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['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Manray9 offered this recommendation:


by Joseph E. Persico

[Dj]

Tyranny on Trial Evidence

by Whitney R. Harris

I found this book informative. It is a start.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Donnie, A couple that might be of interest for you:

The Nuremberg Interviews by Leon Goldensohn

The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, 1945-46: A Documentary History by Michael R. Marrus

[Chin Joo]

Hi Donnie,

For one on the Pacific war crimes trial, here's one:

The Tokyo War Crimes Trial: The Pursuit of Justice in the Wake of World War II

[Jerome]

Would anyone know of any comprehensive one-volume histories of the British war effort against Japan?

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

I can't think of a single volume Jerome that covers build-up, Singapore/Malaya, Hong Kong, early naval actions, Burma and RN independent actions and support of US naval forces.

That said these three together will give a good run through:

Burma: The Longest War 1941-45 by Louis Allen

Nemesis: The Battle For Japan, 1944-45 by Max Hastings

Defeat Into Victory: Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942-1945 by William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hmmm, good question, I'll have a browse through my library and see what I can find as well.

[Manray9]

Jerome wrote: "Would anyone know of any comprehensive one-volume histories of the British war effort against Japan?"

I concur with Geevee and endorse his selections. I do have:

The War In The Far East 1941 1945: A Military History by Basil Collier

It is not exclusively on Britain's war, but predominately so. Collier was official historian of Britain's Cabinet Office and wrote several WW II books..

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Good recommendation Manray9!

[Jerome]

Thank you, gentlemen, I would appreciate anything you can dig up. The Collier book looks rather interesting.

[Laura]

I'm interested in learn more about Gallipoli. Any suggestion?

[happy]

Let's see, the three I would recommend in no particular order are


by Peter Hart
by Alan Moorehead
by Les Carlyon

[Laura]

Thank you so much Happy!! Perhaps I'll start with LC's book.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Laura I think Happy's recommendations are very good. I thought Les Carlyon's book very well written as the author is Australian and was fair in his treatment and analysis of the events and personalities at both the command level and those seeing the action first hand.

[Laura]

Thanks for the input Geevee, specially since the author was fair with this historical event.

[Manray9]

Jerome wrote: "Thank you, gentlemen, I would appreciate anything you can dig up. The Collier book looks rather interesting."

I see Amazon has used copies of Collier's book for $.01 plus shipping.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Manray9 wrote: "Jerome wrote: "Thank you, gentlemen, I would appreciate anything you can dig up. The Collier book looks rather interesting."

I see Amazon has used copies of Collier's book for $.01 plus shipping."

Blame it on Manray9! Just bought one.

[Manray9]

Mike wrote: "Manray9 wrote: "Jerome wrote: "Thank you, gentlemen, I would appreciate anything you can dig up. The Collier book looks rather interesting."

I see Amazon has used copies of Collier's book for $.01..."

It's old, published in 1969, but I thought it pretty good. $4.00 well spent!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I'm in full agreement with Happy and Geevee about Les Carlyon's book on Gallipoli. I've read all three and each is good in their own way but Les Carlyon's title is a stand-out book.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Good work Manray9 :)

[Alan]

I am looking for a good book about WW2 radio operation. For example frequencies used, what happened during shortwave blackouts due to solar activity. etc.etc.
I have read several good books that covered radio, I even have a great book about the clandestine radio operators, which lists some of the radios used, but it is very basic & more like the top trump cards that my daughter had, than anything aimed at radio enthusiasts.

[Manray9]

Alan wrote: "I am looking for a good book about WW2 radio operation. For example frequencies used, what happened during shortwave blackouts due to solar activity. etc.etc.
I have read several good books that c..."

That sounds like something that would be written by and for radio enthusiasts ( as you said). I can't help you.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Alan I can suggest these two, although I have read neither:

Confounding the Reich: The RAF's Secret War of Electronic Countermeasures in WWII by Martin W. Bowman

and Confound and Destroy: One Hundred Group and the Bomber Support Campaign by Martin Streetly

There is a review of the second title here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Confound-Dest...

