Christopher Milligan and John Foley Publisher: Nairana Publications
Comments: Research dispelling the myths of the torpedoing of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur off Brisbane in 1943.
Combined Operations 1940-1942 [1943] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Ministry Of Information Publisher: His Majesty's Stationery Office
Comments: Describes Commando training and different raids such as Dieppe, Diego Suarez, St. Nazaire and Bruneval 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! Drama In Arctic Waters [1993] ISBN: 1854091301 Area: Worldwide By: Paul Kemp Publisher: Arms & Armour Press
Comments: Allied PQ/QP convoys to supply 500,000,000 pounds worth of war materials to Russia which resulted in the loss of 18 warships and 104 merchant ships.
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.
Crete 1941 [1975] ISBN: 450025543 Area: Europe By: David A. Thomas Publisher: Andre Deutsch Ltd
Comments: Transport of Allied troops to Greece, evacuation of Allied troops from Greece and then Crete by the British Mediterranean Fleet.
Cruel Conflict [2008] ISBN: 9781741107388 Area: Worldwide By: Kathryn Spurling Publisher: New Holland
Comments: Story of crewmen of H.M.A.S. Perth 1939-45 and Australian's reactions to them. 14 chapters; 2 on Mediterranean, 3 on Battles of Java Sea & Sunda Strait, 4 on P.O.W. years, diverse experiences.
Cruiser [2010] ISBN: 978174166839 Area: Worldwide By: Mike Carlton Publisher: William Heinemann Australia
Comments: The life and loss of H.M.A.S. Perth I and her crew. 706 pages.
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.
Death Was Our Escort [1944] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Ernest G. Vetter Publisher: Prentice-Hall Inc
Comments: Story of Edward T. Hamilton in the American PT boats.
Decision At Sea : The Convoy Escorts [1978] ISBN: 0525930043 Area: North America, Europe By: Peter Kemp Publisher: E. P. Dutton
Comments: History of the convoys in the Atlantic and the tactics used for eventual victory.
Defiance At Sea [2002] ISBN: 0304350850 Area: Worldwide By: Jon Guttman Publisher: Cassell Military Paperbacks
Comments: Fourteen naval actions spanning 400 years of war at sea.
Diggers : The Australian Army, Navy And Air Force In Eleven Wars [UNKNOWN] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: George Odgers Publisher: Lifetime Distributors
Comments: The Australian Army, Navy And Air Force from 1860 to 1994.
Diggers And Greeks [2010] ISBN: 9781742230146 Area: Europe By: Maria Hill Publisher: University of New South Wales Press Ltd
Comments: The Australian campaigns in Greece & Crete.
Dunkirk [2002] ISBN: 0304359688 Area: Europe By: Robert Jackson Publisher: Cassell Military Paperbacks
Comments: The three weeks of battle before the Dunkirk evacuation and including the nine days to save 198,000 troops by virtually every warship and small boat available across the English Channel.
East Of Malta, West Of Suez : September 1939 To March 1941 [2001] ISBN: 0117025380 Area: Europe By: Tim Coates Publisher: The Stationery Office Ltd
Comments: Reprint of official publication to describe the British Royal Navy in action (September 1939 to March 1941) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the public.
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.
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.
Forgotten Fleet 2 [2004] ISBN: 0975168304 Area: Pacific By: Bill & Ruth Lunney Publisher: Forfleet Publishing
Comments: Account of the small ships (trawlers, schooners, tug boats and ferry boats) crewed by Australian volunteers in the U.S. Army Small Ships Section in New Guinea.
Frogman V.C. [1957] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Ian Fraser Publisher: Angus & Robertson
Comments: Allied frogmen and weapons.
Gona's Gone [1994] ISBN: 1863736379 Area: Pacific By: Peter Brune Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Battle for the Beach head 1942.
H.M. Corvette [1942] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Nicholas Monsarrat Publisher: Cassell and Company Ltd
Comments: Experiences of the hardworking corvettes. To quote 'Corvettes would roll on wet grass'.
