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Derek Nudd studied History and English at Keele University followed by a master's degree in Operational Research and Systems Analysis at Aston. Following a lively thirty-four year career in the engineering industry he returned to the joys of research and writing, publishing his first book in 2015. ...more

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U-boats in the Mediterranean 1941-44

U-boats in the Mediterranean 1941-1944 by Lawrence Paterson

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Having looked at the so-called small battle units (Weapons of Desperation: German Frogmen and Midget Submarines of World War II) Paterson turns his eye on the role of full-size German U-boats in the WW2 Mediterranean campaign. It is perhaps instructive to turn straight to the appendices and cast an eye over the n Read more of this blog post »

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Secret Warriors: British Submarines in the Cold War

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Memoirs of Brigadier-general Gordon Shephard, D.S.O., M.C.; ed. by Shane Leslie. 1924 [Leather Bound]

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