World War II: Armed Forces

WORLD WAR II:

ARMED FORCES

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General

The Armed Forces of World War II. OVERSIZED UC 480 .M637

The Armed Forces of the Pacific: A Comparison of the Military and Naval Power of the United States and Japan. MAIN UA 845 .P8 -- Pre-Pearl Harbor comparison.

The Allied Forces in Italy, 1943-45. MAIN D 763 .I8 R6 1989

The Enemies' Fighting Ships MAIN VA653 .L3 -- 1944 edition

Insignia of World War II MAIN UC530 .M33 1999

Australia

Australia in the War of 1939-1945

"Series 1 (Army)"

Vol. 1. To Benghazi . MAIN D 767.8 .A87 ser.1, v.1
Vol. 2: Greece, Crete, and Syria MAIN D 767.8 .A87 ser.1, v.2

High Command: Australia and Allied Strategy, 1939-1945. MAIN D 767.8 .H654 1982

The Royal Australian Navy in World War II MAIN D779.A8 R69 1996

Brazil

The Brazilian Expeditionary Force. DOCS D114.2: B73

Canada

The Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945. MAIN UG 639 .C2 H38 1983

Arms, Men, and Governments: The War Policies of Canada, 1939-1945. DOCS CANADA D2-55/69

Canadian Flying Operations in South East Asia, 1941-1945. DOCS CANADA D 2-61/ 1976

Canadians and the Italian Campaign, 1943-1945 DOCS Canada D61-6/1995

The Canadians in Britain, 1934-1944. MAIN D 768.15 .A33

The Canadian Army, 1939-1945. MAIN D 768.15 .A45

The Far Distant Ships: An Official Account of Canadian Naval Operations in the Second World War. MAIN D 779 .C2 S27

Military Relations Between the United States and Canada, 1939-1945. MAIN D 769 .A533 v.8, pt. 4

The Official history of the Royal Canadian Air Force MAIN UG 635 .C2 W57 & DOCS CANADA D2-63/:

Vol. 2: The Creation of a National Air Force
Vol. 3: The crucible of war, 1939-1945.

Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War. MAIN D 768 .A47

Official operational history of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War, 1939 - 1943:

No higher purpose DOCS Canada D2-132-2002-2-1

On Guard for Thee: War, Ethnicity, and the Canadian State, 1939-1945. DOCS CANADA D64-21 1986E

Out of the Shadows : Canada in the Second World War MAIN D768.15 .D69 1995

We Were There : A Record for Canada MAIN D768.15 .P67 1998

France

French Forces of the Interior FILM 14686

Rearming the French. MAIN D 769 .A533 v. 8, pt. 3

Germany

The German Campaign in Russia: Planning and Operations (1940-1942). DOCS D 114.19/3: G31/5

The German Campaigns in the Balkans (Spring 1941) DOCS D 114.19/3: G31

German Order of Battle, 1944 : The Directory Prepared by the Allied Intelligence of Regiments, Formations, and Units of the German Armed Forces MAIN UA710 .G434 1994

Germany and the Second World War MAIN DD256.5 .D43413 1990 -- Multivolume official history produced by the German armed forces' Research Institute for Military History.

The Rise and Fall of the German Air Force, 1933-1945. MAIN D 787 .G64 1983b

Standing Fast: German Defensive Doctrine on the Russian Front During World War II: Prewar to March 1943. DOCS D110.11:5

Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945. DOCS D 301.26/6: L96/933-945

Great Britain
General | Army | Royal Air Force | Royal Navy | Royal Marines

General

History of the Second World War.

United Kingdom Medical Series:
- Army Medical Services: Administration.MAIN D 807 .G7 C7 -
- Army Medical Services: Campaigns.MAIN D 807 .G7 C73
- Casualties and Medical Statistics MAIN RC 971 .M45
- Civilian Health and Medical Services. MAIN RA 241 .M3
- Emergency Medical Services MAIN D 807 .G7 D85
- Medical Research MAIN R 854 .G7 G7
- Medical Services in the War: The Principal Medical Lessons.... MAIN RC 971 .M3
- Medicine and Pathology MAIN RC 971 .C65
- Royal Air Force Medical Services. MAIN D 807 .G7 R4
- Royal Naval Medical Service. . MAIN D 807 .G7 C69
- Surgery MAIN RD 151 .C74
United Kingdom Military Series:
- Allied Military Administration of Italy, 1943-1945. MAIN D 802 .I8 H3
- British Intelligence in the Second World War: Its Influence on Strategy and Operations. MAIN D 810 .S7 H47.
- British Military Administration in the Far East MAIN D 767 .D6
- Campaign in Norway. MAIN D 763 .N6 D47
- Civil Affairs and Military Government: North-West Europe, 1944-1946 MAIN D 802.D65
- Civil Affairs and Military Government: Central Organization and Planning. MAIN D 759 .D64
- Defence of the United Kingdom. MAIN D 759 .C6
- Grand Strategy MAIN D 743 .G75
- Mediterranean and the Middle East-. 6 v. 1954-1987. MAIN D 766 .P6
- SOE in France . MAIN D 802 .F8 F6
- Victory in the West MAIN D 756 .E39
- War Against Japan MAIN D 767 .K5
- War At Sea MAIN D 771 .R68
- War in France and Flanders MAIN D 756 .E4

