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Aviation
The Royal Air Force 1939-1945, by Chaz Bowyer

Air War Europa : America's Air War Against Germany in Europe and North Africa 1942-1945 : Chronology, by Eric Hammel

The Bomber War : The Allied Air Offensive Against Nazi Germany, by Robin Neillands

The Raf in Camera 1939-1945 : Archive Photographs from the PRO and Ministry of Defence, by Roy Conyers Nesbit, Oliver Hoare.

Shot from the Sky: American POWs in Switzerland, by Cathryn J. Prince
Chronicling the little-known story about Allied aircrews held in Swiss prison camps during WWII. Covers associated facts, such as the routine return of German aircrews to Germany and the Swiss government's use of their airfields for fueling German aircraft. Ironically, the Allies had no legal recourse because the Geneva convention rules for prisoners of war did not apply in technically neutral countries.

Aces High : A Tribute to the Highest Scoring Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Air Forces in World War II, by Christopher Shores

Dangerous Sky : A Resource Guide to the Battle of Britain, by Eunice Wilson. A complete guide to information on the Battle of Britain. Useful for libraries collecting WW II materials.



Naval
Hitler's U-Boat War : The Hunters, 1939-1942, by Clay Blair. A large volume covering virtually every aspect of the German submarine war against the Allies.

Warrior Queens : The Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth in World War II, by Daniel Allen Butler

The Royal Navy in World War II, by Robert Jackson

U-Boats Destroyed : German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, by Paul Kemp

German Naval Codebreakers, by Jak P. Mallmann Showell

Hitler's U-Boat Bases, by Jak P. Mallmann Showell

The U-Boat Hunters : The Royal Canadian Navy and the Offensive Against Germany's Submarines , by Marc Milner

Blood on the Sea : American Destroyers Lost in World War II, Robert Parkin. Covers, one ship at a time, each destroyer lost during the war and the conditions surrounding the sinkings.

Silent Hunters : German U-Boat Commanders of World War II, by Theodore Savas

The Last Year of the Kriegsmarine : May 1944 - May 1945, by V.E. Tarrant

Wolf : U-Boat Commanders in World War II, by Jordan Vause. A very interesting book not only for its war time accounts, but also for its determined overview of the post-war rivalries which split the "ex-U-boat commander" community into several competing factions.






Bomber War
The Allied Air Offensive Against Nazi Germany









Wolf
U-Boat Commanders in World War II
 
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