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Reference to hospital admittances in the service papers may give a clue as to where the soldier was fighting. For example, the 23rd (Indian) Casualty Clearing Station was at Silchar in October 1943, and at Maungdaw, Burma, in October 1944,<ref>Rothy. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/2nd-survey-regiment-burma-1944-45.59418/page-2#post-786228 2nd Survey Regiment, Burma 1944-45] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 25 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.</ref> and in April 1944 68 IGH [Indian General Hospital] was in Chittagong.<ref>Skoyen89. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/122-field-battery-178-assault-field-regt-r-a.37255/ 122 field battery 178 assault field regt.R.A] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 10 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.</ref> Once the relevant regiment has been determined, War Diaries from the National Archives at Kew, if available, should give details of the regimental history for the period. Forums such as WW2Talk Forum, refer External links below, are often able to provide information and advice about service history queries and the obtaining War Diary copies.

*[~~http~~https://~~www~~nominal-rolls.~~ww2roll~~dva.gov.au/ home A World War Two Nominal Roll ] has been created by the Government of Australia to honour and commemorate the men and women who served in Australia's defence forces and the Merchant Navy during WW2. This can be [~~http~~https://~~www~~nominal-rolls.~~ww2roll~~dva.gov.au/ww2#PlaceSearch~~.aspx~~ searched by place of birth] - eg India or Ceylon.

==British Library holdings==

===Other===

''~~The~~ History of the Second World War'' is a 75 volume official history published by HMSO 1949-1976, consisting of 28 volumes in the United Kingdom Civil Series, 21 volumes in the United Kingdom Medical Series and 26 volumes in the United Kingdom Military Series . Details are set out in this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Second_World_War Wikipedia page] and the link [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/index.html Hyperwar: British Official Histories]. Note some of the supplementary histories mentioned on the Wikipedia page are available at [[The National Archives]] Kew, see next section.

A subcategory of the United Kingdom Military Series is the 5 volume series ''War Against Japan'' by Major General S Woodburn Kirby et al, published London: HMSO, 1957-1969.

<br> Available online, refer below.

Part of the United Kingdom Medical Series is the publication ''The Army Medical Services, Campaigns, Volume 5: Burma'', Crew, Francis A. E. London: HMSO, 1966. Available online, refer below. The book ''In Memoriam Burma-Siam 1942-1945'', published in Bangkok in 1946 (Dutch language) in respect of Dutch war graves is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01011257081 , and also at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/4286496 catalogue entry with details of contents]. Also at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1037473 catalogue entry] for ''[List of deceased World War Two-era Dutch military personnel in Burma and Siam]'', 1946, Dutch language, source Nederlandsch Hoofdkwartier Bangkok, Kantoor Personeele Zaken Afd. Inlichtingen Overledenen (Dutch Headquarters Bangkok, Office Personnel Affairs Dept. Information Deceased).==The National Archives==Some/most? of the supplementary official histories of the Second World War, mentioned in the Wikipedia page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Second_World_War History of the Second World War] are available at The National Archives, Kew in the War Office series<br>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C1803825 WO 277 War Office Historical Monographs] and [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C14484 WO 279 War Office and Ministry of Defence: Confidential Print]. Two volumes are available online, see below, and at least three titles are available in reprint editions.<ref> [https://www.naval-military-press.com Naval & Military Press] has reprint editions for ''The Development of Artillery Tactics and Equipment (Official History of the Second World War Army)'' by Brigadier A. L. Pemberton, 2 volumes including a Map volume, published 2022; ''Airborne Forces of the Second World War 1939-1945 (Official History of the Second World War Army)'' by T B H Otway published 2018; ''Special Weapons and Types of Warfare (Official History of the Second World War Army)'' by D J C Wiseman in 3 volumes, published 2018.</ref><br>The Air Ministry series AIR 10 and AIR 41 which contain Air Ministry publications, are also available at TNA. However, many of the Air Ministry publications are available online from the raf.mod.uk website, see [[Second World War#Despatches, Offical histories (UK)| Despatches, Offical histories (UK)]] below.

==Medals==

*Geoff Sullivan’s [https://web.archive.org/web/20230407005811/http://www.hut-six.co.uk/WW2data/awardindex.html Geoff's WO 373 Lists: Recommendations for Honours and Awards], WW2, includes**[https://web.archive.org/web/20221107152038/http://www.hut-six.co.uk/WW2data/WO373-Burma%20and%20India.html Burma and India]**[https://web.archive.org/web/20210307032651/http://www.hut-six.co.uk/WW2data/WO373-Malaya%20Singapore%20Java%20Hong%20Kong.html Malaya And Singapore, Java, Hong Kong] Now archived webpages.

==External links==

**[https://web.archive.org/web/20150821220936/http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/memorials/2nd-world-war.php Memorials to Indian soldiers and sailors - Second World War] cwgc.org, now an archived webpage.

:[http://brahmaputra.ceh.vjf.cnrs.fr/bdd/spip.php?article122 "Northeasterners in the World Wars"] by P. Ramirez. Contains an Excel file download for all CWGC Indian Army deaths for WW2. Brahmaputra Studies Database.

*[http://www.hut-six.co.uk/cgi-bin/searchWW2.php Geoff's WW2 Search Engine] (Also includes a WW1 Search). Considered by some to have a superior Search to the CWGC website.

*[http://ww2talk.com/forums WW2Talk Forum]. A Message Board for most aspects of the War. Includes sub categories Theatres of War/Burma & India and Unit History & Discussion /British Indian Army.

*[http://www.ww2f.com/index World War II Forum], an American site. A Message Board for most aspects of the War, with an American focus.

***Includes [http://www.ex-cbi-roundup.com/links.html CBI-related Websites, Books, Organizations] which includes a CBI Bibliography download (scroll down) which lists over three thousand titles.

***[http://www.ex-cbi-roundup.com/documents/1955_july.pdf ''Ex-CBI Roundup July 1955''] page 28 contains a List of “Air Corps Bases in CBI” for India, Burma and China

*Steve Rothwell’s [~~http~~https://~~homepages~~www.~~force9~~indiaburmasoldiers.~~net~~co.uk/~~rothwell~~index.htm The Burma Campaign] **[https:/~~burmaweb~~/www.rmindianoceanww2.co.uk/index.htm Royal Marines in the Indian Ocean]. A subset of the website ''The Burma Campaign] ''. This web site presents histories of Royal Marines units that served on islands in the Indian Ocean, in Ceylon, India, Burma and South-East Asia during World War 2. Few Royal Marines came face-to-face with the Japanese in combat but they played a vital role in constructing and defending bases important to the success of the campaign in Burma.::[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35192153 "How a forgotten British captain is a hero in Myanmar"] 31 January 2016 bbc.com. Capt. Peter Robert Sandham Bankes, Army of Burma Reserve of Officers attached to the Chin Levies.

*[https://www.academia.edu/39312056/Behind_the_enemy_line_British_led_guerrilla_operations_in_the_Indo_Burma_frontier_during_the_Second_World_War "Behind the enemy line: British-led guerrilla operations in the Indo-Burma frontier during the Second World War"] by Pum Khan Pau ''Small Wars and Insurgencies'' 2019, Vol. 30:2, 307-334. academia.edu. This paper discusses the case of three ethnic communities in the Indo-Burma frontier Kachin, Naga and Zo (Kuki-Chin) and the formation of the Kachin Levies, Chin Levies, and Naga Levies.

*[http://www.burmastar.org.uk/burma-campaign/ The Circumstances of the War in Burma] Burma Star Association

*[http://www.152hyderabad.co.uk/index.htm 152(Hyderabad) F Squadron 1939-1967] Served in India from 19th December 1943 as part of Calcutta’s defence and later moved to the front. Disbanded at R.A.F. [[Risalpur]] in 1947

*"Browsing Through a Treasure House: The Literature of the Burma Campaign" by Gordon Graham. From the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 2011 [http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/11668/1/BCML-W.G.Graham2011.pdf pdf] [https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/11668 Abstract] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131121095717/http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/11668/1/BCML-W.G.Graham2011.pdf archive.org version])

:*[https://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/collections/rare_books/bcml/ Burma Campaign Memorial Library, SOAS, London], and [https://digital.soas.ac.uk/bcml Digital catalogue]:[https://d-nb.info/1220437271/34 Bibliography of Burma during the Second World War ] by Siegfried M Schwertner South Asia Institute Heidelberg 2012. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20231020060716/https://d-nb.info/1220437271/34 archive.org version])

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o3m-obQ_XA 7 Wonders of India: Kohima War Cemetery] Video on YouTube

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBIk35DFMW0 Taukkyan War Cemetery Burma] Video on YouTube

*[http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/WW2/Malaya_and_Singapore/index.htm Fall of Malaya and Singapore] from [http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/html/the_rising_sun.htm The Rising Sun], part of Ron Taylor’s Britain at War website

*[http://www.fepow-community.org.uk/ FEPOW Community] Far East Prisoners of War, part of Ron Taylor’s Britain at War website. Includes Books/Book Library, being an Index of Far East books WW2 period.

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210514143230/http://www.nmbva.co.uk/books1.htm Bibliography of Books dealing with Malaya] Includes WW2 period etc. nmbva.co.uk, now an archived page.

*Singapore National Library e book entry [https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/244a2bdb-3100-498c-a8c4-d7c1e40bd861.aspx ''They Died For All Free Men''] by Surjan Singh available to read online as Limited Preview. The tags for this book include include India. Army; Sikhs- Singapore; World War, 1939-1945--Registers of dead—Singapore; World War, 1939-1945--Registers of dead--India; Soldiers' monument--Singapore. This book is also available at the Imperial War Museums, London, catalogue reference LBY 03/1836 .

*IWM catalogue entry with details of the service history of [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030012958 Lieutenant J Gordon Smith] platoon commander in the [[93rd Regiment of Foot| 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]] (12th Indian Infantry Brigade, 11th Indian Division) from (?) July 1941 in Singapore and Malaya, his eventual capture in late January, 1942 and his time in the camps on the Burma - Siam railway. His memoir is'' War Memories: A Medical Student In Malaya And Thailand'', available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01014657669 .

*[http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/09/eric-lomax Eric Lomax obituary] (1919-2012) ''The Guardian'' 10 October 2012. A member of the [[Royal Signals]], he was in Singapore at the surrender and became a POW working on the Burma-Siam railway. His memoir is ''The Railway Man'', now also released as a movie of the same name.