Imperial War Museum Collections Online

Intelligence co-operation between Poland and Great Britain during World War II MAIN D810.S7 I58 2005

Our War : How the British Commonwealth Fought the Second World War MAIN D760.A1 S65 1998

The Secret History of SOE : the Special Operations Executive, 1940-1945 MAIN D810.S7 M248 2000

Tribute : a Salute to the British Armed Forces of the Second World War MAIN D759 .T79 1995

Army

Against All Odds : the British Army of 1939-40 OVERSIZE D759 .S57 1990

And We Shall Shock Them : the British Army in the Second World War MAIN D759 .F7 1983

Airborne Forces : the Second World War 1939-1945 : Army MAIN HD455.G7 A57 1990

British Airborne Troops, 1940-45 MAIN D759.6 G7 1975

British Army in the Second World War MAIN UH629.5 .G7

The British Army in World War II : a Handbook on the Organisation, Armament, Equipment, Ranks, Uniforms, etc. MAIN UA649 .B743 1990

British Army Handbook, 1939-1945 MAIN UA649 .F824 1998

British Army Uniforms & Insignia of World War Two MAIN UC485.G7 D3 1983

British Military Administration of Occupied Territories in Africa During the Years 1941-1947.MAIN D 802 .A33 R4

The History of British Army Signals in Psychiatry in the the Second World War: General Survey MAIN UG 575 .G7 N25

Red Berets '44 MAIN D759.6 .P53 1994

Royal Air Force

The Battle of Britain MAIN D756.5.B7 J36 2000

Battle of Britain History Site

Despatch on War Operations : 23rd February 1942, to 8th May, 1945 OVERSIZED D786 .H318 1995

The Forgotten Air Force : The Royal Air Force in the War Against Japan 1941-1945 MAIN D786 .P76 1995

The Life And Times Of Pilot Officer Prune : Being the Official Story Of Tee Emm MAIN UG635.G7 H3 1991

Ocean Bridge : the History of RAF Ferry Command MAIN D786 .C57 1995

Origians and Development of Operational Research in the Royal Air Force MAIN U 395 .G7 A48

RAF Bomber Command in Fact, Film and Fiction MAIN D786 .F33 1996

The Royal Air Force Builds For War : A History Of Design And Construction In The RAF, 1935-1945 MAIN TL671.2 .G74 1997

Royal Air Force, 1939-1945. MAIN D 786 .R49 1974

The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany. MAIN D 785 .W38

Royal Navy

The Battle of the Narrow Seas, a History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945 REMOTE D D771 .S3

Engage the Enemy More Closely : the Royal Navy in the Second World War MAIN D770 .B28 1991

Fleet Air Army: the Admiralty Account of Naval Air Operations MAIN D 786 .F55 2001

The Royal Navy, from April 1942 to June 1943 : a Complete Record in Text and Pictures. MAIN D771 .C45 1944

The Royal Navy in World War II MAIN D771 .J24 1997

The Royal Navy in World War Two : an Annotated Bibliography 2nd. ed. MAIN DD75 .L32 2003

Secret Flotillas : the Clandestine Sea Lines to France and French North Africa 1940-1944 MAIN D771 .R53 1996

The Imperial War Museum Book of the War at Sea : the Royal Navy in the Second World War MAIN D771 .T5 1996

On His Majesty's Service : Observations of the British Home Fleet From the Diary, Reports, and Letters of Joseph H. Wellings, Assistant U.S. Naval Attache, London, 1940-41 DOCS D 208.210:5

Royal Marines

The Marines Were There; the Story of the Royal Marines in the Second World War. REMOTE D D770 .L6

The Royal Marines: The Admiralty Account of Their Achievement, 1939-1943. MAIN VE 57 .G7

India

Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War, 1939-1945.