H.M. Small Ships [1961] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Warren Armstrong Publisher: Panther Books
Comments: The men and ships of the British Coastal Forces (Dunkirk, Dieppe and North Sea).
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.
H.M.A.S. [1942] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Serving personnel of the Royal Australian Navy Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories and commentary of the Royal Australian Navy at war 1939 to 1942.
H.M.A.S. Mk. II : The R.A.N.'s Second Book [1943] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Serving personnel of the Royal Australian Navy Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories and commentary of the Royal Australian Navy at war 1942 to September 1943.
H.M.A.S. Mk. III : The R.A.N.'s Third Book [1944] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Serving personnel of the Royal Australian Navy Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories and commentary of the Royal Australian Navy at war September 1943 to September 1944.
H.M.A.S. Mk. IV : The R.A.N.'s Fourth Book [1945] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Serving personnel of the Royal Australian Navy Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories and commentary of the Royal Australian Navy at war September 1944 to peace.
Heroes All [1941] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Collie Knox Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Comments: Stories of the British Army, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Bomb disposal squad and civilians between 1939 and 1941.
His Majesty's Minesweepers [1943] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Ministry Of Information Publisher: London : His Majesty's Stationery Office
Comments: History of mine use and the minesweepers that removed the menace to shipping.
History Of The Second World War [1970] ISBN: 0304935646 Area: Worldwide By: B. H. Liddell Hart Publisher: Cassell
Comments: Overview of World War II by ex-WW I officer- turned-writer interested in military strategy and, reputedly, not afraid to differ from the establishment.
In The Line Of Fire [2007] ISBN: 9780330422475 Area: Worldwide By: Rex Sadler & Tom Hayllar Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Real stories of Australians at war from Gallipoli to Vietnam.
Island Fighting [1981] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Rafael Steinberg Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: Description of the island fighting by the Allies in the Pacific with many photos.
Jane's Warships Of World War II [1996] ISBN: 0004708725 Area: Worldwide By: Bernard Ireland Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Comments: Descriptions and photos of numerous classes of different types of ships.
Java Rabble [2008] ISBN: 9780859054195 Area: Asia By: Fred Skeels Publisher: Hesperian Press
Comments: H.M.A.S. Perth survivor taken P.O.W. in Java. Via Singapore to Burma Railway (Burma end, No. 5 Group). Then Tamarkan, via Saigon and Singapore to Japan. Coalmines at Camp 22, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kitoski Bakaro! Attention, Fool! [1998] ISBN: 157168171X Area: Asia By: William J. Weissinger, Jr Publisher: Eakin Press, Austin, Texas
Comments: How U.S.S. Houston sailor made shore. P.O.W. Java. Bicycle Camp, Changi, Burma Railway No.5 Branch, Thailand Kanburi area, Railway maintenance stint, released near Bangkok & returned home.
Lifeline [1999] ISBN: 1861761007 Area: Worldwide By: Peter Elphick Publisher: Chatham Publishing
Comments: Allied Merchant Navy at war 1939 to 1945.
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.
Lost - But Not Forgotten [2002] ISBN: 0957777728 Area: Australia By: Keith Shegog Publisher: Single X Publications
Comments: In memory of the 645 lost in the sinking of H.M.A.S. Sydney II on 19/11/1941.
Malta Convoy [1969] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Peter Shankland and Anthony Hunter Publisher: Collins
Comments: The incredible story of the Malta relief convoy of Operation Pedestal.
Merchantmen At War [1944] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Ministry Of Information Publisher: London : His Majesty's Stationery Office
Comments: Story of the Merchant Navy 1939 to 1944.
Mighty Midgets [1946] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: John F. Moyes Publisher: Halstead Press Pty Ltd
Comments: Story of Australia'a little ships : the corvettes, boom vessels, sub-chasers, survey ships and minesweepers.
Milne Bay 1942 [2000] ISBN: 0646054058 Area: Pacific By: Clive Baker & Greg Knight Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Detailed description of the Battle of Milne Bay, New Guinea in 1942 and the units involved.
