Labaree, B.W., Fowler, W.M., Sloan, E.W., Hattendorf, J.B. & Safford, J.J. (1998) America and the Sea: A Maritime History (American Maritime Library, Vol 15). Mystic Seaport Museum Pubns. [A rich, complex archive providing a new history of the United States from the perspective of the sea that surrounds it, and the rivers and lakes that link its vast interior to the coast.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Lake, J. (2000) Sunderland Squadrons of World War 2. Osprey/Stackpole. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Lakowski, R. (1997) Deutsche U-Boote GEHEIM 1935-1945 (German U-Boat SECRET 1935-1945). World War 2 Books and Video. Amazon.com Lamb, J.B. (1998) The Corvette Navy: True Stories from Canadas Atlantic War. Stoddart. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Lamb, J.B. (2000) On the Triangle Run: The Fighting Spirit of Canada's Navy. Stoddart. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Lambert, J. (2000) Atlantic Air War: Sub hunters vs U-boats. Specialty Press. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Lane, T. (1990) The Merchant Seaman's War. Manchester University Press. [In this strongly recommended book Lane delves behind the popular perceptions of the merchant seamen. Drawing on original research and a wide range of sources he explores the reality of service in the merchant navy during the war. As well as the bravery and tragedy he also sheds light on everyday experiences, grievances and conflicts]. Lavo, C. (1998) Back from the Deep: The Strange Story of the Sister Subs Squalus and Sculpin. Naval Institute Press. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Lawliss, C. (2000) The Submarine Book: An Illustrated History of the Attack Submarine. Burford Books. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Lewin, R. (2001) Ultra Goes to War. Penguin. Amazon.co.uk Libbey, K. (2001) Vantage Points: A Novel of Men and Women in World War II. iUniverse.com. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Linskey, B. (1999) No Longer Required. Pisces Press. [The wartime experiences of a merchant seaman who saw action in Atlantic and Arctic convoys, and who spent seven days in a lifeboat after the SS Ashby was torpedoed.] Amazon.co.uk
Lloyds of London. (1989) Lloyds War Losses: The Second World War. Volume 1. Lloyds of London Press. [Volume 1 of the official British list of ship losses, reproduced in a facsimile edition. Provides information on all British, Allied and neutral merchant ships destroyed or captured, analyzed by nationality and cause of loss.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Lloyds of London. (1991) Lloyds War Losses: The Second World War. Volume 2. Lloyds of London Press. [Includes a statistical analysis of the contents of volume 1. Also lists casualties not included in volume 1 - vessels posted at Lloyd's as missing or untraced, British, Allied and neutral merchant vessels seriously damaged by war causes and vessels lost by mines or underwater explosions since the cessation of hostilities.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Maas, P. (2000) The Terrible Hours: The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History. HarperCollins. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. Audiobook versions are also stocked by Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk McCormick, H.J. (1991) Two Years Behind the Mast: An American Landlubber at Sea in World War II. Sunflower Univ Pr. [McCormick's book is dedicated to Commander Jurgen Oesten of German U-boat 861 - a wartime enemy who became a good friend.] Amazon.com McDaniel, J.T. (2001) With Honour in Battle. Writers Club Press. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk MacDonald, R. (1998) Dive Scapa Flow. Mainstream Publishing. [Comprehensive guide to the Orkney wrecks - the intact remains of the scuttled German fleet, U-boats, steamers, tugs and Churchill's "Blockships".] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Macintyre, D. (1956) "Three Aces - Trumped!" in U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings September 1956. pp923-7. Macintyre, D. (1961) The Battle of the Atlantic. Pan Books. [By one of the major protagonists in the Battle, and the man who played a big part in putting Kretschmer and Schepke out of action.] Amazon.com Macintyre, D. (1999) U-boat Killer. Weidenfield & Nicolson. [Re-issue of book written by renowned U-boat hunter.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk MacLean, A. (1985) H.M.S. Ulysses. HarperCollins. [Famous novel about North Atlantic convoys.] Audio versions are available through Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Madsen, C. (1998) The Royal Navy and German Naval Disarmament 1942-1947. Frank Cass & Co. