US Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell, Alabama
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91st Bomb Group War Diary
354th Fighter Group War Diary
388th Fighter Group War Diary
391st Bomb Group War Diary
US Army Heritage Center, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
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Memoirs
Bayerlein, Fritz, Panzer Lehr Division, A-902
—, Panzer Lehr Division, A-903
Eberbach, Hans, Panzer Group Eberbach and the Falaise Encirclement, A-922
Elfeldt, Otto, LXXXIV Corps, A-968
Gersdorff, R. von, The Argentan–Falaise Pocket, A-919
—, Normandy, COBRA and Mortain, A-894
Groppe, Theodor, SS versus Wehrmacht, B-397
Hansen, Chester B., Diary
US Army Historical Division, Foreign Military Studies Series: Written Studies
Hausser, Paul, Seventh Army, A-907
—, Seventh Army, A-974
Heydte, Friedrich Freiherr von der, A German Parachute Regiment in Normandy, B-839
Holtzendorff, Hans-Henning von, Reasons for Rommel’s Success in the Desert
Krämer, Fritz, I SS Corps in the West in 1944
Kraas, Hugo, 12th SS Panzer Division
Pemsel, Max, Battle of Normandy – Comments, C-057
Ruge, Friedrich, Rommel and the Atlantic Wall, A-982
Schramm, Percy E., OKW War Diary 1 April–18 December 1944, B-034
Zerbel, Alfred, Combat Operations of 6th Parachute Division in Northern France in 1944, A-956
Other Unpublished Memoirs, Doctorates, etc.
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Boylan, Joseph J., Goon’s Up
Christopherson, Stanley, Papers, Diary, Photographs
Colvin, H. E., Diary
Neave, Julius, The War Diary of Julius Neave
Thomas Alexander, Hugh, The Other Air War: Elwood ‘Pete’ Quesada and American Tactical Air Power in World War II Europe, University of Houston, 1994
Wharton, Bill, Letters
CONTEMPORARY PAMPHLETS, BOOKLETS AND TRAINING MEMORANDA
Army Life, War Department Pamphlet 21-13, US Government Printing Office, 1944
Basic Field Manual: First Aid for Soldiers, FM 21-11, US War Department, 1943
The Battle of the Atlantic: The Official Account of the Fight Against the U-Boats, 1939–1945, HMSO, 1946
Combat Instruction for the Panzer Grenadier by Helmut von Wehren, 1944; English translation by John Baum
Company Officer’s Handbook of the German Army, Military Intelligence Division, US War Department, 1944
The Development of Artillery Tactics and Equipment, War Office, 1951
Der Dienst-Unterricht im Heer by Dr. Jur. W. Reibert, E. S. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin, 1941
Field Service Pocket Book, various pamphlets, War Office, 1939–1945
France, Vol. II, Naval Intelligence Division, 1942
France, Vol. III, Naval Intelligence Division, 1942
Germany, Vol. III, Naval Intelligence Division, 1944
German Infantry Weapons, Military Intelligence Service, US War Department, 1943
The German Squad in Combat, Military Intelligence Service, US War Department, 1944
German Tactical Doctrine, Military Intelligence Service, US War Department, 1942
German Tank Maintenance in World War II, Department of the US Army, No. 20-202, June 1954
Gunnery Pocket Book, 1945, The Admiralty, 1945
Handbook of German Military Forces, TM-E 30-451, US War Department, 1945
Handbook on the British Army with Supplements on the Royal Air Force and Civilian Defense Organizations, TM 30-410, US War Department, September 1942
Handbook on the Italian Military Forces, Military Intelligence Service, US Army, August 1943
Infantry Training, Part VIII – Fieldcraft, Battle Drill, Section and Platoon Tactics, War Office, 1944
Infantry Training: Training and War, HMSO, 1937
Instruction Manual for the Infantry: Field Fortifications of the Infantry, 1940, H.Dv. 130/11; English translation by John Baum
Instruction Manual for the Infantry: The Rifle Company, 1942, H.Dv. 103/2a; English translation by John Baum
Instruction Manual for the Infantry: The Machinegun Company, 1942, H.Dv. 130/3a; English translation by John Baum
Instructions for British Servicemen in France 1944, HMSO, 1944
Merchantmen at War, Prepared by the Ministry of Information, HMSO, 1944
Pilot’s Notes General, Air Ministry, 1943
The Rise and Fall of the German Air Force (1933–1945), Air Ministry, 1948
R.O.F.: The Story of the Royal Ordnance Factories, 1939–48, HMSO, 1949