Night Action [1976] ISBN: 0552102245 Area: Europe By: Peter Dickens Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Comments: Account of Captain Peter Dickens as commander of the 21st MTB Flotilla during 1942-43 in the North Sea and English Channel.
One Day In A Very Long War [1999] ISBN: 0712674659 Area: Worldwide By: John Ellis Publisher: Pimlico
Comments: WWII worldwide situation from both Allies and Axis viewpoints on Wednesday 25/10/1944.
One Of Our Submarines [1953] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Edward Young Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis
Comments: Sailor's story of his time in submarines during WWII.
Out Sweeps! [1979] ISBN: 450044688 Area: Europe By: Paul Lund & Harry Ludlam Publisher: New English Library Limited
Comments: Stories of the trawlers hastily converted to Naval minesweepers.
Peter Charlie : The Cruise Of The PC477 [1982] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Art Bell Publisher: Courtroom Compendiums
Comments: Voyage of U.S.N. PC477 to Guadalcanal, Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines during World War 2.
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.
Proud Echo [1953] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Ronald McKie Publisher: Angus & Robertson
Comments: Ten survivors from H.M.A.S. Perth tell of the Battle of Sunda Strait and how they became P.O.W. on Java.
Return From The River Kwai [1989] ISBN: 0354044176 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Joan & Clay Blair Jr. Publisher: Penguin Books
Comments: 2218 'fit' British & Australian POWs chosen to go to Japan after Burma Railway built. Torpedoed en route. About 800 survived days in sea. About 650 rescued by Japanese & about 150 by US subs.
Reveille Souvenir Collector's Edition 2003 [2003] ISBN: 0975050605 Area: Worldwide By: Returned Services League Publisher: Emap Contract Publications
Comments: Numerous stories submitted by veterans and families of war experiences.
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.
Scrap Iron Flotilla [1943] ISBN: No Area: Africa By: John F. Moyes Publisher: N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Pty Ltd
Comments: Stories of H.M.A.S. Stuart, H.M.A.S. Voyager, H.M.A.S. Vampire, H.M.A.S. Vendetta and H.M.A.S. Waterhen serving in the Mediterranean Sea.
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.
Ship Of Ghosts [2006] ISBN: 0553803905 Area: Asia By: James D. Hornfischer Publisher: Bantam Books
Comments: 63 chapters re U.S.S. Houston - 16 on sea battles, 43 on P.O.W. days. Survivors of sinking P.O.W. in Java. Few sent to Japan but most to Burma Railway, Burma end with Australians in Branches 3 and 5.
Ships From Hell : Japanese war Crimes On The High Seas [2002] ISBN: 750927194 Area: Pacific By: Raymond Lamont-Brown Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
Comments: Describes the Japanese hellships used to transport P.O.W.s under the most disgusting conditions imaginable & the ships' eventual fates.
Signals : Story Of The Australian Corps Of Signals [1944] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Written and prepared by members of the Australian Corps of Signals Publisher: Halstead Press, Sydney
Comments: Story of the Australian Corps of Signals.
Silent Warriors : Submarine Wrecks Of The United Kingdom Volume One [2006] ISBN: 075243876X Area: Europe By: Ron Young & Pamela Armstrong Publisher: Tempus Publishing Limited
Comments: Documents the loss of submarines from Northumberland to Kent during World War 1 & 2.
Silent Warriors : Submarine Wrecks Of The United Kingdom Volume Two [2009] ISBN: 9780752447896 Area: Europe By: Ron Young & Pamela Armstrong Publisher: Tempus Publishing Limited
Comments: Documents the loss of submarines from Sussex to the Isles of Scilly during World War 1 & 2.
Stand Easy : After The Defeat Of Japan, 1945 [1945] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Official publication Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian services during World War 2.
The Australian Cruiser Perth 1939-1942 [2007] ISBN: 9781877058523 Area: Worldwide By: Ian Pfennigwerth Publisher: Rosenberg
Comments: History of the H.M.A.S. Perth from her purchase in 1939 to her sinking under enemy gunfire at Sunda Strait, Java, March 1942.
