Von der Porten, Edward P. (foreword by Grand Admiral Karl Donitz),

THE GERMAN NAVY IN WORLD WAR TWO.

Pan Books, London, 1972, reprint, paperback, xv, 286pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps/diagrams in text, [ii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover art by Chris Mayger, an account of the German Navy and of German naval strategy in WW2, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned and foxed, very good,

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Book number: 45220

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Von der Porten, Edward P. (foreword by Doenitz),

PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE GERMAN NAVY IN WORLD WAR II (original title The German Navy in World War II).

Thomas W. Crowell, New York, ND (copyright 1979), revised edition, 368pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., 6 maps/diagrams in text, blue cloth lettered in maroon and black at spine, large format 11.25 x 6.5", first published as 'The German Navy in World War II' in 1969, this is the first impression of the revised edition, sl. cocked, a little rubbed at extrems., no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 12093

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Potter, John Deane,

FIASCO - The Break-out of the German Battleships.

Pan Books, London, 1974, paperback, [xiv] 239pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, wrap-around pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), in February, 1942 the German ships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen had been blockaded in Brest for nearly a year but they were required by Hitler to return to cover his anticipated invasion of Norway. Of various options a decision was made to move them through the English Channel, an almost impossible task within sight of the English coastline, in the hope that we would not be prepared to prevent them. With meticulous planning and good luck, despite the belated and heroic efforts of Lt. Cdr. Esmonde's Fleet Air Arm Swordfish torpedo bombers and a Royal Navy flotilla of ancient destroyers from Harwich but mainly as a result of the lack of a plan of coordinated counter measures by the Royal Air Force, the impossible was achieved. The summary includes an account of the subsequent Whitehall whitewash. Ills. include Gneisenau, Prinz Eugen, HMS Worcester, lightly rubbed at extrems., spine sunned, lightly creased at upper hinge, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41851

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Powell, Michael,

GRAF SPEE.

New English Library, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, wraparound pictorial cover art by Paul Wright, written by the director of the feature film 'The Battle of the River Plate', the story of the hunting of the German pocket battleship Graf Spey by HM Ships Exeter, Ajax and Achilles, sl. slant to spine, light vertical creasing at upper hinge, rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 35405

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Powell, Michael,

GRAF SPEE.

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1956, 1st edn., 224pp, coloured frontis, maps at endpapers, green cloth lettered and lined in gilt at spine, written by the director of the J. Arthur Rank feature film 'The Battle of the River Plate', written after interviewing many of the veterans of the battle, the story of the hunting of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee by HM ships Exeter, Ajax and Achilles, cocked, light bump head of spine and lightly rubbed at tips, upper edge dusty, no dustwrapper, good plus,

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Book number: 36846

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Preston, Anthony,

DESTROYERS.

Bison Books, London, 1982, 224pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills. and 16pp in colour, large format 12 x 9 inches, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, an illustrated account of the development and use of Destroyers, from the Torpedo Boat Destroyer of WW1 to to Frigates of the 1950's, with charts of battles and campaigns during WW2 including Bismarck, Atlantic, Mediterranean, Barents Sea, Leyte Gulf, etc., heavy, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 28076

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Pugh, Marshall,

COMMANDER CRABB.

World Distributors, London, 1957, 1st in imprint, paperback, 160pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, Lionel Philip Kenneth Crabb was an amiable drifter between jobs until he managed to join the Royal Navy in WW2. His previous attempts to join RNVR had been unsuccessful but in 1940 he managed to join the Royal Naval Patrol Service where he found his colleagues were certain that they had some special dispensation from the Articles of War. At the end of 1940 he was commissioned and then the Navy found he had a weakness in his left eye which barred him from further sea service. Volunteering for special duties a saloon bar acquaintance helped him discover and join the ‘Rendering Mines Safe’ branch and he was sent to Gibraltar. His arrival coincided with the Italian campaign of using limpet mines against allied shipping. He formed an underwater working party and spent the rest of the war dealing with any underwater explosives found in Allied waters and in Italy. His death in 1956 is still somewhat mysterious. He weas believed to have been working for MI6 and investigating a Soviet cruiser visiting Portsmouth but no details have ever been admitted and the Cabinet papers are closed until 2057, lightly rubbed at tips, faint diag. crease upper tip upper wrapper, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45662

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Pugsley, Rear-Admiral A. F. (in collaboration with Macintye, Captain Donald),

DESTROYER MAN.

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1957, 1st edn., 224pp, 6pp half tone photo ills. and maps, diagrams in text, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the author graduated from Dartmouth Royal Naval College and witnessed the surrender of the High Seas Fleet as a Midshipman. He served as 2/IC of the gunboat HMS Widgeon on the Chinese Yangtse river and his first command was of a submarine chaser P40 based at Portland. He was promoted to Commander in 1936 and appointed to the Admiralty advising on equipping new destroyers, an ideal position from which to choose his next command. He selected the fleet destroyer HMS Javelin which commissioned in June 1939, serving in the Norwegian campaign and assisting in the evacuation of Dunkirk before joining Lord Mountbatten's 5th Destroyer Flotilla. In November 1940 Javelin was torpedoed off the Devon coast by three German destroyers, losing both the bow and stern and reducing her overall length from 350 to 150 feet. With the help of tugs the remains were towed to Plymouth. On Christmas Day 1940 he was ordered to take command of the destroyer HMS Fearless at Troon, joining Force H at Gibraltar. Fearless took part in a number of Force H operations and convoys in the Mediterranean before bombed and sunk north-east of Bone in July 1941. Pugsley returned home and in October was appointed to command a new destroyer, HMS Paladin. In April 1942 on convoy escort in the Indian Ocean she rescued the captain and crew of the cruiser HMS Dorsetshire during an operation against the Vichy French in Madagascar before returrning to the Mediterranean. In December 1942 the author was promoted to Captain and appointed to command the 14th Destroyer Flotilla in HMS Jervis. 1943 was spent harrying Axis shipping and he commanded all fleet destroyers in the Eastern Mediterranean. In July 1943 he was recalled to join the planning staff for D-Day and appointed to commmand one of the assault groups, later serving as Captain Patrols to protect the build-up of supplies. His last WW2 command was the amphibious operation to take Walcheren, opening the route to Antwerp, slight bloom to cloth, all edges tanned and a little foxed. upper edge dusty, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., overall soiling esp. to lower panel, foxing to reverse, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45356