*[~~http~~https://web.archive.org/web/20211025024557/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10367891/Ron-Burton.html Obituary: Ron Burton] 09 October 2013 ''The Telegraph'', archived. He was Sergeant, 125 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery (125 ATR), taken prisoner after the fall of Singapore.*[http://web.archive.org/web/20140816000022/http://www.abc.net.au:80/4corners/specials/noprisoners/viewpoints/elphick.htm"Cover-ups and the Singapore Traitor Affair"] by Peter Elphick 28 November 2001, abc.net.au, now archived. Presented at the Fall of Singapore 60th Anniversary Conference National University of Singapore, 16-17 February 2002. Mentions one time member of the 16th Punjab Regiment, Captain Patrick Vaughan Heenan executed on Friday 13th February 1942, two days before Singapore surrendered, for being a traitor. ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission). Elphick was co-author of a book on this subject, now available to read online, see below.

*[https://archive.org/details/historyofspecial1094534724 ''History of Special Operations Forces in Malaysia''] by Shamsul Afkar bin Abd Rahman. June 2013 Thesis, Master of Science in Defence Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. Includes chapters on WW2. Archive.org

====Indian Ocean====

===Borneo===

*''The Telegraph'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20121013085055/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9605570/Philip-Crosland.html Obituary of Philip Crosland] (1918-2012), archived. In October 1938 he joined ''The Statesman'' in Calcutta. He became a member of the [[Calcutta Light Horse]]. During World War 2 he accompanied the [[26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|2nd Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment]] to Sarawak and other parts of Borneo from May 1941. He became a Japanese POW April 1942-September 1945.

*Klemen L’s [http://oocities.org/dutcheastindies/ Dutch East Indies 1941-1942], now oocities.org, from the archived [http://web.archive.org/web/20091026235840/http://geocities.com/dutcheastindies/ geocities .com website] includes

**[http://www.oocities.org/dutcheastindies/sarawak.html The Invasion of British Borneo in 1942]. There is brief mention of the 2/15 Punjab Regiment

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140302115529/http://www.britains-smallwars.com:80/RRGP/Java.htm "Unexpected Allies. Java 1945-1946. With the 5th Parachute Brigade"] britains-smallwars.com, now an archived webpage. Includes Indian Army troops.

*[https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.271359 ''The British Occupation of Indonesia : 1945-1946''] by Richard Oliver Scorgie McMillan. 2002 PhD Thesis Royal Holloway, University of London. Download from British Library EThOS. Subsequently published 2005 as ''The British Occupation of Indonesia 1945-1946 : Britain, the Netherlands and the Indonesian Revolution'' (Contents<ref> Kyt. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/british-indian-army-in-dutch-east-indies.4196/#post-57131 British Indian Army in Dutch East Indies] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 28 November 2006. Retrieved 24 December 2018.</ref>) Includes Indian Army troops.

*[http://standpointmag.co.uk/features-november-10-the-death-knell-of-the-british-empire-patrick-heren-indonesian-war-1945/ "The Death Knell of the British Empire"]: Surabaya, October 1945 by Patrick Heren 21 October 2010. standpointmag.co.uk

===Hong Kong===

===French Indo-China===

*[http://www.nids.mod.go.jp/english/event/forum/pdf/2014/08.pdf "The 20th Indian Division in French Indo-China, 1945-46: Combined/joint Operations and the 'fog of war'"] by Daniel Marston (Professor, Australian National University). A presentation at the NIDS International Forum on War History, 13th Forum 2014. National Institute for Defence Studies, Tokyo Japan

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170320091933/http://troopsoutmovement.com/oliversarmychap5.htm "Chapter Five. Striking Back - at the Empire: Britain's Colonial Wars from 1945"] Scroll to a section about Vietnam. From [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044115/http://www.troopsoutmovement.com/oliversarmy.htm ''Oliver's Army: A History of British soldiers in Ireland and other colonial conflicts''] by Aly Renwick c 2004 troopsoutmovement.com, archived.

===Miscellaneous===

*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/londongazette.html Despatches Published in the ''London Gazette''] includes a number relating to Burma and South East Asia, in addition to the Middle East, North Africa, Malaya, etc. from "HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web", section "The United Kingdom in the Second World War". Pdfs of pages from ''The London Gazette''.

:'' The London Gazette'' [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/awards-and-accreditation/content/100325 World War 2 despatches]. Links to all the military despatches from commanders-in-chief. ''The Gazette'' website.

*The six volume series [https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22The+Second+World+War+1939-1945.+A+Popular+Military+History%22&sort=date ''The Second World War 1939-1945. A Popular Military History''] published by His/Her Majesty’s Office 1950-1954 Archive.org.:The series comprises : Ian Hay: ''Arms and the Men'' (1950); Eric Linklater: ''The Campaign in Italy'' (1951); Christopher Buckley: ''Norway. The Commandos. Dieppe'' (1951); Christopher Buckley: ''Greece and Crete 1941'' (1952); John North: ''North-West Europe 1944-45. The Achievement of 21st Army Group'' (1953); Christopher Buckley: ''Five Ventures. Iraq. Syria. Persia. Madagascar. Dodecanese'' (1954). *''History of the Second World War'', subcategory United Kingdom Military Series: the 5 volume series ''War Against Japan'' by Major General S Woodburn Kirby et al, published London: HMSO, 1957-1969.

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9OlmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''The War Against Japan Volume I: The Loss of Singapore''] 1957. [https://archive.org/details/war-against-japan-vol-1 Archive.org version].

**''The War Against Japan Volume II: India's Most Dangerous Hour'' 1958. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nycJAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 File 1], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_SjUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 File 2], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=pepmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 File 3]. [https://archive.org/details/war-against-japan-vol-2 Archive.org version].

** The maps may be poorly scanned in the above volumes.

**Also available in reprint editions<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/?s=%22War+Against+Japan%22&post_type=product ''War Against Japan''] Scroll. Naval & Military Press reprint editions.</ref> where the maps may be expected to be better, earlier editions of which are available as one online book [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8V47VpO7PcGmSmbtu '' The War Against Japan''] (2072 digital pages) on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 (located in Military books/Japan), which however consists of the first three volumes only, not the full five volume series.

*''History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Military Series''. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=8JA1AQAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''British Military Administration in the Far East, 1943-46''] by F. S. V. Donnison HMSO 1956. Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/british-military-admin-far-east/page/n9/mode/2up Archive.org version].

*''History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Military Series. The Mediterranean and Middle East''

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WzIgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Volume I: The early successes against Italy (to May 1941)''] by Major-General I S O Playfair and others. HMSO 1954. [https://archive.org/details/mediterranean-middle-east-vol-1 Archive.org version].

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=pr_UAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Volume II : The Germans come to the help of their ally (1941)''] by Major-General I S O Playfair and others. HMSO 1956. [https://archive.org/details/mediterranean-middle-east-vol-2 Archive.org version].

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=qrDgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Volume III: British Fortunes reach their Lowest Ebb (Sept. 1941 to Sept. 1942)''] by Major-General I S O Playfair and others. HMSO 1960. [https://archive.org/details/mediterranean-middle-east-vol-3 Archive.org version].

**~~'''Sample''' pages only:~~ [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=~~QV3-PsqAiZYC~~VbHgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Volume IV: The Destruction of the Axis Forces in Africa''] by Major-General I S O Playfair and Brigadier C J C Molony HMSO 1966. [https://archive.org/details/med-middle-east-vol-4/page/n9/mode/2up Archive.org version].

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WVmBwLJnhdEC&pg=PR3 ''Volume V: The Campaign in Sicily 1943, AND The Campaign in Italy, 3rd September 1943 to 31st March 1944''] by Brigadier C J C Molony HMSO 1973. [https://archive.org/details/mediterranean-middle-east-vol-5 Archive.org version].

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=17_UAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Volume VI: Victory in the Mediterranean. Part I 1st April to 4th June 1944''] by Brigadier C J C Molony 1984. [https://archive.org/details/mediterranean-middle-east-vol-6-part-1/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org version].**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HcDUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Volume VI: Victory in the Mediterranean Part II June to October 1944''] by General Sir William Jackson with Group Captain T P Gleave 1987. [https://archive.org/details/mediterranean-middle-east-v-6-p-2 Archive.org version].:: ''Part III November 1944 to May 1945'' pub. 1988 is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01010671133 .

::All volumes are Google Books except where otherwise stated.

*[https://archive.org/details/abyssiniancampaigns/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Abyssinian Campaigns. The Official Story of the Conquest of Italian East Africa''] by Ministry of Information for the War Office 1942. Archive.org

*[https://archive.org/details/brit-mil-admin-africa ''British Military Administration of Occupied Territories in Africa During the Years 1941-1947''] by Lord Rennell of Rodd 1948 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=0O3OAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 Google Books]. Although not part of the official series ''History of the Second World War'', classified in a Wikipedia article as one of the "Supplementary HMSO works".

*[https://archive.org/details/paiforce-persia-iraq-command/page/n11/mode/2up ''Paiforce: The Official Story of the Persia and Iraq Command, 1941-1946''] Prepared for the War Office by the Central Office of Information. 1948 HMSO. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=RbgBAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP11 Google Books].

*''History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Military Series''.

**''The Defence of the United Kingdom'' by Basil Collier 1957 HMSO. [https://archive.org/details/defence-united-kingdom-ww2 Archive.org], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=jRTTAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books], [https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-Defence-UK/index.html Transcribed version] ibiblio.org/hyperwar.

**[https://archive.org/details/campaign-norway/page/n13/mode/2up ''The Campaign in Norway''] by T K Derry. Second impression 1953, first published 1952. HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xOFmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books].

**[https://archive.org/details/WarInFranceAndFlanderswithMaps/mode/2up ''The War in France and Flanders 1939-1940''] by Major L F Ellis 1953 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=GdRmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 2nd file, Google Books].

**[https://archive.org/details/victory-west-vol-1 ''Victory in the West Volume I The Battle of Normandy''] by Major L F Ellis 1962 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ktNmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books].

**[https://archive.org/details/victory-west-vol-2 ''Victory in the West Volume II The Defeat of Germany''] by Major L F Ellis with Lieut-Colonel A E Warhurst 1968 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=StRmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 Google Books].

**[https://archive.org/details/allied-mil-admin-italy ''Allied Military Administration of Italy 1943-1945''] by CRS Harris 1957 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=RlxrAQAACAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books]

**[https://archive.org/details/civil-aff-mil-gov-nw-eu ''Civil Affairs and Military Government: North-West Europe, 1944-1946''] by F. S. V. Donnison 1961 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=01sDAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books].