Der Schütze Hilfsbuch, 1943, by Oberst Hasso von Wedel and Oberleutnant Pfasserott, Richard Schröder Verlag, Berlin, 1943
Shooting to Live by Capt. W. E. Fairbairn and Capt. E. A. Sykes, 1942
Statistics Relating to the War Effort of the United Kingdom, HMSO, November 1944
Tactics in the Context of the Reinforced Infantry Battalions by Generalmajor Greiner and Generalmajor Degener, 1941; English translation by John Baum
TEE EMM: Air Ministry Monthly Training Memoranda, Vols I, II, III, Air Ministry, 1939–1945
Truppenführung: On the German Art of War, edited by Bruce Condell and David T. Zabecki, Stackpole, 2009
We Speak From the Air: Broadcasts by the RAF, HMSO, 1942
What Britain Has Done 1939–1945, Issued by the Ministry of Information, 1945
Whitaker’s Almanac, 1940
Whitaker’s Almanac, 1942
Whitaker’s Almanac, 1944
OFFICIAL HISTORIES
American Battle Monuments Commission, American Armies and Battlefields in Europe, US Government Printing Office, 1938
Aris, George, The Fifth British Division 1939 to 1945, Fifth Division Benevolent Fund, 1959
Behrens, C. B. A., Merchant Shipping and the Demands of War, HMSO, 1955
Blumenson, Martin, United States Army in World War II: Breakout & Pursuit, Historical Division Department of the Army, 1970
Cosmas, Graham A., and Cowdrey, Albert E., United States Army in World War II: Medical Service in the European Theater of Operations, Historical Division Department of the Army, 1992
Craven, Wesley Frank, and Cate, James Lea, The Army Air Forces in World War II, Vol. II: Europe: Torch to Pointblank, University of Chicago Press, 1947
—, The Army Air Forces in World War II, Vol. III: Europe: Argument to VE Day, January 1944 to May 1945, University of Chicago Press, 1951
Duncan Hall, H., and Wrigley, C. C., Studies of Overseas Supply, HMSO, 1956
Echternkamp, Jörg (ed.), Germany and the Second World War, Vol. IX/I: German Wartime Society 1939–1945: Politicization, Disintegration, and the Struggle for Survival, Clarendon Press, 2008
Eisenhower, Dwight D., Report by the Supreme Commander to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the Operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1944–8 May 1945, HMSO, 1946
Ellis, L. F., Victory in the West, HMSO, 1962
Fairchild, Byron, and Grossman, Jonathan, United States Army in World War II: The Army and Industrial Manpower, Office of the Chief of Military History, 1959
Foot, M. R. D., SOE in France, HMSO, 1966 (Original First Edition)
Hancock, W. K., and Gowing, M. M., British War Economy, HMSO, 1949
Harrison, G. A., United States Army in World War II: Cross Channel Attack, Historical Division Department of the Army, 1951
Hinsley, F. H., British Intelligence in the Second World War, HMSO, 1993
Hinsley, F. H., et al., British Intelligence in the Second World War, Vol. I: Its Influence on Strategy and Operations, HMSO, 1979
—, British Intelligence in the Second World War, Vol. III, Part 1, HMSO, 1984
—, British Intelligence in the Second World War, Vol. III: Part 2, HMSO, 1988
Howard, Michael, Grand Strategy, Vol. IV: August 1942–Se
ptember 1943, HMSO, 1972
Hurstfield, J., The Control of Raw Materials, HMSO, 1953
Institution of the Royal Army Service Corps, The Story of the Royal Army Service Corps 1939–1945, G. Bell and Sons, 1955
Knickerbocker, H. R., et al., United States Army in World War II: Danger Forward: The Story of the First Division in World War II, Society of the First Division, 1947
Lindsay, T. M., Sherwood Rangers, Burrup, Mathieson & Co., 1952
Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsampt, Germany and the Second World War, Vol. V: Organization and Mobilization of the German Sphere of Power, Part 1: Wartime administration, economy and manpower resources, 1939–1941, Clarendon Press, 2000
—, Germany and the Second World War, Vol. VI: The Global War, Clarendon Press, 2001
—, Germany and the Second World War, Vol. V: Organization and Mobilization of the German Sphere of Power, Part 2B: Wartime administration, economy and manpower resources, 1942–1944/5, Clarendon Press, 2003
—, Germany and the Second World War, Vol. VII: The Strategic Air War in Europe and the War in the West and East Asia, 1943–1944/5, Clarendon Press, 2015
Naval Historical Branch, Invasion Europe, HMSO, 1994
