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The air battle for Malta: the diaries of a fighter pilot
Mainstream Publishing
1981
Based largely on the diaries of Lord David Douglas-Hamilton, the squadron leader of the Edinburgh Squadron.
Battalion: a British infantry unit's actions from El Alamein to the Elbe, 1942-1945
Bâton Wicks
1994
The story of the 5th Seaforth Highlanders from El Alamein to the liberation of Europe in the Second World War.
Behind enemy lines with the SAS: Amedee Maingard, code name 'Sam', SOE agent in France 1943-1944
Pen & Sword Military
2007
The memoirs of an SOE agent in France.
Birth of a Spitfire: the story of Beaverbrook's Ministry and its first £10,000,000
Collins
1941
The story of how Lord Beaverbrook started the Spitfire Fund which raised £10,000,000 through donations and was used to build over 1,500 of the iconic aircraft.
Bristol Beaufighter
Airlife
1994
The story of one the most outstanding aircraft of the Second World War.
Burmese outpost
Collins
1945
An account of the contribution of tribesmen in Burma during the Second World War, and the battle of Arakan.
The dead look on: a novel
William Heinemann Ltd
1943
A novel based on the Nazi massacre at Lidice.
Detour: the story of Oflag IVC
Falcon Press
1946
A collection of reminiscences by former prisoners-of-war at Oflag IVC.
Drill up-to-date: a manual for the Home Guard
Longmans, Green and Co.
1941
A manual of drill exercises including how to address the difficult question of 'the correct foot'.
The Home Guard pocket manual
Ruberoid Company Ltd.
1940
A manual for training members of the Home Guard in weapons and field defences.
Home Guard training: some lessons to teach and learn
Eyre and Spottiswoode
1940
A manual on how to train Home Guard troops, with supporting exercises.
Hugh Dormer's diaries
Jonathan Cape
1947
The diaries of an Irish Guards officer who was parachuted into France before D Day and died serving with his tank battalion in Normandy.
Kept in the dark: the denial to Bomber Command of vital ULTRA and other intelligence information during World War II
Pen & Sword
2010
An assessment of intelligence control and failures and the impact of air missions during the Second World War.
The last enemy
Macmillan & Co. Ltd
1942
Richard Hillary's memoir of life as an RAF pilot before and during the Second World War, prior to his death on a night-training flight on 8th January 1943.
The longest day: June 6, 1944
Victor Gollancz Ltd
1960
An account of the preparation for and execution of the D-Day landings.
Medical treatment of gas casualties
His Majesty's Stationery Office
1938
Part of a series of handbooks providing measures for safeguarding the civil population against the effects of air attack.
The other side
Macmillan & Co. Ltd
1946
Explores the consequences of a young French girl marrying a German soldier.
The pendulum of battle: Operation Goodwood, July 1944
Leo Cooper
2004
An assessment of the largest British tank battle ever to have taken place. With loosely inserted correspondence between the author and Major Alastair Ritchie.
Pictures from Persia
Robert Hale Limited
1947
Reminiscences of a soldier stationed in Kermanshah and Qum during the Second World War.
The protection of your home against air raids
His Majesty's Stationery Office
1938
Guidance to house-holders issued shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Reflections 1939-1945: a Scots Guards officer in training and war
Pentland Press Limited
2000
The memoirs of a Major commanding a tank squadron in the 3rd Battalion Scots Guards.
Rifle training for war: a textbook for Local Defence Volunteers
Cassell and Company, Ltd
1940
A manual of rifle training for what become known as the Home Guard.
Signature tune
Hammond, Hammond and Company Ltd.
1943
The impressions of a journalist from a neutral country visiting eight belligerent countries during the Second World War.