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Manson, J. (1990) Diplomatic Ramificaitons Of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare. Greenwood. [Thorough study of the military and economic impacts of the U-boat campaign.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Marsh, B.J. & Almond, S. (1993) Home Port: Bootle, the Blitz and the Battle of the Atlantic. Sefton MBC. [The wartime experiences of Bootle, near Liverpool in England.] Amazon.co.uk Mason, J.T. (ed) (1990) Atlantic War Remembered: An Oral History Collection. Naval Institute Press. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
Messimer, D.R. (1988) The Merchant U-Boat: Adventures of the Deutschland, 1916-1918. Naval Institute Press. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Middlebrook, M. (2003) Convoy: The Greatest U Boat Battle of the War. [The story of Convoys SC122 and HX229.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Miller, D. (2000) U-Boats : The Illustrated History of the Raiders of the Deep. Brasseys Inc. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Miller, N. (1995) War at Sea: A Naval History of World War 2. OUP. Amazon.com Mills, M.O. (2000) Convoy PQ13. B. Durnford Publishing. Amazon.co.uk Milner, M. (1994) U-boat Hunters: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Offensive against Germany's Submarines. Naval Institute Press. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Milner, M. (1999) Canada's Navy: The First Century. University of Toronto Press. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Milner, M. & Macpherson, K. (2001) Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1939-1945. Vanwell Publishing. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
Mitchell, W.H. & Sawyer, L.A. (1990) The Empire Ships: A Record of British-Built and Acquired Merchant Ships During the Second World War. LLP. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Monsarrat, N. (1956) The Cruel Sea. Burford/Penguin. [Classic novel about the U-boat hunting exploits of the corvette, HMS Compass Rose]. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. Amazon.co.uk also supply a BBC audio version. Monsarrat, N. (2000) Three Corvettes. Cassell. [Reprint of Monsarrat's account of convoy life and action.] Amazon.co.uk Moran, P. & Maguire, J.A. (1997) German Headgear in World War II - Vol 1 - Army/Luftwaffe/Kriegsmarine: A Photographic Study of German Hats and Helmets. Schiffer. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Morison, S.E. (2001) The History of United States Naval Operations in World War 2: Vol 1 - The Battle of the Atlantic. Little, Brown. [Volume 1 of Morison's 15-volume classic history. Originally published in 1947.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Morison, S.E. (2001) The History of United States Naval Operations in World War 2: Vol 10 - The Atlantic Battle Won. Little, Brown. [Volume 10 of the 15-volume classic history. Originally published in 1956.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Morison, S.E. (1997) The Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War. Budget Book Service. [Condensed account based on Morison's epic 15-volume official history.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Mulligan, T (1999) Neither Sharks Nor Wolves: The Men of Nazi Germany's U-Boat Arm, 1939-45. Naval Institute Press. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Mumford, J. Gordon. (2000) The Black Pit...and Beyond. General Store Pub House. [A first-hand account of the experiences of a 17 year-old merchant navy radio officer during WW2. The infamous "black pit" is an area in the Atlantic Ocean where U-boats were able to operate freely on the surface without fear of attack from the air. Mumford's ship, the Scottish Heather, entered the black pit in December 1942. The ship was torpedoed, and the crew put out to sea in a lifeboat. Thus begins a fascinating narrative. A useful review of this book is available.] Amazon.com