**[https://archive.org/details/civil-aff-mil-gov-central-org ''Civil Affairs and Military Government: Central Organization and Planning''] by F. S. V. Donnison 1966 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=l8XRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books].

*''History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Military Series''. Classified unofficially as part of an Intelligence series.

**[https://archive.org/details/soe-france-foot/page/n5/mode/2up ''SOE in France: An Account of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France, 1940-1944''] by M R D Foot, 2nd edition with amendments 1968, first published 1966. HMSO. Archive.org.

*Official histories published by the War Office, as mentioned in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Second_World_War History of the Second World War] Wikipedia, where they are classified as Supplementary official histories.

** Available to download from [https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/introduction/heritage-material/ nzsappers.org.nz/Heritage Material]/World War Two

***''Discipline'' [McPherson, A. B.] (1950)

***''Maps and Survey (The Second World War 1939-1945 Army)'' [Clough, A. B.] (1952)

:Volumes from this series may be available at The National Archives Kew, or at least 2 titles including a title with 3 volumes, have been reprinted by Naval & Military Press.

*''History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Military Series. The War at Sea, 1939-1945'' by Captain S W Roskill RN. HMSO 1954-1961.

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=bedmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Volume I The Defensive''] to December 1941. Published 1954. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=IIfzAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 File 2]. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=EIsGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 File 3]. [https://archive.org/details/worldat-sea-1939-1945-vol-1 Archive.org version, File 1].

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XuhmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Volume III, Part I The Offensive: 1st June 1943- 31 May 1944''] 1960. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=u4sGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 File 2]. [https://archive.org/details/war-at-sea-1939-1945-vol-3-part-1 Archive.org version File 1].

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=S-RmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Volume III, Part II The Offensive 1st June 1944 - 14th August 1945''] 1961. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_4sGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 File 2]. [https://archive.org/details/war-at-sea-1939-1945-vol-3-part-2 Archive.org version File 1]. All volumes are Google Books except where otherwise stated.

:The four volumes are available in reprint editions,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/?s=+%22WAR+AT+SEA+1939-45%22++%22OFFICIAL+HISTORY+OF+THE+SECOND+WORLD+WAR+%22&post_type=product The War at Sea 1939-1945 in four volumes] Naval & Military Press</ref> which in turn are available on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3.com as [https://www.fold3.com/browse/310/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19ZOGtYexo ''The War at Sea''], located in Military Books/ Britain/Scroll to letter T

:By the same author, although not part of the official series: [https://archive.org/details/navyatwar19391940000rosk/mode/2up ''The Navy at War, 1939-1945''] by Captain S W Roskill 1998 reprint edition, first published 1960. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Published in USA under the title ''White Ensign: The British Navy at War, 1939-1945''.

*Official publications, although not part of the official series ''History of the Second World War''

**[https://archive.org/details/emalta-wsuez-39-41 ''East of Malta, West of Suez. The Admiralty Account of the Naval War in the Eastern Mediterranean, September 1939 to March 1941''] 1943 HMSO. Archive.org

*:[https://archive.org/details/mediterranean-fleet ''The Mediterranean Fleet, Greece to Tripoli. The Admiralty Account of Naval Operations, April 1941 to January 1943''] 1944 HMSO. Archive.org

*:[https://archive.org/details/emalta-wsuez-39-43/page/n1/mode/2up ''East of Malta, West of Suez. The Official Admiralty Account of the Mediterranean Fleet, 1939-1943''] by Bartimeus (Sir Lewis Anselm da Costa Ritchie) 1944. Archive.org. Printed in USA. Copyright by His Britannic Majesty's Stationery Office. Appears to be the text of the two previous HMSO publications.

*:There were many Royal Navy Staff Histories produced, mainly for internal use, see the [https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/RN.html List] ibiblio.org/hyperwar. Includes

*:* 52 Battle Summaries, 23 of which are available to download from the [https://www.navy.gov.au/media-room/publications/wwii-naval-staff-histories Australian Navy website : World War II Naval Staff Histories]

**[https://www.capdantifer.org.uk/sweepers/cover.html ''His Majesty's Minesweepers''], published 1943 HMSO, prepared for the Admiralty by the Ministry of information. capdantifer.org.uk. Also available for free on the otherwise pay website Forces War Records, in the database Historical Documents Library. However, to view the images you must first register. From the [https://uk.forceswarrecords.com Home page], scroll to the bottom of the page and select Browse Records. Then scroll down the set of databases to "Historical Documents Library", then select "Official Document", and scroll down to the letter H. Also available [https://archive.org/details/coastalcommand/page/n263/mode/2up Archive.org] as part of a digital book containing three publications.

**[https://archive.org/details/brit-merchantmen-war/page/n7/mode/2up ''British Merchantmen at War. The Official Story of the Merchant Navy: 1939-1944''] by J L Hodson. HMSO 1944. Prepared for the Ministry of War Transport by the Ministry of Information [Great Britain]. Archive.org

**[https://archive.org/details/british-coaster/page/1/mode/2up ''British Coaster 1939-1945: The Official Story''] HMSO 1947. Prepared for the Ministry of Transport by the Central Office of Information [Great Britain]. Archive.org

**

*''History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Military Series. The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany 1939-1945''

**[https://archive.org/details/strat-air-off-germ-vol-1 ''The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany: 1939-1945. Volume I Preparation Parts 1, 2 and 3''] by Sir Charles Webster and Noble Frankland 1961 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=J-VmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books].

**[https://archive.org/details/strat-air-off-germ-vol-2 ''The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany 1939-1945. Volume II Endeavour Part 4''] by Sir Charles Webster and Noble Frankland 1961 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9eVmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 Google Books].

**[https://archive.org/details/strat-air-off-germ-vol-3 ''The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany 1939-1945. Volume III Victory Part 5''] by Sir Charles Webster and Noble Frankland 1961 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=W-ZmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 Google Books].

**[https://archive.org/details/strat-air-off-germ-vol-4/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany 1939-1945. Volume IV Annexes and Appendices''] by Sir Charles Webster and Noble Frankland 1961 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=8-ZmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books].

*The following series "While not part of the full length official Military History of the War, it was nevertheless officially commissioned and is based throughout on official documents…"

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=pupmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1911 ''Royal Air Force 1939-1945: Volume I The Fight at Odds''] by Denis Richards HMSO 1953. [https://archive.org/details/royal-air-force-1939-1945-vol-1 ''Vol. I'' Archive.org version]

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JetmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Royal Air Force 1939-1945: Volume II The Fight Avails''] by Denis Richards and Hilary St. George Saunders HMSO 1954. [https://archive.org/details/royal-air-force-1939-1945-vol-2 ''Vol. II'' Archive.org version]

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_XUvAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Royal Air Force 1939-1945: Volume III The Fight is Won''] by Hilary St. George Saunders HMSO 1954. [https://archive.org/details/royal-air-force-1939-1945-vol-3 ''Vol. III'' Archive.org version]. All volumes are Google Books unless otherwise stated.

*Further official publications**Multiple publications prepared by the Air Historical Branch, Air Ministry, from the website raf.mod.uk***[https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/units/air-historical-branch/second-world-war-campaign-narratives1/ The Second World War: Campaign Narratives] ***[https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/units/air-historical-branch/second-world-war-thematic-studies1/ The Second World War: Thematic Studies]**[https://archive.org/details/air-battle-malta/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Air Battle of Malta. The Official Account of the R.A.F. in Malta, June 1940 to November 1942''] HMSO 1944. Prepared for the Air Ministry by the Ministry of Information [Great Britain]. Archive.org**[https://archive.org/details/raf-middle-east/page/n3/mode/2up ''R.A.F. Middle East. The Official Story of Air Operations in the Middle East, from February 1942 to January 1943'']. HMSO 1945. Prepared for the Air Ministry by the Ministry of Information [Great Britain]. Archive.org**[https://archive.org/details/wings-phoenix-air-war-burma/page/n1/mode/2up ''Wings of the Phoenix. The Official Story of the Air War in Burma''] HMSO 1949. Prepared by the Air Ministry and the Central Office of Information [Great Britain]. Archive.org*''History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Military Series. Grand Strategy''.**[https://archive.org/details/grand-strategy-vol-1 ''Grand Strategy Volume I Rearmament Policy''] by N H Gibbs HMSO 1976. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=GtZmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books].**[https://archive.org/details/grandstrategy02butl ''Grand Strategy Volume II September 1939- June 1941''] by J R M Butler 2nd edition with amendments 1971, first published 1957. HMSO. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.*:[https://archive.org/details/grand-strategy-vol-2 1957 edition Archive.org], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=X-JmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 1957 edition Google Books]. **[https://archive.org/details/grand-strategy-vol-3-part-1 ''Grand Strategy Volume III June 1941- August 1942, Part I''] by J M A Gwyer 1964 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7Ma_VUoZx4oC&pg=PR3 Google Books]. Contents page covers both volumes.**[https://archive.org/details/grand-strategy-vol-3-part-2 ''Grand Strategy Volume III June 1941- August 1942, Part II''] by J R M Butler 1964 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2sfUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA391 Google Books]. Contents page covers both volumes.**[https://archive.org/details/grand-strategy-vol-4 ''Grand Strategy Volume IV August 1942-September 1943''] by Michael Howard 1972 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JsjUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books].**[https://archive.org/details/grand-strategy-vol-5 ''Grand Strategy Volume V August 1943-September 1944''] by John Ehrman 1956 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=sN5mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books]**[https://archive.org/details/grand-strategy-vol-6 ''Grand Strategy Volume VI October 1944- August 1945''] by John Ehrman 1956 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=b99mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books]*''History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Medical ~~Services~~Series''. ''The Army Medical Services'' by FAE Crew:

**''Campaigns''

***[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=zp1QAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Volume I France and Belgium, 1939-1940. Norway. Battle of Britain. Libya, 1940-1942. East Africa. Greece, 1941. Crete. Iraq. Syria. Persia. Madagasgar. Malta''] HMSO 1956. [https://archive.org/details/army-medical-services-campaigns-vol-1 Archive.org version].

*** [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=4JxQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Administration Volume I''] HMSO 1953. [https://archive.org/details/army-medical-services-administration-vol-1 Archive.org version].

***[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2vvSAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Administration Volume II''] HMSO 1955. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CJ1QAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 File 2]. [https://archive.org/details/army-medical-services-administration-vol-2 Archive.org version]. All volumes are Google Books, unless otherwise stated.