I hope this is helpful.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

There may be some information in this title too: The History Of British Army Signals In The Second World War Hardcover published 1953 (no GR listing)

[Manray9]

Alan wrote: "I am looking for a good book about WW2 radio operation. For example frequencies used, what happened during shortwave blackouts due to solar activity. etc.etc.
I have read several good books that c..."

Alan: looking around led me to remember having read --

Double-Edged Secrets: U.S. Naval Intelligence Operations in the Pacific During World War II by W. J. Holmes

it concerns radio operations in the Pacific theater, but mostly from the perspective of SIGINT, not conventional radio communications.

[Alan]

Thanks Geevee I have Confounding the Reich & it's a very good book, but it is about electronic warefare rather than about the day to day operation of radio comms during WW2.
Electronic warefare is interesting & I do have a few books on it. One about a local group who used Flying Fortresses out of Blickling near Aylsham, Norfolk. As in the family home of Ann Boylyn.
One of the issues that interests me is what frequencies were used, especially as these would effect both the distance the signal travels & the distance at which they can be heard.
A radio signal has two parts. One is is called the ground wave & the other the sky wave which is where the signal bounces off the ionosphere & on some frequencies there is a massive dead zone between the two where there is no reception. This can make both DF'ing (Direction Finding) & monitoring difficult.
Also solar activity can effect the ionosphere, sometimes positively & sometimes so negatively that it shuts the bands down.
I wondered what happened to say bombing raids during shortwave dead periods. I have also wondered if bombers used different frequencies for near European operations & say Berlin Raids & what the Solar indexes (black spots on the suns surface) were like & how they effected propagation.
It is the day today radio operation that interests me.

[Manray9]

Alan wrote: "Thanks Geevee I have Confounding the Reich & it's a very good book, but it is about electronic warefare rather than about the day to day operation of radio comms during WW2.
Electronic warefare is..."

Alan: Don't the groundwave and skywave phenomena apply only to HF? Did the bombers use HF? I thought they used a good bit of VHF comms?

[Alan]

VHF at that time was VERY limited. Almost all of the communication at that time was HF. Some of the 19 sets fitted to tanks, had a VHF unit, but these worked on a frequency around 200MHz & had a very limited range of a few hundred yards at most. Frequencies in the 30's of Mhz were used by some sets & a manpack I had worked at around 40MHz. But they all designed for close quarter comms.
The most common set fitted to Lancasters was the T1154, this worked on frequencies between 750khz & 18.5Mhz depending upon model. 750khz is within the MW broadcast spectrum & has a radio wavelength of 400 meters, it is ideal for good groundwave propergation during the day & skywave at night. While 18.5 MHz has a wavelength of around 16 meters & is great for long distances during the day, but useless after the sun goes down & level F1 & F2 of the ionisphere blend together.
Some of the 1960's offshore radio stations used modified ex MOD radios to broadcast from. For example Radio Sutch/ Radio City at one time used an ex RAF transmitter from a Halifax, for example.
VHF is a fairly modern phenomena, in the sense that it was not until 1941 that experiments began on using VHF for broadcsting & that was at a low VHF frequency around 40 to 50MHz.

[Manray9]

Alan wrote: "VHF at that time was VERY limited. Almost all of the communication at that time was HF. Some of the 19 sets fitted to tanks, had a VHF unit, but these worked on a frequency around 200MHz & had a ve..."

Radio Sutch -- that'a a flash from the past! I had the "Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends" album with Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck back around 1970.

Thanks for the info.

[Jerome]

Does anyone know of a good history of the Condor Legion and its service during the Spanish Civil War?

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

That's a good on Jerome. I'll check my references and see what I can find.

[Alex]

Anthony Beevor wrote a book on the spanish war - how much he devotes to the condor legion I am not sure. Richard Overy in "Bombing Offensive" on the bombing campaign in europe does mention the condor legion

alex

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

This book on the Condor legion has picked up some decent reader reviews:


by Patrick Laureau

[Jerome]

Nice, thanks.

[Jarrod]

Looking for books on the Eastern Front generals:
Chuikov, Yeremenkov, Rokossovsky and Marshal Zhukov specifically.