The Battle Of The Atlantic [1977] ISBN: No Area: Europe, North America By: Barrie Pitt Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: Story of the Battle of the Atlantic involving U-boats, merchant ships, warships and aircraft.
The Buccaneers [1970] ISBN: No Area: Europe, Pacific By: Bryan Cooper Publisher: MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd
Comments: Story of the little ships : MTB / PT boats.
The Campaigns Of The Pacific War [1946] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: U.S. Government Printing Office Publisher: To add
Comments: Campaigns of the Pacific war with charts and analysis.
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 Coal-Scuttle Brigade [1958] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Alexander McKee Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Comments: Stories of the little ship convoys off England's south-east coast.
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 Corvette Navy [1979] ISBN: 0708815960 Area: Europe, North America By: James B. Lamb Publisher: Futura Publications Limited
Comments: Stories of the Canadian corvettes protecting the Atlantic convoys.
The Cross And The Ensign [1994] ISBN: 0586055509 Area: Europe By: Peter Elliott Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Comments: A naval history of Malta 1798-1979.
The Forgotten Dead [1989] ISBN: 0747504334 Area: Europe By: Ken Small Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd
Comments: Exercise Tiger disaster off Devon.
The Frogmen [1953] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: T. J. Waldron & James Gleeson Publisher: Evans Brothers Ltd
Comments: Story of wartime underwater operators.
The Ghost That Died At Sunda Strait [1989] ISBN: 0870212184 Area: Pacific By: W. G. Winslow, Capt, US Navy, Ret'd Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Comments: Story of U.S.S. Houston from August 1941 when author joined her as a scout plane pilot. Covers Battles of Flores Sea, Java Sea & Sunda Strait and how some crew survived her sinking.
The Greatest Raid Of All [2000] ISBN: 0330480707 Area: Europe By: C. E. Lucas Phillips Publisher: Pan Books
Comments: Allied commando raid (Operation Chariot) of St. Nazaire, France 28/03/1942 to destroy the Normandie dry dock by blowing up the H.M.S. Campbeltown against the lock gates.
The Hunting Of Force Z [1964] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Richard Hough Publisher: Fontana Books
Comments: Destruction of British battleships Repulse and Prince of Wales north of Singapore 10/12/1941.
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 Last Patrol [2001] ISBN: 0905778634 Area: Pacific By: Harry Holmes Publisher: Wrens Park Publishing
Comments: Operational history of the 52 US submarines lost during World War 2.
The Liberty Ships [1970] ISBN: 0715349074 Area: Worldwide By: L. A. Sawyer & W. H. Mitchell Publisher: David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd
Comments: History of the "Emergency type" cargo ships constructed in the U.S.A. during World War 2.
The Longest Day [1960] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Cornelius Ryan Publisher: Victor Gollancz
Comments: Story of D-Day in Normandy.
The Lost Ships Of Guadalcanal [1993] ISBN: 186373533X Area: Pacific By: Robert Ballard Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Comments: None written yet.
The Navy Day By Day : Historic Naval Events In Australia And Abroad [1996] ISBN: 0864177879 Area: Worldwide By: Lew Wind Publisher: Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd
Comments: Diary style format of events.
The Navy In Darwin 1941-1943 : A Graphic Record From A Sailor's Sketchbooks With Photographs From The Early 1940s [1992] ISBN: 724526862 Area: Australia By: Pat Forster & Ted Egan Publisher: Museums And Art Galleries Of The Northern Territory
Comments: None written yet.
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 Red Duster At War [1988] ISBN: 0718306791 Area: Worldwide By: John Slader Publisher: William Kimber & Co. Limited
Comments: History of the Merchant Navy during World War 2.
The Rise And Fall Of The Japanese Empire [1962] ISBN: No Area: Asia, Pacific By: Gary Gordon Publisher: Monarch Books Inc
Comments: Pearl Harbour, the Philippines, Midway, Guadalcanal & the Japanese political situation throughout.