*[https://archive.org/details/health-army-1945/page/n7/mode/2up ''Statistical Report on the Health of the Army, 1943-1945''. 24/General/3074 WO code No. 5414] HMSO 1948. Archive.org. Produced by the War Office and Army Medical Services, although not part of the Official Histories series.*''History of the Second World: War United Kingdom Medical ~~Services~~Series''.

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UZxQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''The Royal Naval Medical Service: Volume I Administration''] by Surgeon Commander JLS Coulter HMSO 1954. [https://archive.org/details/royal-naval-medical-service-vol-1 Archive.org version].

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=4lEZAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''The Royal Naval Medical Service: Volume II Operations''] by Surgeon Commander JLS Coulter HMSO 1956. [https://archive.org/details/royal-naval-medical-service-vol-2 Archive.org version]. Volumes are Google Books, unless otherwise stated.

*''History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Medical ~~Services~~Series''.

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xJ4TAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''The Royal Air Force Medical Services: Volume I Administration''] edited by Squadron Leader S C Rexford-Welch HMSO 1954. [https://archive.org/details/royal-air-force-medical-services-vol-1 Archive.org version].

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BtGxAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''The Royal Air Force Medical Services: Volume II Commands''] edited by Squadron Leader S C Rexford-Welch HMSO 1955. [https://archive.org/details/royal-air-force-medical-services-vol-2 Archive.org version].

**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=optQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''The Royal Air Force Medical Services: Volume III Campaigns''] by Squadron Leader S C Rexford-Welch HMSO 1958. [https://archive.org/details/royal-air-force-medical-services-vol-3 Archive.org version]. All volumes are Google Books, unless otherwise stated.

*''History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Medical Series''.**''The Emergency Medical Services Volume I England and Wales'' by Lieut. Colonel C L Dunn 1952 HMSO. [https://archive.org/details/emergency-medical-services-v-1 Archive.org], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=P1IYAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books].*:[https://wellcomecollection.org/works/dunakvur ''The Emergency Medical Services Volume II Scotland, Northern Ireland and the principal air raids on industrial centres in Great Britain''] edited by Lieut. Colonel C L Dunn HMSO 1953. Wellcome Collection. The catalogue description is for both volumes. There is one volume available online, which is Volume II, [https://wellcomecollection.org/works/dunakvur/items direct link]. [https://archive.org/details/emergency-medical-services-vol2/page/n7/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].**[https://archive.org/details/medicine-pathology ''Medicine and Pathology''] edited by V Zachary Cope 1952 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gA-4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books]*:[https://archive.org/details/surgery_202109 ''Surgery''] edited by Sir Zachary Cope 1953 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=AXEwAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books]. **[https://archive.org/details/medical-research-green-covell/page/n7/mode/2up ''Medical Research''] edited by F H K Green and Major General Sir Gordon Covell HMSO 1953. Archive.org*:One of the sources used in ''Medical Research'' was [https://archive.org/details/medical-research-war/page/n5/mode/2up ''Medical Research in War. Report of the Medical Research Council for the Years 1939-45 Cmd.7335''] HMSO 1947 (circa) Archive.org**[https://archive.org/details/civilian-health-med-serv-vol-1 ''The Civilian Health and Medical Services Volume I The Ministry of Health Services. Other Civilian Health and Medical Services''] by Sir Arthur Salusbury MacNalty 1953 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=acgsAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 Google Books].*:[https://archive.org/details/civilian-health-med-serv-vol-2 ''The Civilian Health and Medical Services Volume II The Colonies. The Medical Services of the Ministry of Pensions. Public Health in Scotland. Public Health in Northern Ireland''] edited by Sir Arthur Salusbury MacNalty 1955 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=FKITAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books]. The Colonies are Malta, [[Hong Kong]], [[Malaysia|Malaya]], North Borneo, British Somaliland, Palestine, Cyprus, Gibraltar, [[Ceylon]].**[https://archive.org/details/medicalservicesi0000macn/page/n5/mode/2up ''Medical Services in War: the principal medical lessons of the Second World War; based on the official medical histories of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India''] edited by Sir Arthur Salusbury MacNalty and W Franklin Mellor HMSO 1968. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. [https://archive.org/details/medical-services-war 2nd File Archive.org], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=OeFNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 2nd File Google Books].**[https://archive.org/details/cas-med-stat-mellor/page/n7/mode/2up ''Casualties and Medical Statistics''] edited by W Franklin Mellor HMSO 1972. Archive.org*''History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Civil Series''.**[https://archive.org/details/b32184311/page/n5/mode/2up ''Statistical Digest of the War''] prepared in the Central Statistical Office 1951. Archive.org**''The Economic Blockade Volume I'' by W N Medlicott 1952 HMSO. [https://archive.org/details/economic-blockade-v-1 Archive.org version], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=tvNmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books version]*:''The Economic Blockade Volume II'' by W N Medlicott 1959 HMSO. [https://archive.org/details/economic-blockade-v-2 Archive.org version], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MP1mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books version]**''Merchant Shipping and the Demands of War'' by C B A Behrens 1955 HMSO. [https://archive.org/details/merchant-shipping-demands-of-war Archive.org version], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=oEIvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Google Books version].**[https://archive.org/details/design-develop-weapons/page/n7/mode/2up ''Design and Development of Weapons. Studies in Government and Industrial Organisation''] by M M Postan (Michael Moïssey); D Hay (Denys); J D Scott (John Dick) 1964 HMSO. Part of the subgroup "War Production Series". Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6rEMAQAAIAAJ Google Books version].**[https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22History+of+the+Second+World+War+United+Kingdom+Civil+Series%22&sort=titleSorter Civil Series volumes on Archive.org] with the tag/subject "History of the Second World War United Kingdom Civil Series". Within this series there is a sub-group "War Production Series". There may be additional volumes in the series which have not been given the tag/subject "...Civil Series", and may be searched by title.*''History of the Second World War'' :[https://archive.org/details/BritishForeignPoliceInTheSecondWorldWar ''British Foreign Policy in the Second World War''] by Sir Llewellyn Woodward 1962. Archive.org. This work is stated to be an abridgement (592 pages) of a larger version written for official reference. The latter larger version was published from 1970 also with the same title.:''British Foreign Policy in the Second World War'' by Sir Llewellyn Woodward 1970-1976. : Volume I 1970 (640 pages) [https://archive.org/details/british-foreign-policy-2ndww-v-1 Archive.org], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=lMtmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 Google Books]; Vol. II 1971 [https://archive.org/details/british-foreign-policy-2ndww-v-2 Archive.org], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=fxVPAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 GB]; Vol. III 1971 [https://archive.org/details/british-foreign-policy-2ndww-v-3 Archive.org], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=iBVPAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 GB]; Vol. IV 1975 [https://archive.org/details/british-foreign-policy-2ww-v-4 Archive.org], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=GM1mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 GB]; Vol. V 1976 [https://archive.org/details/british-foreign-policy-2ndww-v-5 Archive.org], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=g81mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 GB].: Also available Archive.org Lending Library. [https://archive.org/details/britishforeignpo01wood Volume I]; [https://archive.org/details/britishforeignpo02wood Vol. II], [https://archive.org/details/britishforeignpo00sirl_1 Vol. III], [https://archive.org/details/britishforeignpo04wood Vol. IV], [https://archive.org/details/britishforeignpo05wood Vol. V].*''Documents On British Foreign Policy 1919-1939 - Third Series'' published by HMSO from 1949. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275035 Volume I 1938], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.276399 Vol. II 1938], [https://archive.org/details/doc-brit-foreign-policy-3-s-v-3 Vol. III 1938-9], [https://archive.org/details/doc-brit-foreign-policy-3-s-v-4 Vol. IV 1939], [https://archive.org/details/doc-brit-foreign-policy-3-s-v-5 Vol. V 1939], [https://archive.org/details/DocumentsOnBritishForeignPolicy1919-1939-ThirdSeriesVolumeVi1939_182 Vol. VI 1939], [https://archive.org/details/DocumentsOnBritishForeignPolicy1919-1939-ThirdSeriesVolumeVi1939 Vol. VII 1939], [https://archive.org/details/doc-brit-foreign-policy-3-s-v-8 Vol, VIII 1938-39], [https://archive.org/details/doc-brit-foreign-policy-3-s-v-9 Vol. IX 1939], [https://archive.org/details/doc-brit-foreign-policy-3-s-v-10 Vol. X Index for the Series] Archive.org, including some from the Digital Library of India Collection. Volumes VIII and IX are two volumes relating to British policy in the Far East, the earlier volumes relating to European affairs. Volume X is an index for the series. :[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22Documents+on+British+Foreign+Policy%22%29&sort=titleSorter Archive.org editions First (1919-1930), Second (1929-1938) and Third (1938-1939) Series]. :[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000059524 HathiTrust Digital Library editions ''I-X Third Series'', and earlier series] viewable in some areas such as UK, but probably not USA. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015068926198?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 Vol. 8] ''Policy in the Far East; attitude of H.M.G. towards the Sino-Japanese conflict; interaction of events in the Far East and Western Europe, August 1938 - April 1939'' (1955). [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015068926198?urlappend=%3Bseq=13 Contents]; [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015068926206?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 Vol. 9] ''Policy in the Far East during the five months preceding the outbreak of war in Europe, April - September 1939'' (1955). [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015068926206?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Contents]; [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011885749?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 Vol.10] ''Index'' [to Third Series] (1961) [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011885749?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 Contents].:[https://web.archive.org/web/20190131182335/http://diplomatic-documents.org/editions/united-kingdom Contents of the volumes] diplomatic-documents.org, now an archived webpage.

===Indian ~~Army~~Armed Forces===

''Official History of the Indian Armed Forces In the Second World War'' by the Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan) was published in the 1950s and 1960s. Some details of the series are in [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India India in World War II] (ibiblio.org/hyperwar) and in the [http://stonebooks.com/archives/960515.shtml Book Survey] by Stone&Stone. A set of eight volumes was reprinted in 2012.<ref> WW2Talk Forum post [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/official-history-of-indian-armed-forces-in-the-second-world-war-reprints.47088/ Official History of Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War reprints] (retrieved 18 September 2018) </ref> Many of the ''Official History'' publications are available at the [[British Library]].

*''Campaigns in the Eastern Theatre'', six volumes see below.

*''Campaigns in the Western Theatre'', four volumes see below.

*General war administration and organisation: eight volumes, of which seven are available online, see below. The other volume is ''The Corps of Indian Engineers, 1939-1947''which is however searchable, but not viewable at [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=b25XAAAAMAAJ Google Books].