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Rankin, Nicholas,

IAN FLEMING'S COMMANDOS - The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII.

Faber and Faber, London, 2012, 1st paperback, trade paperback, xvi, 397pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., 2 maps, [ii] ads.coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, in 1942 Lt. Cdr. Ian Fleming was working as a personal assistant to the British Director of Naval Intelligence when he had the idea of setting up a unit of authorised looters, men who would go in with the assault troops on any operation to retrieve intelligence documents, codes, equipment or personnel. The unit came into being as the 30 Assault Unit, slight roll and slant to faintly creased spine, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 44532

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Reynolds, Leonard C. OBE, DSC (foreword by Admiral of The Fleet Lord Lewin),

DOG BOATS AT WAR - A History of the Operations of the Royal Navy D Class Fairmile Motor Torpedo Boats and Motor Gunboats 1939-1945.

Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 2000, 1st in imprint, paperback, x, 289pp, oversize (10.5 x 8 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the development and service of the the Fairmile Co. type 'D' boat, the longer (115ft) semi-hard chine 4 engine boats that came into service in the Spring of 1942, able to withstand heavier seas than earlier types and with a greatly increased armament, with accounts of actions in Norwegian and Home Waters, and the Mediterranean, from Spring 1942 until 1945, and with tables of awards; war losses; flotiilas, the boats they comprised and where based; and a bibliography of sources and index, faint vertical crease in spine, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,

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Book number: 44635

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Reynolds, Leonard C. OBE, DSC (foreword by Admiral of The Fleet Lord Lewin),

DOG BOATS AT WAR - A History of the Operations of the Royal Navy D Class Fairmile Motor Torpedo Boats and Motor Gunboats 1939-1945.

The History Press, Stroud, 2009, 1st in imprint, paperback, x, 289pp, oversize (9.5 x 7 inches approx.) but a slightly smaller format to the earlier Sutton publication, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the development and service of the the Fairmile Co. type 'D' boat, the longer (115ft) semi-hard chine 4 engine boats that came into service in the Spring of 1942, able to withstand heavier seas than earlier types and with a greatly increased armament, with accounts of actions in Norwegian and Home Waters, and the Mediterranean, from Spring 1942 until 1945, and with tables of awards; war losses; flotiilas, the boats they comprised and where based; and a bibliography of sources and index, fine,

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Book number: 44636

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy - Coastal Forces, Clandestine Naval Ops and Landing Craft

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Robertson, Terence,

CHANNEL DASH.

Pan, London, 1959, 1st in imprint, paperback, 189pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., [iii] ads., #G273, pictorial upper wrapper by BlamFord, an account of the events leading to the escape through the English Channel of the German battle cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen, despite the pre-planned Operation Fuller designed to counter just such an attempt and the best efforts of a few incl. Lt. Cdr. Esmonde leading 6 Swordfish torpedo bombers, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 44591

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Robertson, Terence,

CHANNEL DASH.

Pan, London, 1959, 1st in imprint, paperback, 189pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., [iii] ads., #G273, coloured pictorial upper wrapper by BlamFord, an account of the events leading to the escape through the English Channel of the German battle cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen, despite the pre-planned Operation Fuller designed to counter just such an attempt and the best efforts of a few incl. Lt. Cdr. Esmonde leading 6 Swordfish torpedo bombers, slight roll and slant to spine, rubbed and a litte creased at extrems., ink name and address half title, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 45128

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

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Robertson, Terence,

THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE - The Wartime Career of Otto Kretschmer, U-Boat Ace.

Frontline, Barnsley, 2011, trade paperback, 210pp, frontis portrait, 12pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial upper wrapper, originally published in 1955 this issue contains a new foreword by the respected German naval historian Jurgen Rohwer (first included with the 2003 edition), who worked with Kretschmer after WW2 while establishing the details of 'who sank what' for the British navy, this is the classic account of u-boat Captain Otto Kretschmer of U-99, active in the Battle of the Atlantic during the 'happy time' from October 1939 until March 1941 when the u-boat was sunk by the destroyers HMS Walker (Capt. Donald Macintyre) and HMS Vanoc, and further account of his continuance of hostilities whilst a prisoner of war, fine,

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Book number: 41613

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

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Robertson, Terence,

THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE.

Pan Books, London, 1966, 2nd imp., paperback, 192pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., #X517, coloured pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), account of the WW2 experiences of the German U-boat ace Captain Otto Kretschmer of U-99, active in the Battle of the Atlantic during the 'happy time' from October 1939 until March 1941 when the u-boat was sunk by the destroyers HMS Walker (Capt. Donald Macintyre) and HMS Vanoc, and further account of his continuance of hostilities whilst a prisoner of war, slight roll to spine, a little rubbed at extersm., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 44985

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy germany u-boat kretschmer atlantic u-99 destroyer walker vanoc