Palmer, Robert R., Wiley, Bell I., and Keast, William R., United States Army in World War II: The Procurement and Training of Ground Combat Troops, Historical Division Department of the Army, 1948
Parker, H. M. D., Manpower: A Study of War-Time Policy and Administration, HMSO, 1957
Pogue, Forrest, United States Army in World War II: The Supreme Command, Historical Division Department of the Army, 1954
Postan, M. M., British War Production, HMSO, 1952
—, Hay, D., and Scott, J. D., Design and Development of Weapons, HMSO, 1964
Rapport, Leonard, and Northwood, Arthur, Rendezvous with Destiny: A History of the 101st Airborne Division, 101st Airborne Association, 1948
Richards, Denis, Royal Air Force 1939–1945, Vol. III: The Fight is Won, HMSO, 1954
Risch, Erna, The Technical Services, United States Army in World War II: The Quartermaster Corps: Organization, Supply, and Services, Vol. I, Historical Division Department of the Army, 1953
Rissik, David, The D.L.I. at War: The History of the Durham Light Infantry 1939–1945, The Depot: Durham Light Infantry, no date
Roberts Greenfield, Kent, et al., United States Army in World War II: The Organization of Ground Combat Troops, Historical Division Department of the Army, 1947
Scott, J. D., and Hughes, Richard, The Administration of War Production, HMSO, 1955
Wardlow, Chester, United States Army in World War II: The Transportation Corps: Movements, Training, and Supply, Office of the Chief of Military History, 1956
Warren, John C., Airborne Operations in World War II, European Theater, USAF Historical Division, 1956
Webster, Sir Charles, and Frankland, Noble, The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany, 1939–1945, Vol. III: Victory, HMSO, 1961
—, The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany, 1939–1945, Vol. IV: Annexes & Appendices, Naval & Military Press, 2006
EQUIPMENT, WEAPONS AND TECHNICAL BOOKS
Barker, A. J., British and American Infantry Weapons of World War 2, Arms & Armour Press, 1969
Bidwell, Shelford, and Graham, Dominick, Fire-Power: British Army Weapons and Theories of War 1904–1945, George Allen & Unwin, 1982
Bouchery, Jean, The British Soldier, Vol. 1: Uniforms, Insignia, Equipment, Histoire & Collections, no date
—, The British Soldier, Vol. 2: Organisation, Armament, Tanks and Vehicles, Histoire & Collections, no date
Brayley, Martin, The British Army 1939–45, (1) North-West Europe, Osprey, 2001
—, British Web Equipment of the Two World Wars, Crowood Press, 2005
Bruce, Robert, German Automatic Weapons of World War II, Crowood Press, 1996
Bull, Dr Stephen, World War II Infantry Tactics, Osprey, 2004
—, World War II Street-Fighting Tactics, Osprey, 2008
Chamberlain, Peter, and Ellis, Chris, Tanks of the World, Cassell, 2002
Chesneau, Roger (ed.), Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1922–1946, Conway Maritime Press, 1980
Dallies-Labourdette, Jean-Philippe, S-Boote: German E-Boats in Action 1939–1945, Histoire & Collections, no date
Davis, Brian L., German Combat Uniforms of World War II, Vol. II: Arms & Armour Press, 1985
Davies, W. J. K., German Army Handbook 1939–1945, Military Book Society, 1973
Enjames, Henri-Paul, Government Issue: US Army European Theater of Operations Collector Guide, Histoire & Collections, 2003
Falconer, Jonathan, D-Day Operations Manual, Haynes, 2013
Farrar-Hockley, Anthony, Infantry Tactics 1939–1945, Almark, 1976
Fleischer, Wolfgang, The Illustrated Guide to German Panzers, Schiffer, 2002
Forty, George, and Livesey, Jack, The Complete Guide to Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Southwater, 2012
Gander, Terry, and Chamberlain, Peter, Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the Third Reich, Macdonald and Jane’s, 1978
Gordon, David B., Equipment of the WWII Tommy, Pictorial Histories, 2004
—, Uniforms of the WWII Tommy, Pictorial Histories, 2005
—, Weapons of the WWII Tommy, Pictorial Histories, 2004
Grant, Neil, The Bren Gun, Osprey, 2013
Griehl, Manfred, and Dressel, Joachim, Luftwaffe Combat Aircraft: Development, Production, Operations, 1935–1945, Schiffer, 1994
Gunston, Bill, Fighting Aircraft of World War II, Salamander, 1988
Hart, S., and Hart, R., The German Soldier in World War II, Spellmount, 2000