*''Medical Services'', seven volumes see below.

The following volumes were originally available on the Digital Library of India website, now closed. From January 2017, mirror versions of these books have been available on Archive.org. There are also some editions which were added later to Archive.org. in the collection Servants Of Knowledge.

*Series: ''Campaigns in the Eastern Theatre''

**[https://archive.org/details/campaigns-in-south-east-asia-1941-42 ''Campaigns In South East Asia 1941-42''] by K D Bhargava and K N V Sastri 1960 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111425 2nd file Archive.org].

**[https://archive.org/details/~~aclcpl0000052/mode/2up~~ aclcpl0000052a351 ''The Retreat from Burma, 1941-42''] edited by Bisheshwar Prasad. No date but c 1953? Archive.org, Servants Of Knowledge collection.**[https://archive.org/details/~~aclcpl0000047/mode/2up~~ aclcpl0000047a346 ''The Arakan Operations 1942-1945''] by Lieut-Colonel N N Madan 1954. Archive.org, Servants Of Knowledge collection, (digital file 952).**''The Reconquest of Burma Volume I'' 1958 . Catalogued as ''Official History Of The Indian Armed Forces In The Second World War,Vol. 1, 1939-45'' [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100570 Archive.org version]. [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/Burma1/index.html Contents] ibiblio.org/hyperwar. June 1942-June 1944. Authors: S.N. Prasad, K.D.Bhargava, P.N. Khera. [https://archive.org/details/~~aclcpl0000054/mode/2up~~ aclcpl0000054a353 2nd file] Archive.org.

**''The Reconquest Of Burma Volume II'' 1962 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111426 Archive.org version]. [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/Burma2/index.html Contents] ibiblio.org/hyperwar. June 1944-August 1945. Authors: P.N. Khera, S.N. Prasad, published 1959.

** ''Post War Occupation Forces: Japan and South-east Asia'' by Rajendra Singh 1958. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111517 Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/~~aclcpl0000051/mode/2up~~ aclcpl0000051a350 2nd file] Archive.org.

*Series: ''Campaigns in the Western Theatre''

** ''The North African Campaign 1940-1943'' 1956. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463923/mode/2up Archive.org, File 1]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111420 Archive.org ~~version~~File 2]. [http://117.239.65.2:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/976 File 3]link to a pdf download, Directorate of Public Libraries, Government of Tamil Nadu (Connemara Public Library).

**''Campaign In Western Asia'' 1957. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100569 Archive.org version]. Iraq, Syria and Iran, and Paiforce.

**''The Campaign In Italy 1943-45'' 1962 . [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111423 Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/~~aclcpl0000049/mode/2up~~ aclcpl0000049a348 2nd file] Archive.org.

**[https://archive.org/details/east-african-campaign-1940-41/page/n3/mode/2up ''East African Campaign 1940-41''] by Bisheshwar Prasad 1963. Archive.org. [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/EAfrica/index.html HyperWar transcribed version] ibiblio.org/hyperwar

*Series: ''General War Administration and Organisation''

**[https://archive.org/details/the-royal-indian-navy-1939-45 ''The Royal Indian Navy 1939-45''] by Instructor Lieutenant D.J.E. Collins, B.A.L.T. Indian Navy. 1964. Archive.org. [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/index.html HyperWar transcribed version]. ibiblio.org/hyperwar

**[https://archive.org/details/~~aclcpl0000053/mode/2up~~ aclcpl0000053a352 ''History of the Indian Air Force 1933-1945''] by S C Gupta 1961. Archive.org, Servants Of Knowledge collection.**''Technical Services: Ordnance and IEME'' 1962 (IEME =Corps of Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineering) (catalogued as ''Technical Services Ordnance And Ieme''). [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111421 Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/~~aclcpl0000046/mode/2up~~ aclcpl0000046a345 2nd file] Archive.org.** ''Expansion Of The Armed Forces And Defence Organisation (1939- 45)'' by Nandan Prasad 1956. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.97787 Archive.org version]. [http://117.239.65.2:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/481 2nd file] link to a pdf download, Directorate of Public Libraries ~~(not stated~~, ~~but possibly Chennai~~ Government of Tamil Nadu (~~Madras)~~Connemara Public Library). **''Defence of India Policy and Plans'' published 1957. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111564 Archive.org version]. [http://117.239.65.2:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/686 2nd file] link to a pdf download, Directorate of Public Libraries ~~(not stated~~, ~~but possibly Chennai~~ Government of Tamil Nadu (~~Madras)~~Connemara Public Library).

**''Indian War Economy Supply Industry And Finance'' 1962 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111422 Archive.org version].

**[https://archive.org/details/india-and-the-war ''India and the War''] by Bisheshwar Prasad 1966. Archive.org.

*Series: ''Medical Services'' edited by B. L. Raina.

**''Medical Services: Administration'' 1953. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.119524 Archive.org version]. Catalogued as ''Official history of the Indian armed forces in the second world war - 1939-45 Administration''. A second [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111521 Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/~~aclcpl0000062~~aclcpl0000062a361/page/n1/mode/2up 3rd file], uploaded to Archive.org 2021/0712. This volume is also available on the [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories|subscription website]] South Asia Archive. [http://www.southasiaarchive.com/Content/sarf.145574/219058 Contents of the book]**''Medicine Surgery And Pathology'' 1955 (catalogued 1957). [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111520 Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/~~aclcpl0000064/mode/2up~~ aclcpl0000064a363 2nd file] (digital file 742) uploaded to Archive.org 2021/0712.** ''The Campaigns In The Western Theatre'' 1957. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111518 Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/~~aclcpl0000061/mode/2up~~ aclcpl0000061a360 2nd file] Archive.org.**[https://archive.org/details/~~aclcpl0000059/mode/2up~~ aclcpl0000059a358 ''Preventive Medicine (Nutrition, Malaria Control and Prevention of Diseases''] edited by B L Raina, Lieut.-Colonel AMC 1961. Archive.org, Servants Of Knowledge collection.**[https://archive.org/details/~~aclcpl0000060/mode/2up~~ aclcpl0000060a359 ''Medical Services : Statistics''] edited by B L Raina, Lieut.-Colonel AMC 1962. Archive.org, Servants Of Knowledge collection.**[https://archive.org/details/~~aclcpl0000058/page/n1/mode/2up~~ aclcpl0000058a357 ''Medical Stores and Equipment''] edited by B L Raina, Lieut.-Colonel AMC 1963. Archive.org, Servants Of Knowledge collection.**''Campaigns In The Eastern Theatre'' 1964. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111565 Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/~~aclcpl0000063/page/n1/mode/2up~~ aclcpl0000063a362 2nd file] Archive.org, (digital file 737).

* ''A Roll of Honour: the Story of the Indian Army'' by Major General J. G. Elliott. Full title is ''A Roll of Honour: the Story of the Indian Army, 1939-1945'', published 1965. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111189 Archive.org version] (missing page 1) and [https://archive.org/details/rollofhonourstor0000elli Archive.org Lending Library version].

: Also available as [https://archive.org/details/unfadinghonourst00elli ''Unfading honour; the story of the Indian Army, 1939-1945''] by Maj.-Gen. J G Elliott 1966. Archive.org Lending Library. Appears to be a better quality digital file.

*''The Tiger Kills: The story of the Indian Divisions in the North African campaign'' by Lieut.-Colonel-W. G. Hingston and Lieut.-Colonel G. R. Stevens [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.527937 Archive.org version] 1944. The Western Desert from 1941 onwards, and the Tunisian campaign.

*[http://www.ibiblio.org/britishraj/Tiger3/index.html ''The Tiger Triumphs: The Story of Three Great Divisions in Italy''] Published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office for the Government of India 1946 "The Fourth, Eighth and Tenth Indian Divisions will forever be associated with the fighting for Cassino, the capture of Rome, the Arno Valley, the liberation of Florence and the breaking of the Gothic Line". Transcribed by Chris Gage ibiblio.org. Alternative version from [https://web.archive.org/web/20200220214558/http://www.ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/Tiger/triumphsTC.html#TC ourstory.info] AFS [American Field Service], now an archived website.

*[https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Detail/2R3BF1F0TKOYJ ''The Royal Indian Air Force at War : an account of Air Operations against the Japanese in South East Asia''] by Director of Public Relations, General Headquarters, New Delhi catalogued 1945. Digital Collection University of Calgary Canada. Download may be possible, see under Actions "Permissions and access" (registration required, fee seems to/perhaps may apply for digital copies- see [https://libanswers.ucalgary.ca/ FAQ]).

* ''Eastern Epic Volume I'' 1951. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113944 Archive.org version]. Full title: ''Eastern Epic Volume I September 1939 - March 1943 Defence'' by Sir Compton Mackenzie. "The story of India's efforts during the war" Includes the activities of Indian forces in the various theatres-North Africa, the Near East and Southeast Asia. Volume I appears to have been the only volume published.

*[https://archive.org/details/forgottenarmiesf00bayl/page/n5 ''Forgotten Armies : the Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945''] by Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper 2005. Archive.org Lending Library. India, Burma, Malaya, Singapore.

**[https://archive.org/details/AHappyFamilyTheStoryOfThe20thIndianDivision ''A Happy Family - The Story of the Twentieth Indian Division''] April 1942 to August 1945. Battle of Imphal, and the Recapture of Burma.

**[https://archive.org/details/The23thIndianDivisionBurmaMalayaJava ''The 23th Indian Division - Burma, Malaya, Java'']

*:A detailed history of 318 pages was also published ''Fighting Cock: Being the History of the 23rd Indian Division, 1942-1947'' Lieut. Col. A. J. F. Doulton, available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/fighting-cock-being-the-history-of-the-23rd-indian-division-1942-1947/ ''Fighting Cock: Being the History of the 23rd Indian Division, 1942-1947''] Lieut. Col. A. J. F. Doulton. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available as an [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvsT92IrKjC online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3] (located in /Military books (locate by the Search)/India).[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wKouAAAAIAAJ Searchable, but not viewable Google Books], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=VTtnAAAAMAAJ File 2, Searchable Google Books]

**[https://archive.org/details/TheStoryOfThe25thIndianDivisionTheArakanCampaign ''The Story Of The 25th Indian Division - The Arakan Campaign'']

**[https://archive.org/details/TigerHeadTheStoryOfThe26thIndianDivision ''Tiger Head - The Story Of The 26th Indian Division''] Arakan, Rangoon.

