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230 Pages ISBN 978-1-917120-79-6 B&W Images   Peter Quilter’s lifelong interest in the London Fire Brigade during the Second World War began with a simple family fact: his grandfather had served as St...

Following Leyte Gulf, the Imperial Japanese Navy never again seriously contested a battlespace in the Second World War.

Household methods used during the Second World War could help people prepare for a crisis, according to DR, which reports on advice from a curator at the Occupation Museum in Aarhus. Denmark’s Emergency Management Agency has published a list of supplies people should have to manage on their own f…

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When Britain first parachuted troops into Italy in 1941, the mission was brave and experimental. Daring and Determined tells the full story of these brave men.

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A Second World War deep-water bomb remains in Viðvík after an attempt to detonate it failed, broadcaster KVF reported. The detonation charge used by Arktisk Kommando did not work, so no explosion took place. The bomb is still in the outfield at Viðvík, on the island of Viðoy. The bomb came from a…

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Henry Rice, a Second World War Royal Navy veteran from Cranleigh, Surrey, has died at the age of 100. Rice served as a signaller aboard HMS Eastway, a vessel that transported Allied troops and equipment to Normandy during the 1944 D-Day campaign. Although he arrived off Juno Beach five days after the initial landings, he played a part in the operation and was later awarded France’s Legion d’Honneur for his wartime service. The Spirit of Normandy Trust, a charity supporting veterans’ welfare, announced his death and described him as a “great character with a cheeky smile”. It also praised his dedication to honouring those who went to war and never returned. In June, Rice travelled to France with other veterans to mark the 82nd anniversary of the Normandy landings. There, he shared his memories with French schoolchildren alongside fellow Normandy veteran Ken Hay, who died the previous month aged 101. Rice believed strongly in educating younger generations about the realities of war, arguing that public awareness could help prevent future conflict. After the Normandy campaign, he served in the Mediterranean and the Far East. Following the war, he worked on cruise ships and later joined his local fire service. In later life, he regularly attended remembrance events in the United Kingdom. In May 2025, during commemorations for the 80th anniversary of VE Day, he gave Queen Camilla the final ceramic poppy to be placed at the Tower of London. The Trust said Rice represented fellow veterans with dignity and would be greatly missed.

What follows here is less a book review than an annotated bibliography; in my studies of the Imperial Japanese Navy I found that there are hundreds of secondary sources (many of them excellent), but t...

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