Hogg, Ian V. (intro.), The American Arsenal: The World War II Official Standard Ordnance Catalog of Small Arms, Tanks, Armored Cars, Artillery, Antiaircraft Guns, Ammunition, Grenades, Mines, etcetera, Greenhill Books, 1996
—, The Guns 1939–1945, Macdonald, 1969
Kay, Antony L., and Smith, J. R., German Aircraft of the Second World War, Putnam, 2002
Konstan, Angus, British Battlecruisers 1939–45, Osprey, 2003
de Lagarde, Jean, German Soldiers of World War II, Histoire & Collections, no date
Lavery, Brian, Churchill’s Navy: The Ships, Men and Organisation, 1939–1945, Conway, 2006
Lee, Cyrus A., Soldat, Vol. Two: Equipping the German Army Foot Soldier in Europe 1943, Pictorial Histories, 1988
Lepage, Jean-Denis G. G., German Military Vehicles, McFarland & Company, 2007
Lüdeke, Alexander, Weapons of World War II, Parragon, 2007
Mason, Chris, Soldat, Vol. Eight: Fallschirmjäger, Pictorial Histories, 2000
McNab, Chris, MG 34 and MG 42 Machine Guns, Osprey, 2012
Mundt, Richard W., and Lee, Cyrus A., Soldat, Vol. Six: Equipping the Waffen-SS Panzer Divisions 1942–1945, Pictorial Histories, 1997
Musgrave, Daniel D., German Machineguns, Greenhill Books, 1992
Myerscough, W., Air Navigation Simply Explained, Pitman & Sons Ltd, 1942
Saiz, Augustin, Deutsche Soldaten, Casemate, 2008
Stedman, Robert, Kampfflieger: Bomber Crewman of the Luftwaffe 1939–45, Osprey, 2005
Suermondt, Jan, World War II Wehrmacht Vehicles, Crowood Press, 2003
Sumner, Ian, and Vauvillier, François, The French Army 1939–1945 (1), Osprey, 1998
Sutherland, Jonathan, World War II Tanks and AFVs, Airlife, 2002
Trye, Rex, Mussolini’s Soldiers, Airlife, 1995
Vanderveen, Bart, Historic Military Vehicles Directory, After the Battle, 1989
Williamson, Gordon, Gebirgsjäger, Osprey, 2003
—, German Mountain & Ski Troops 1939–45, Osprey, 1996
—, U-Boats vs Destroyer Escorts, Osprey, 2007
Windrow, Richard, and Hawkins, Tim, The World War II GI: US Army Uniforms 1941–45, Crowood Press, 2003
Zaloga, Steven, Armored Attack 1944, Stackpole, 2011
—, Armored Thunderbolt: The US Army Sherman in W
orld War II, Stackpole, 2008
—, US Anti-Tank Artillery 1941–45, Osprey, 2005
MEMOIRS, BIOGRAPHIES, ETC.
Adair, Allan, A Guard’s General: The Memoirs of Major General Sir Allan Adair, Hamish Hamilton, 1986
Adam, Günter, “Ich habe meine Pflicht erfüllt!” – Ein Junker der Waffen-SS berichtet, Nation & Wissen, 2012
Alanbrooke, Field Marshal Lord, War Diaries 1939–1945, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001
Alexander, Mark J., and Sparry, John, Jump Commander, Casement, 2012
Ambrose, Stephen E., Band of Brothers, Pocket Books, 2001
—, Citizen Soldiers, Pocket Books, 2002
—, Eisenhower: Soldier and President, Pocket Books, 2003
—, The Supreme Commander: The War Years of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Doubleday, 1970
Arnade, Charles W., Soldier: The Memoirs of Matthew B. Ridgway, Curtis Publishing Company, 1956
Arnold, H. H., Global Mission, Harper & Row, 1949
Baker, David, Adolf Galland, Windrow & Greene, 1996
Baldridge, Robert C., Victory Road: The World War II Memoir of an Artilleryman in the ETO, Merriam Press, 1995
Baumgarten, Harold, D-Day Survivor, Pelican, 2015
Baynes, John, The Forgotten Victor: General Sir Richard O’Connor, Brassey’s, 1999
Below, Nicolaus von, At Hitler’s Side: The Memoirs of Hitler’s Luftwaffe Adjutant, Greenhill, 2004
Blackburn, George G., The Guns of Normandy, Constable, 1988
Blackburn, Richard M., In the Company of Heroes, Self-published, 2013
Blumenson, Martin (ed.), The Patton Papers, Da Capo, 1974
Bob, Hans-Ekkehard, Betrayed Ideals: Memoirs of a Luftwaffe Fighter Ace, Mönch, 2008
Booth, T. Michael, and Spencer, Duncan, Paratrooper: The Life of General James M. Gavin, Casemate, 2013
Boscawen, Robert, Armoured Guardsman: A War Diary, June 1944–April 1945, Pen & Sword, 2001
Bradley, Omar B., A General’s Life: An Autobiography, Simon & Schuster, 1983
—, A Soldier’s Story, Henry Holt, 1951
Brereton, Lewis H., The Brereton Diaries, William Morrow, 1946
Brett-James, Anthony, Conversations with Montgomery, William Kimber, 1984
Burns, Dwayne T., Jump Into the Valley of the Shadow, Casemate, 2006
Butcher, Harry C., Three Years with Eisenhower: The Personal Diary of Captain Harry C. Butcher, USNR, William Heinemann, 1946
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