**[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force| The Guides]], on fold3 (pay website).

*[https://archive.org/details/MRARegimentalHistory ''M & R: A Regimental History of the Sikh Light Infantry 1941-1947''] by J D Hookway originally written 1999 is available in a second edition on Archive.org. This was the Mazhbi and Ramdasia Sikh Regiment. Alternative spelling: The Mazhabi and Ramdasia Sikh Regiment; The Mazabhi and Ramdasia Sikh Regiment.

*[https://archive.org/details/~~TheHistoryOfTheAssamRegiment~~ dli.ernet.507517/page/n3/mode/2up ''The History of the Assam Regiment: Volume 1 1941 - 1947''] by Captain Peter Steyn 1959 Archive.org.

* ''The Indian Engineers, 1939-47'' by Lieut Colonel E. W. C. Sandes 1956. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.505988 Archive.org version].

*[https://archive.org/details/THEROYALBOMBAYSAPPERSMINERS19391947 ''The Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners 1939 - 1947''] Laurie and Cecilia Norman (eds.) 1999 Archive.org.

===China, Burma, India===

*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.247643/page/315/mode/2up "Book 3 India, Burma, West Africa"] from page 315, ''War in the Sun'' by James Lansdale Hodson, 1942. Archive.org. Diary Extracts from February 18th, 1942. Archive.org. The author was a war correspondent. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lansdale_Hodson James Lansdale Hodson] Wikipedia.

*[https://archive.org/details/reluctantmajor0000atki/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Reluctant Major''] by David Atkins 1995 reprint, first published 1986. The back cover says “This is the only published account of the collapse of the troops on the Dimapur-Imphal Road in 1942”, which was due to overwhelming illness due to malaria. Archive.org Books to Borrow. The continuation book ''The Forgotten Major : (in the siege of Imphal)'' by David Atkins 1989 is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008820208 .

* ''The March On Delhi'' by A J Barker 1963. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.119329 Archive.org version]. The title refers to Japanese plans for a "march on Delhi", following March 1944 when the 15th Japanese Imperial Army, supported by forces of the Indian National Army, crossed the Chindwin to invade India. Includes material supplied by Japanese commanders. The author served as an army air liaison officer during the siege of Imphal. Lt.-Col. Arthur James Barker (1918-1981) wrote many military histories. For one available online, see [[Mesopotamia Campaign]].

*[https://archive.org/details/ImphalFlowerOnLoftyHeights ''Imphal: A Flower On Lofty Heights''] by Lieutenant-General Sir Geoffrey Evans and Antony Brett-James 1962 Archive.org. 1944 Battle.

*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/CBI/index.html#burma-def Hyperwar: CBI Theater of Operations] from "HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web".

:[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/index.html Hyperwar: Scroll to The China-Burma-India Theater] "Hyperwar: US Army in World War II"

*[https://archive.org/details/APocketGuideToBurma-nsia/mode/2up ''A Pocket Guide to Burma''] by [US Government] War and Navy Departments, catalogued “United States. Army Service Forces. Special Service Division” 1943. For US servicemen. Archive.org.

*[https://archive.org/details/TheWarWithJapanParts12And3December1941ToAugust1945 ''The War With Japan, Parts 1, 2, And 3 (December 1941 To August 1945)''] by Department of Military Art and Engineering, United States Military Academy. 1950. Archive.org. Written for use in the instruction of cadets at the Military Academy. [https://archive.org/stream/TheWarWithJapanParts12And3December1941ToAugust1945#page/n145/mode/1up Maps at the end of Part I]; [https://archive.org/stream/TheWarWithJapanParts12And3December1941ToAugust1945#page/n165/mode/2up Part II], [https://archive.org/stream/TheWarWithJapanParts12And3December1941ToAugust1945#page/n282/mode/1up Part II Maps];[https://archive.org/stream/TheWarWithJapanParts12And3December1941ToAugust1945#page/n301/mode/2up Part III], [https://archive.org/stream/TheWarWithJapanParts12And3December1941ToAugust1945#page/n403/mode/1up Part III Maps].

* ''Indian Army Triumphant in Burma'' by Dr Anil Chandra 1984. Full title: ''Indian Army triumphant in Burma : the Burmese campaign, 1941-45''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.219993 Archive.org version].

* ''Wingate's Raiders. An Account of the Incredible Adventure that Raised the Curtain on the Battle for Burma'' by Charles J Rolo , first published 1944. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.66623 Archive.org version]

* ''With Wingate In Burma'' by David Halley 1945. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.81160 Archive.org version]

*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.524260 ''Beyond the Chindwin, Being an Account of the Adventures of Number Five Column of the Wingate Expedition into Burma in 1943''] by Bernard Fergusson 1945. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. ~~(Note, catalogued under a different title)~~

*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208924 ''Chindit Column 76''] by W.A. Wilcox 1945. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.

*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.143039 ''Wrath In Burma''] by Fred Eldridge 1946. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. Full title: ''Wrath in Burma : the uncensored story of General Stilwell and international maneuvers in the Far East''.

*[https://archive.org/details/stilwellpatriotv00roon_0/page/n5 ''Stilwell the Patriot: Vinegar Joe, the Brits and Chiang Kai-Shek''] by David Rooney 2005. Archive.org Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/theraidersofarak0000unse/mode/2up ''The Raiders of Arakan''] by C. E. Lucas Phillips 1971. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. The exploits of Denis Holmes and V Force (1943-44).

*[https://archive.org/details/quarteredsafeout00fras_0 ''Quartered Safe Out Here: A Recollection of the War in Burma''] by George MacDonald Fraser 1993 Archive.org Lending Library. [https://archive.org/details/QuarteredSafeOutHere Audio extracts] Archive.org, originally a BBC Radio Reading. He served in the Border Regiment. He was also the author of the ''Flashman'' series of novels. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_MacDonald_Fraser George MacDonald Fraser] Wikipedia.*[https://archive.org/details/battletalesfromb0000rand/mode/2up ''Battle Tales from Burma''] by Brigadier John Randle. 2005 edition, first published 2004. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Seventh Battalion The (10th) Baluch Regiment, served in the Burma Campaign 1942-1945.

*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.66605 ''Burma And The Japanese Invader''] by Christian John Leroy 1945. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.

*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175424 ''The War In Burma''] by Roy Mckelvie 1948. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.

:[https://archive.org/details/unofficialhistor00slim/page/n5 ''Unofficial History''] by Field Marshal Sir William Slim 1962, first published 1959. Archive.org Lending Library. [https://archive.org/details/unofficialhistor00slim/page/127 Chapters about WW2, Middle East] from page 127

:[https://archive.org/details/slimmasterofwarb0000lyma ''Slim, Master of War: Burma and the birth of modern warfare''] by Robert Lyman 2004. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/fareasttheatre190000farn/mode/2up ''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Far East Theatre, 1939-1946''] by General Sir Martin Farndale 2002. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/royalairobservationcorps19351955book/page/n1/mode/2up ''Royal Air Observation Post. Auster Era 1936-1956. Evolution and Campaigns''] by Major Aamir Mushtaq Cheema 2012. Includes [https://archive.org/details/royalairobservationcorps19351955book/page/n105/mode/2up Chapter Five "Operations in Burma"] page 107. Archive.org. (AOP Air Observation Post, a light unarmed aircraft flown exclusively by Royal Artillery Officers. Air OP Squadron, A Royal Air Force Unit consisting of Squadron Headquarters and three Flights A, B and C attached to the Royal Artillery of a Corps.)

*[https://archive.org/details/roadpastmandalay0000mast ''The Road past Mandalay : a personal narrative''] by John Masters 1961. [https://archive.org/details/roadpastmandalay00mast 1979 reprint edition] Internet Archive (Archive.org) Books to Borrow/ Lending Library. 2nd volume of Autobiography. The short first part takes Masters and the 2/4th Ghurkas to Iraq and Syria. After a staff course back in India, the balance of the book concerns his time in Burma, with a Chindit Column. Also see the Fibiwiki page [[John Masters]].

*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528012 ''Burma Surgeon''] by Gordon S Seagrave Lieut. Colonel, MC. United States Army Forces in China, Burma, India. 1944. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. [https://archive.org/details/burmasurgeon00seag 1943 Archive.org Lending Library edition] has more pages and may be easier to read.

**[https://web.archive.org/web/20131014120958/http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/Muehl/sahibTC.html ''American Sahib''] by John Frederick Muehl 1946, now archived. He was with the American Field Service, attached to the British Indian Army. Also available on [https://archive.org/details/AmericanSahib Archive.org]

**[https://web.archive.org/web/20200204225100/http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/VB/Burma.html ''Victory in Burma''] published July, 1945 by British Information Services, New York, now archived.

*Text from ''Navvies To The Fourteenth Army'' by AH Pilcher c 1947 is available as pdf downloads from the Koi Hai website, located under [http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=508961 Memories, the Henderson Family] Scroll down to the item dated October 12, 2009; the direct link for the [http://08.enable.com/fusion/getfile.asp?k:A6W:24:D1:11:8Dg:DC main text]. Note: Depending on your browser, you may need to locate the downloads in your downloads folder. [https://archive.org/details/0-title-navvies/0TitleNavvies/ Archive.org mirror version]. The downloads do not contain the illustrations and maps from the original publication. The author was Col. A H Pilcher who at the outbreak of the second world war commanded the [[Assam Valley Light Horse]]. In March 1942 he was put in charge of raising a labour force from the Tea Plantations to build the Manipur/Burma Road to evacuate the 14th Army and also the many civilians who were fleeing Burma. Eventually he raised and commanded a labour force of 82000 <ref> Scroll down to comments section [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/40/a2776340.shtml Jungle Work: A Civil Engineer in Burma] BBC ww2peopleswar</ref> This book (55 pages) was published in Calcutta for Private Circulation and was illustrated with black and white plates and line drawing maps. <ref> marelibri.com, page no longer accessible</ref> The [[British Library]] has a catalogue reference Mss Eur F174/1316, but it is not stated whether this is the printed book, or a manuscript. The book is available at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Library, University of London.

*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528129 ''Forgotten Frontier''] by Geoffrey Tyson, published 1945. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. The book is about the escape of refugees from Burma in 1942 and the help provided by the tea planters of Assam in assisting the refugees from North Burma into India.