The Rising Sun [1971] ISBN: 030493805X Area: Asia, Pacific By: John Toland Publisher: Cassell & Co
Comments: The Pacific war from Japanese & American perspectives. Based on interviews of people & documents from many countries. 954 pages.
The Rising Sun [1978] ISBN: No Area: Asia, Pacific By: Arthur Zich Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: The Pacific War from its lead-in to the Battle of Midway. Many photographs.
The Sands Of Dunkirk [1967] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Richard Collier Publisher: Fontana Books
Comments: Account of the Dunkirk evacuation in May 1940.
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 [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.
The Unknown Navy [1995] ISBN: 1551250160 Area: Worldwide By: Robert G. Halford Publisher: Vanwell Publishing Limited
Comments: Canada's World War 2 Merchant Navy.
The Victors [2004] ISBN: 9780743492423 Area: Europe By: Stephen E. Ambrose Publisher: Pocket Books
Comments: Battles from D-Day to end of war in Europe.
The War In The Desert [1977] ISBN: No Area: Africa By: Richard Collier Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: North African land battles including Tunis, El Alamein, Tobruk and Malta.
The War Journal Of Major Damon Rocky" Gause" [1999] ISBN: 0330362038 Area: Pacific By: Damon Gause Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: 159 day escape of U.S. soldier from the Bataan Death March and then by leaky boat to Australia.
They Were Expendable [1943] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: W. L. White Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London & George Jaboor, Melbourne
Comments: Getting MacArthur out of the Philippines & the role played by American Motor Torpedo Boats.
To Sea In A Sieve [1958] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Peter Bull Publisher: Beacon Books
Comments: Naval action.
Trying To Be Sailors [1983] ISBN: 0867780150 Area: Asia, Pacific By: John Leggoe Publisher: St. George Books
Comments: Story of the makeshift and obsolete ships of the Royal Australian Navy crewed by inexperienced men from all walks of life that screened Australian waters during the desperate days of 1942 until replaced by dedicated ships.
Unbroken [1953] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Alastair Mars Publisher: Frederick Muller Ltd
Comments: Story of the 600 ton British submarine Unbroken operating in the Mediterranean Sea told by her Captain .
USS Chincoteague : The Ship That Wouldn't Sink [1995] ISBN: 0964613905 Area: Pacific By: Frank D. Murphy Publisher: UNKNOWN
Comments: How a crew brought their bombed ship into port despite her twice being abandoned as lost.
Victoria Cross Battles Of The Second World War [UNKNOWN] ISBN: 0330244630 Area: Worldwide By: C. E. Lucas Phillips Publisher: Pan
Comments: Description of the V.C. winners of different battles.
Victory In Normandy [1981] ISBN: 0701125462 Area: Europe By: Major-General David Belchem Publisher: Book Club Associates
Comments: Background, execution and aftermath of D-Day in Europe.
Wake Of The Wahoo [1960] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Forest J. Sterling Publisher: Chilton Company
Comments: Account of the 11 month life of the submarine U.S.S. Wahoo by the only surviving member of the crew.
Warships 1860-1970 [1973] ISBN: 0858850907 Area: Worldwide By: J.M. Thornton Publisher: Wren Publishing Pty Ltd
Comments: Drawings of numerous classes of different types of ships.
While History Passed [1954] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Jessie Elizabeth Simons Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
Comments: Story of Australian Nurses, evacuated from Singapore per Vyner Brooke, who survived its sinking & were taken P.O.W. On Banka Island & Sumatra.
White Coolies [1954] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Betty Jeffrey Publisher: Angus and Robertson
Comments: Story of Australian Nurses, evacuated from Singapore per Vyner Brooke, who survived its sinking & were taken P.O.W. On Banka Island & Sumatra.
Yankee R.N. [1952] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: A. H. Cherry Publisher: Jarrolds Publishers (London) Limited
Comments: Story of a Wall Street Banker in the U.S.A. who volunteered for active duty in the Royal Navy before America came into the war.

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