Naujoks, A.O. (2001) The Last Great Secret of the Third Reich: The True Story of a U-Boat Commander Who Defied the Orders of His Nazi Leaders and Changed the Course of Modern History. Cedar Fort. Amazon.com Nesbit, R.C. (1998) RAF Coastal Command in Action 1939-1945. [With photos from the British Public Records Office.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Nesbit, R.C. (2002) Battle of the Atlantic. Sutton Publishing. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Niestle, A. (1998) German U-boat Losses during World War 2: Details of Destruction. Naval Institute Press. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Nowarra, H.J. (1994) Grey Wolves of the Sea: German U-Boat Type VII. Schiffer. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk O'Brien, D.Q. (1999) HX72 - The First Convoy to Die. Nimbus Publishing. [Highly recommended, definitive account of the attack on HX72.] Overy, R. (1996) Why The Allies Won. Pimlico. [Incudes a section on the Battle of the Atlantic.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Padfield, P. (1984) Dönitz: The Last Führer - Portrait of a Nazi War Leader. Victor Gollancz.[Thoughtful, well-researched and controversial biography.] Amazon.com Padfield, P. (1995) War Beneath the Sea: Submarine Conflict 1939-45. John Murray. [An excellent and thorough account.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
Parkin, R.S. (1997) Blood on the Sea: American Destroyers Lost in World War II. Sarpedon Pub. [Contains a chapter on each of the 71 U.S. destroyers that were sunk in World War II.] Amazon.com Paterson, L. (2002) First U-boat Flotilla. Leo Cooper. Amazon.co.uk Pearce, F. (1998) Heroes of the 4th Service. ISIS. Amazon.co.uk Poolman, K. (1997) The Winning Edge: Naval Technology in Action 1939-1945. Alan Sutton. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Poolman, K. (2000) Ark Royal. Tempus. [A 'biography' of the ship which was torpedoed and sunk by U-81 and U-205.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Pope, D. (2001) Convoy. House of Stratus. [Reissue of Pope's novel.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Poyer, D.C. (1992) Hatteras Blue. St Martins. [Novel in which the reappearance of three crewmen off of Hatteras Island forty years after their U-boat went down precipitates a plan by the Nazis to corner the South American drug market.] Amazon.com Preston, A. (1999) Submarine Warfare: An Illustrated History. Thunder Bay Press. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Prien, G. (2000) U-boat Commander. Tempus. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Prim, J. & McCarthy, M. (1995) Those in peril: the U-boat menace to Allied shipping in Newfoundland and Labrador waters, World War I and World War II. Jesperson Press. Amazon.com Rayner, D.A. (1998) Escort: The Battle of the Atlantic (Classics of Naval Literature Series). Naval Institute Press. Amazon.com Reed, J.H. (2000) Convoy Maniac R.B.1. The Book Guild Ltd. [Recollections of WW2 convoy duty.] Amazon.co.uk Reminick, G. (ed) (2000) Patriots and Heroes: True Stories of the Merchant Marine in WWII. GlenCannon Press. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
Robertson, T. (2000) The Golden Horseshoe. Tempus Publishing. [Reissued biography of Otto Kretschmer, also published as Night Raiders of the Atlantic.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Rohwer, J. (1965) "The U-boat War Against the Allied Supply Lines." in Jacobsen, H-A. & Rohwer, J. eds. Decisive Battles of World War II: The German View. G.P. Putnam’s. Rohwer, J. (1999) Axis Submarine Successes 1939-1945. Naval Institute Press. [The definitive reference source for U-boat successes. This is an updated version of the German original published in 1968.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Rohwer, J. (1996) The War at Sea, 1939-45. Naval Institute Press/Chatham Publishing. [Classic account from one of the leading historians of the war in the Atlantic.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Rohwer, J. (1997) Allied Submarine Attacks of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. [Another definitive reference work by Rohwer.] Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
Rohwer, J. & Hümmelchen, G. (1992) Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945. Naval Institute Press. Amazon.com Roskill, S.W. (1998) The Navy at War. Wordsworth. [Budget reprint of classic account.] Amazon.co.uk Ross, A.R. (1997) Winter Sea. Harvill Press. [Ross recalls his role in delivering a surrendered U-boat into Russian hands at the end of the war, and his post war relationship with the U-boat commander.] Amazon.co.uk Rossler, E. (2001) The U-boat: The Evolution and Technical History of German Submarines. Cassell Military. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Ruegg, B. & Hague, A. (1992) Convoys to Russia: Allied Convoys and Naval Surface Operations in Arctic Waters, 1941-5. World Ship Society. Amazon.co.uk Runyan, T & Copes, J. ed. (1994) To Die Gallantly: Battle of the Atlantic. Westview Press. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk Rust, E.C. (1991) Naval Officers Under Hitler. Praeger Publishers. Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
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