*[https://archive.org/details/elephantbill0000will/page/170/mode/2up Part II] The War years. Page 171 ''Elephant Bill'' by Lt.-Col. J H Williams 1950. In 1942 he helped escort a group of women and children on the Trek out of Burma and later, in October, he was appointed elephant adviser to the Eastern Army (later ~~XIV the~~ XIVth Army). Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. [http://www.cbi-theater.com/elephants/elephants.html "Elephants at war"], by Philip Wynter ''Life'' April 10, 1944. In Burma, World War 2 from [http://www.cbi-theater.com/menu/cbi_home.html "China - Burma - India: Remembering the Forgotten Theater of World War II"]

*[https://archive.org/details/burmaunderthejap017803mbp ''Burma under the Japanese : Pictures and Portraits''] by Thakin Nu, Prime Minister of Burma. Edited and translated, with introduction, by J.S. Furnivall 1954 Archive.org

*[https://archive.org/details/royalairobservationcorps19351955book/page/n1/mode/2up ''Royal Air Observation Post. Auster Era 1936-1956. Evolution and Campaigns''] by Major Aamir Mushtaq Cheema 2012. Includes [https://archive.org/details/royalairobservationcorps19351955book/page/n105/mode/2up Chapter Five "Operations in Burma"] page 107. Archive.org. (AOP Air Observation Post, a light unarmed aircraft flown exclusively by Royal Artillery Officers. Air OP Squadron, A Royal Air Force Unit consisting of Squadron Headquarters and three Flights A, B and C attached to the Royal Artillery of a Corps.)

*''Far East'' by Cecil Beaton 1945. [https://archive.org/details/fareast0000beat/mode/2up Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library version with better photographs], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.217997/page/n7/mode/2up Archive.org version]. Well known photographer. During WW2 he worked for the UK Ministry of Information, which sent him to India, Burma and China 1943-1944 for six months (he was in China in 1944), as a war photographer. Chapters include [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.217997/page/n43/mode/2up "Assam, Burma and the Arakan Front"] page 22, and chapters on China.

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20181011062612/http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/ ''The History of the Royal West African Frontier Force''] by Colonel A. Haywood and Brigadier F.A.S.Clarke. 1964. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk, now archived at Archive.org. Originally required Flash turned on, this requirement ~~may~~ still ~~apply~~ applies - you can only read the print version of this book if you ~~see a~~ still have Flash ~~icon, click it~~installed on your computer. [http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/files/assets/basic-html/toc.html Transcribed version]. Includes operations in Burma.

:''"West African Way" The Story of the Burma Campaigns 1943-1945, 5th Bn. Gold Coast Regt., 81 West African Division'' by Lt. Col. C. G. Bowen originally published 1946, is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/west-african-waythe-story-of-the-burma-campaigns-1943-1945-5th-bn-gold-coast-regt-81-west-african-division/ '''West African Way" The Story of the Burma Campaigns 1943-1945, 5th Bn. Gold Coast Regt., 81 West African Division''] by Lt. Col. C. G. Bowen. Naval & Military Press.</ref> which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 with title [https://www.fold3.com/browse/310/hTGb85NZ8-LtY0s36riycrFoi ''The Story of the Burma Campaigns''] (located in /Military Books (locate by the Search)/West Africa).

:[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/war-journal-of-the-fifth-kenya-battalion-the-kings-african-rifles-1939-1945/ ''War Journal Of The Fifth (Kenya) Battalion The King’s African Rifles 1939-1945''] by W. D. Draffan & T. C. Lewin is available on fold3.com, a pay website owned by Ancestry, located in Military Books (locate by the Search)/Kenya. This is an online version of a Naval & Military Press reprint edition.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/war-journal-of-the-fifth-kenya-battalion-the-kings-african-rifles-1939-1945/ ''War Journal Of The Fifth (Kenya) Battalion The King’s African Rifles 1939-1945''] Naval & Military Press reprint.</ref> Begins with the campaign against the Italians in Abyssinia and ends fighting the Japanese in Burma.

*[https://archive.org/details/travelerstalemem0000cand/page/n9 ''A Traveler's Tale : Memories of India''] by Enid Saunders Candlin 1974. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Life in India during the Second World War. The author’s husband was a metallurgist/chemical engineer who worked for the Inspectorate of Armaments in ordnance factories at [[Ishapore]] and Ambernath (Bombay Presidency) 1941-46, having been transferred from [[Hong Kong]].

*[https://archive.org/details/codebreakerinfar0000stri/mode/2up ''Codebreaker in the Far East''] by Alan Stripp 1889. A volume in the ''Cass Series: Studies in Intelligence''. Archive.org Books to Borrow

===Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaya, Dutch East Indies, Vietnam===

*[https://archive.org/details/fareasttheatre190000farn/mode/2up ''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Far East Theatre, 1939-1946''] by General Sir Martin Farndale 2002. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/sueztosingapore0000brow/page/n5 ''Suez to Singapore''] by Cecil Brown 1942. [https://archive.org/details/sueztosingapore0b81brow/page/n5 2nd digital file]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. The author was an American war correspondent for the Columbia Broadcasting System attached to the British Forces in the Middle East and the Far East.

*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127425 ''Singapore And After: A Study Of The Pacific Campaign''] 1942. The author is stated elsewhere to be Joseph Montague Kenworthy, 10th Baron Strabolgi. Archive.org. Public Library of India Collection.

*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.527352 ''Why Singapore Fell''] by Lieut Gen H. Gordon Bennett, previously General Officer Commanding Australian Imperial Force, Malaya. 1945, first published 1944. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.

*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.143179 ''Why We Lost Singapore''] by Dorothy Crisp 1945. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.

*[https://archive.org/details/w2idos/mode/1up ''In Defence of Singapore. A series of drawings and brief notes''] ''Scenes and Personal Sketches before and after the Fall of Singapore'' by L/Bdr A V Toze 122 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery and Sgt. S Strange The Loyal Regiment c 1947. Includes Prisoner of War drawings. Archive.org

*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.353 ''The War in Malaya''] by Lieut.-General A E Percival, G O C Malaya 1941-1942. 1949. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. Also available as a pdf download on the [http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/index.htm Sejarah Melayu [Digital<nowiki>]</nowiki> Library] located under General. Scroll down the alphabetical list to T.

*[https://archive.org/details/sinistertwilight00barb/page/n5/mode/2up ''A Sinister Twilight. The Fall of Singapore, 1942''] by Noel Barber 1968. Also published under the title [https://archive.org/details/sinistertwilight0000barb/page/n5/mode/2up ''Sinister Twilight. The Fall and Rise Again of Singapore''] by Noel Barber 1969. Both Archive.org Books to Borrow.

*[https://archive.org/details/singaporebattlet0000leas/page/n7/mode/2up ''Singapore : the Battle that changed the world''] by James Leasor 1968. A book in ''The Crossroads of World History Series''. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library. Events leading to the Fall of Singapore, including the historical background from the early 1800s.

*[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/3394 ''Percival and the Tragedy of Singapore''] by Sir John Smyth 1971. Pdf download, Repositori Digital, digital repository of the National Library of Malaysia. '''Note''': sample pages only. Searchable but not viewable [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000493177 HathiTrust Digital Library] ~~for those with participating University Access~~.

*[https://archive.org/details/outinmiddaysunsi00caff ''Out in the Midday Sun; Singapore, 1941-45--the End of an Empire''] by Kate Caffrey 1973. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/singapore19411940000alle/page/n1/mode/2up ''Singapore, 1941-1942''] by Louis Allen 1979, first published 1977. A book in the series ''The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War''. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/battleshiplossof0000midd/page/n7/mode/2up ''Battleship : the loss of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse''] by Martin Middlebrook and Patrick Mahoney 1977. Archive.org Books to Borrow

*[https://archive.org/details/britishcivilians0000kenn/page/n5 ''British Civilians and the Japanese War in Malaya and Singapore, 1941-45''] by Joseph Kennedy 1987. Archive.org Lending Library.

:[https://archive.org/details/whensingaporefel00kenn/page/n5 ''When Singapore fell : Evacuations and Escapes, 1941-42''] by Joseph Kennedy 1989. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/oddmanoutstoryof0000elph/mode/2up ''Odd Man Out : the Story of the Singapore Traitor''] by Peter Elphick and Michael Smith 1993. Archive.org Books to Borrow

:[https://archive.org/details/singaporepregnab0000elph_f4m9/mode/2up ''Singapore : the Pregnable Fortress : a Study in Deception, Discord and Desertion''] by Peter Elphick 1995. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

:[https://archive.org/details/fareasternfilein0000elph/mode/2up ''Far Eastern File : The Intelligence War in the Far East, 1930-1945''] by Peter Elphick 1998, first published 1997. Archive.org Books to Borrow

*[https://archive.org/details/railwayman0000loma_e5v3/mode/2up ''The Railway Man''] by Eric Lomax 2014 first published 1995. A member of the Royal Signals, he became a POW at the fall of Singapore. Archive.org Books to Borrow Lending Library. This book was subsequently made into a film.

:[https://archive.org/details/burmarailwaymans0000best/mode/2up ''Burma Railway Man : secret letters from a Japanese POW : the remarkable record of Charles Steel, a Japanese POW''] by Brian Best 2013. Archive.org Books to Borrow Lending Library. Steel was a Battery Sergeant Major, 135th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, who became a POW at the fall of Singapore.

*[https://archive.org/details/singapore1942bri00warr ''Singapore, 1942: Britain’s Greatest Defeat''] by Alan Warren 2002. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.

*[https://www.academia.edu/12122226/Did_Singapore_Have_to_Fall_Churchill_and_the_Impregnable_Fortress ''Did Singapore Have to Fall? Churchill and the Impregnable Fortress''] by Karl Hack and Kevin Blackburn 2004. academia.edu. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=RfHQo4v2CkEC&pg=PP1 Sample pages: Google Books]

*[https://archive.org/details/singaporeburning0000smit/mode/2up ''Singapore Burning : Heroism and Surrender in World War II''] by Colin Smith 2005. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/battleforsingapo0000thom ''The battle for Singapore : the true story of Britain's greatest military disaster''] by Peter Thompson 2005. Archive.org Books to Borrow

*[https://archive.org/details/defencefallofsin0000farr/mode/2up ''The Defence & Fall of Singapore 1940-1942''] by Brian P Farrell 2006. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/fallofsingapore90000corf/mode/2up ''The Fall of Singapore : 90 days : November 1941-Feburary 1942''] by Justin Corfield and Robin Corfield 2012 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

*Between 1966 and 1980, the War History Office of the National Defense College of Japan published the 102-volume ''Senshi Sōsho'' (War History Series). These volumes give a detailed account of the operations of the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. The three volumes relating to Indonesia have been translated into English, funded by the Corts Foundation. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210703030125/https://www.cortsfoundation.org/about-us/projects/senshi-sosho "Senshi Sōsho"] a page from The Corts Foundation, archived. (The Corts Foundation, a Dutch non profit organisation, following the 3rd publication has decided to conclude the activities as an autonomous foundation and is transferring its activities to the new ‘Philippus Corts Fonds’, now part of 'The Learned Society /[https://www.verenigingkitlv.nl KITLV]'. Leiden)

:Volume 3 of the series: [http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32880 ''The invasion of the Dutch East Indies''] edited and translated by Willem Remmelink 2015. The campaign to gain control over the Indonesian archipelago. ''Open Access'' oapen.org.