India and the War. REMOTE D 767.6 .P69

"Campaigns in the Eastern Theater:"
Campaigns in South-East Asia, 1941-1942. REMOTE D 767.6 .P7 C36
Reconquest of Burma. MAIN D 767.6 .P7 R4
Retreat From Burma, 1941-42. REMOTE D 767.6 .P7 R46

"Campaigns in the Western Theater:"

Campaign in Italy, 1939-1945. REMOTE D 767.6 P7 C34
Campaign in Western Asia. REMOTE D 767.6 P7 C3
East African Campaign, 1940-41. MAIN D 766.84 Q7
North African Campaign, 1940-43. MAIN D 767.6 .P7 N6

"General War Administration and Organization:"

Defence of India. Policy and Plans. REMOTE D 767.6 .P7 D4
Expansion of the Armed Forces and Defence Organisation, 1939-45. REMOTE D 767.6 .P7 E9
History of the Indian Air Force, 1933-1945. REMOTE D 767.6 .P7 H5
Indian War Economy. REMOTE D 767.6 P7 I5
Post-War Occupation Forces: Japan & South-east Asia. REMOTE D 767.6 .P7 P6
Royal Indian Navy. MAIN D 767.8 .P7 R6
Statistics. REMOTE D 767.6 .P7 S7
Technical Services: Ordnance & IEME. REMOTE D 767.6 .P7 T4

Japan

General | Air | Army | Navy

General

The Armed Forces of the Pacific: A Comparison of the Military and Naval Power of the United States and Japan MAIN UA845 .P8

Air Components

The Divine Wind; Japan's Kamikaze Force in World War II MAIN D792.J3 I5

The Japanese Air Forces in World War II : the Organization of the Japanese Army & Naval Air Forces, 1945 MAIN UG775.J3 J36 1979 & D792.J3 I5 1994

Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II MAIN D767.23 .H36413 1989

Army

Fighting Techniques of a Japanese Infantryman 1941-1945 : Training, Techniques, and Weapons MAIN UD277 .D38 2002

How the Japanese Army Fights.DOCS D 214.9/6:12-22

In the Service of the Emperor : Essays on the Imperial Japanese Army MAIN DS839.7 .D73 1998

Japanese Artillery; Weapons and Tactics.MAIN UF105 .M3

Japanese Army Handbook, 1939-1945 (London : I. Allan, 1979) MAIN UA847 .B37

Japanese Army Handbook, 1939-1945 (Stroud, Gloucestershire : Sutton, 1999) MAIN UA847 .F6 1999

Japanese Artillery; Weapons and Tactics. MAIN UF105 .M3

Japanese Infantry Weapons of World War Two MAIN UD385.J3 M35 1976

Navy

A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945 MAIN D777 .D84

Japanese Naval and Merchant Shipping Losses During World War II By All Causes DOC OVERSIZE N 1.2:J 27/3

The Japanese Navy in World War II; An Anthology of Articles by Former officers of The Imperial Japanese Navy, and Air Defense Force MAIN D777 .J3 & D777 .J3 1986

Japanese Warships of World War II MAIN VA653 .W33

For more works, do a "LC Subject Search" in MAGIC for:
"Japan-- Armed Forces-- History"
"Japan -- Defenses"
"Japan -- History, Military"
"Japan. Rikugun." (for Japanese Army)
"Japan. Rikugun. Kokutai (for Japanese Army Air Forces)
"Japan. Kaigun. (for Japanese Navy)"
"Japan. Kaigun. Kokutai (for Japanese Naval Air Forces)"

Poland

For Your Freedom and Ours : the Polish Armed Forces in the Second World War MAIN D765 .B76 1999

Intelligence co-operation between Poland and Great Britain during World War II MAIN D810.S7 I58 2005

Slovakia

Germany's First Ally : Armed Forces of the Slovak State, 1939-1945 MAIN D765.55.S55 K59 1997

Soviet Union

Air Force | Army | Navy

General

Red army and navy REMOTE UA770 .R4 -- official Soviet publication issued in 1939.

Air Force

Red Falcons: the Soviet Air Force in action, 1919-1969 MAIN UG635.R9 J33

Red phoenix : the rise of Soviet air power, 1941-1945 MAIN D792.S65 H37

Russian Air Force in the eyes of German commanders MAIN UG633 .A37784 no.175

Soviet air force.MAIN UG635.R9 L43 1961

Soviet Air Force fighters MAIN UG1242.F5 G744 pt.1

Soviet interdiction operations, 1941-1945.REMOTE D792.R9 H6

Wings, women, and war : Soviet airwomen in World War II combat MAIN D810.W7 P45 2001

Army

Colossus reborn : the Red Army at war, 1941-1943 MAIN D764 .G5558 2005

Hitler's nemesis : the Red Army, 1930-1945 MAIN UA772 .D8 1994

Ivan's war : life and death in the Red Army, 1939-1945 MAIN D764 .M395 2006

Red Army handbook 1939-45 MAIN D764 .Z34 1998

Stumbling colossus : the Red Army on the eve of World War MAIN D764 .G556 1998

When Titans clashed : how the Red Army stopped Hitler MAIN D764 .G557 1995

Navy

Red Fleet in the Second World War REMOTE D779.R9 I8213

Soviet naval operations in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 MAIN D779.S65 A2313

Soviet Navy.MAIN VA573 .M452

Soviet warships of the Second World War MAIN VA573 .M46

Soviets as naval opponents, 1941-1945 MAIN D779.R9 R84

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