Bonus points for Malinovsky and Krylov.

I've read Beevor's Stalingrad and Craig's Enemy at the Gates. Looking for additional material.

Thanks in advance.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Jarrod,

Good area to read about. Here are a few suggestions. The first book is due for release soon:

by Boris Sokolov

by Otto Preston Chaney

by Geoffrey Roberts

by Vasily Chuikov

[Gerald]

Richard Overy's Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941-1945 is a very good overview of the conflict. I recommend Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov as well.

[Dj]

Jarrod wrote: "Looking for books on the Eastern Front generals:
Chuikov, Yeremenkov, Rokossovsky and Marshal Zhukov specifically.

Bonus points for Malinovsky and Krylov.

I've read Beevor's Stalingrad and Craig..."

Not quite Bio's but still a very good book in regards to what you are looking for.



This book is extracts from Soviet Military Memoirs that were written after the death of Stalin. Some of them contradict each other, and all of them have an ax to grind, but then it is Russia.

[happy]

Jarrod wrote: "Looking for books on the Eastern Front generals:
Chuikov, Yeremenkov, Rokossovsky and Marshal Zhukov specifically.

Bonus points for Malinovsky and Krylov.

I've read Beevor's Stalingrad and Craig..."

I just picked up a copy of


It is a series of essays (10-20 pags) on various prominant Soviet Generals - its part of the same series as
and

[Jarrod]

Looks like I have a few to add to my "to read" list. Thanks yall.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Thanks for helping Jarrod out folks.

[Jarrod]

Gerald wrote: "Richard Overy's Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941-1945 is a very good overview of the conflict. I recommend [book:Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov|12987606..."

I had to look because it looked familiar, I actually have this first one on my shelf at home to read here shortly. I'll have to buy the second one. :)

[Jerome]

Does anyone know of a single-volume history of the British Expeditionary Force (of 1940)?

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Not specifically on the BEF but a detailed history of the campaign they were involved in:


by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore

[Manray9]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "Not specifically on the BEF but a detailed history of the campaign they were involved in:


by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore"

AR: I thought of the very same book -- which I happened to have looked at just last night. It's one of many still on my shelf unread. Another good one for Jerome may be:

Time Unguarded: The Ironside Diaries, 1937-1940 by Sir Edmund Ironside

or

The Battle of France and Flanders: Sixty Years On, edited by Brian Bond.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Not a history but helps understand the command challenges of the May/June campaign:

Man Of Valour: The Life Of Field-Marshal The Viscount Gort, VC, GCB, DSO, MVO, MC by John Colville

This one may also be of interest too:

Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory by Julian Thompson

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Some good suggestions there. I still haven't read my copy of Dunkirk either Manray9 :)

[Manray9]

Geevee wrote: "Not a history but helps understand the command challenges of the May/June campaign:

[book:Man ..."

Good call on Gort, Geevee.

[Jerome]

Would any know of any books on the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in 1945, or on Soviet policy toward Japan during the war in general?

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Jerome,
This one is on my list of books at home - not read or bought yet as you'll see from prices on the web - but looks like it is what you are after and may be available through a library or university:

The Soviet Union and the Threat from the East, 1933-41: Moscow, Tokyo, and the Prelude to the Pacific War by Jonathan Haslam

Description
This is the third in a series of volumes detailing the history of Soviet foreign policy from the Great Depression to the Great Patriotic War. It covers Soviet policy in the Far East from the Japanese rejection of a non-aggression pact in January 1933 to the conclusion of a neutrality pact in April 1941. During the course of that period the Soviet Union moved from being the vulnerable and isolated suitor to a position of negotiation from strength.

Contents:
Preface - Negotiation from Weakness to Negotiation from Strength, 1933-34 - Deterrence and Attempted Detente, 1934-36 - The Chinese Communist Party and the Comintern - The Sino-Japanese War and Soviet Aid to China, 1937 - Frontier Fighting: Lake Khasan and Khalkhin Gol, 1938-39 - The Tables are Turned: Japan Appeases Russia, 1939-41 - Conclusion - Index

The publisher's link with more related titles to the above:http://www.palgrave.com/series/studie...