*[https://archive.org/details/intelligencewara00rich ''Intelligence and the war against Japan : Britain, America and the politics of secret service''] by Richard J. Aldrich 2000. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/retributionbattl00hast/mode/2up ''Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45''] by Max Hastings 2008. UK title ''Nemesis: the battle for Japan, 1944-45''. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library

*[https://~~web.~~archive.org/~~web/20190518172353/http://www.bannedthought.net/Britain/BritishImperialism~~details/~~TheBritishInVietnam~~british-~~GeorgeRosie~~vietnam-~~London-1970.pdf~~ rosie ''The British in Vietnam: how the twenty-five-year war began''] by George Rosie 1970 Archive.org~~. File may be slow to open~~.

:[https://archive.org/details/firstvietnamwar0000dunn ''The First Vietnam War''] by Peter M Dunn 1985. "A short, sharp conflict in the late summer and autumn of 1945…Immediately after the Japanese surrender, Saigon was occupied by British/Indian forces…" Archive.org Lending Library. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kurDWLZ1PZYC&pg=PR5 "Contents" and "Preface"] Google Books. Earlier PhD thesis [https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29525/ ''An interpretation of documentary and oral primary source materials for the period September 1945 until May 1946 in the region of Cochinchina and Southern Annam''] by Peter M Dunn 1979 SOAS University of London.

===General===

* ''The Monastery''. Full title: ''The Monastery. An account of the assault of the Abbey of Monte Cassino in 1944'' by Fred Majdalany 1945. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.523828 Archive.org version].

:[https://archive.org/details/sistersinarmsbri0000tyre_y2h3/mode/2up ''Sisters in Arms : British Army Nurses Tell Their Story''] by Nicola Tyrer 2008. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Second World War. Includes

:*[https://archive.org/details/sistersinarmsbri0000tyre_y2h3/page/254/mode/2up India and Burma] page 255

:[https://archive.org/details/joyceswarsecondw0000parr ''Joyce's War : the Second World War Journal of a Queen Alexandra Nurse]'' by Joyce Ffoulkes Parry, edited by Rhiannon Evans 2015. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. She served on a troop ship, a hospital ship and in land hospitals in Alexandria and Calcutta 1940-1944.

*''An Atlas History Of The Second Great War'' by J F Horrabin, in ten volumes, published 1940-1946. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.

:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.226483 Vol. 1 Sept. 1939-Jan. 1940], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278581 Vol. 2 Jan. 1940-July 1940], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278580 Vol. 3 July 1940-Jan. 1941], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.143334 Vol. 4 Jan. 1941-July 1941], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.226484 Vol. 5 Jul. 1941-Jan. 1942], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127482 Vol. 6 Jan. 1942-Jul. 1942], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.190809 Vol. 7 Jul. 1942-Jan. 1943], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127484 Vol. 8 Jan. 1943-Aug. 1943], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.226482 Vol. 9 Sept. 1943-Apr. 1944]

*[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/29281 ''Statistical Digest of the War: History of the Second World War''] Central Statistical Office, London (Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1951). Pdf download, Digital Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune].

*[https://archive.org/details/warfarearmedconf0000clod ''Warfare and armed conflicts : a statistical encyclopedia of casualty and other figures, 1494-2007''] by Michael Clodfelter 2008. 3rd edition updated and heavily revised Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. (A 4th edition, to 2015, was published 2017). Includes WW2.

*[https://archive.org/details/1943RankAndBadgesInTheArmyNavyR.a.f.AndAuxiliaries ''Rank and Badges in the Army, Navy, R.A.F. and Auxiliaries''] edited by E C Talbot- Booth 1943 Archive.org

: ''The Second Great War. A Standard History'' edited by Sir John Hammerton. Note, includes text of some historic documents which may not be readily available elsewhere.

:[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.34717 Vol.1], [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.34718/page/n7/mode/2up Vol.2], [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.34719/page/n7/mode/2up Vol.3], [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.34721/page/n7/mode/2up Vol.4], [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.34722 Vol.5], [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.34723 Vol.6], [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.34724/page/n7/mode/2up Vol.7], [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.528423/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.8], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.509493/page/n7 Vol. 9]. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22Second+Great+War%22%29&sort=titleSorter&page=1 All digital files]. All Archive.org. Note Vol.9 looks somewhat different to read online, as it has been divided into three files which are shown in blue below the book reader bar at the foot of the book (as at 2020/12).

*''Purnell's History of the 20th Century'', in ten volumes, published 1971. WW2 period [https://archive.org/details/purnellshistoryo07newy/page/n9/mode/2up Volume 7], [https://archive.org/details/purnellshistoryo08newy/page/n9/mode/2up Volume 8]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. (Subsequently revised in 1979 as ''20th Century'' published in twenty volumes by Purnell Reference Books).:''The Illustrated encyclopedia of 20th century weapons and warfare'' edited by Bernard Fitzsimons. Originally published 1967-1969 by Purnell & Sons Limited. Other editions to 1978. In 24 editions, arranged alphabetically. Includes WW2. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22The+Illustrated+encyclopedia+of+20th+century+weapons+and+warfare%22%29&sort=-publicdate Broken range of editions] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Volume 24 contains an [https://archive. ~~1979 revised edition~~ org/details/illustratedencyc24fitz/page/2627/mode/2up Index] for the whole series.:''History of the Second World War'', Volumes 1-8, Publisher Purnells is available on the pay website ''Forces War Records'' in ~~twenty volumes~~the category [https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/documents/search?SearchQuery=%22History+of+the+Second+World+War%22 UK, Historical Documents Library], category Magazine.*''The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of World War II : an objective, chronological, and comprehensive history of the Second World War 1985''. In 12 Volumes.:Volume 1 not available online, [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis02baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.2 1940-1941],[https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis03baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.3 1941-1942], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis04baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.4 1942-1943], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis05baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol. ~~Pre~~5 1943-~~WW2 period~~ 1944], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis06baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.6 1944],[https://archive.org/details/~~20thcentury07milw~~marshallcavendis07baue/page/n7n3/mode/2up Vol.71944],[https://archive.org/details/~~20thcentury08milw~~marshallcavendis08baue/page/n7n3/mode/2up Vol.81944-1945], [https://archive.org/details/~~20thcentury09milw~~marshallcavendis09baue/page/n7n3/mode/2up Vol.91944-1945], [https://archive.org/details/~~20thcentury10milw~~marshallcavendis10baue/page/n7n3/mode/2up Vol.101945-1946], [https://archive.org/details/~~20thcentury11milw~~marshallcavendis11baue/page/n7n3/mode/2up Vol.111939-1946], [https://archive.org/details/~~20thcentury12milw~~marshallcavendis12baue/page/n7n3/mode/2up Vol.12Biliography and Index] ~~All~~ Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.:There are also some earlier editions published 1972 from a 25 Volume series with a similar title, and one volume from a 1981 series [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28Marshall+Cavendish%29+AND+title%3A%28World+War+II%29&sort=date Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library], including [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis01baue/page/n7/mode/2up Volume 1]

*''The Second World War'' by Winston S Churchill

:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211070 ''Volume I: The Gathering Storm''] 2nd impression 1948. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.65259 ''Volume II: Their Finest Hour''] 3rd edition 1951, first published 1949. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.4696 ''Volume III: The Grand Alliance''] 1950. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.65226 ''Volume IV The Hinge of Fate''] 1951. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209869 ''Volume Five: Closing the Ring''] 6th impression 1961, first published 1952. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.234099 ''Volume VI: Triumph and Tragedy''] 1954. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.

:[https://archive.org/details/winstonchurchill0000keeg/page/n5/mode/2up ''Winston Churchill''] by John Keegan 2007 edition, first published 2002. A book in the series ''Penguin Lives''. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

:[https://archive.org/details/winstonswarchurc00hast_0/page/n7 ''Winston's War: Churchill, 1940-1945''] by Max Hastings 2010. Archive.org Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.523806/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Second World War, 1939-45; a Strategical and Tactical History''] by Major- General J F C Fuller 1948 Archive.org.[https://archive.org/details/secondworldwar190000majo/page/n5/mode/2up 3rd edition 1968 reprint] Archive.org Texts to Borrow. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._F._C._Fuller J. F. C. Fuller] Wikipedia

*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.276895/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Pattern Of War''] by Lieut. General Sir Francis Tucker 1948 Archive.org.

*[https://archive.org/details/historyofsecondw00lidd ''History of the Second World War''] by B. H. Liddell Hart 1971 Archive.org Lending Library. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._H._Liddell_Hart B. H. Liddell Hart] Wikipedia.

*[https://archive.org/details/turnoftidehistor00brya/mode/2up ''The Turn of the Tide; a History of the War Years based on the diaries of Field-Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, chief of the Imperial General Staff''] by Arthur Bryant. 1957. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/businessofwar011004mbp/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Business Of War: The War Narrative of Major-General Sir John Kennedy''] edited by Bernard Fergusson 1957. Archive.org.

*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207507/page/n5/mode/2up ''African Trilogy'' comprising ''~~Mediterrean~~ Mediterranean Front, A Year of Battle, The End in Africa''] by Alan Moorhead first published 1944 Archive.org. Moorhead was war correspondent for the ''London Daily Express''

*[https://archive.org/details/desertgenerals00barn/mode/2up ''The Desert Generals''] by Correlli Barnett 1960. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library. The Generals included are Auchinleck, Cunningham, Montgomery, O'Connor and Ritchie.

:[https://archive.org/details/desertgenerals0000barn/mode/2up ''The Desert Generals''] by Correlli Barnett 1986 reprint of a 1982 New and Enlarged Edition. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.

:''The Crucible of War: Volume II Auchinleck's Command'' not available online, but available at the British Library UIN: BLL01006723011. Editions, all catalogued 1980, are available on HathiTrust Digital Library, searchable only.

:[https://archive.org/details/crucibleofwarmon00barr/mode/2up ''The Crucible of War: Volume III Montgomery and Alamein''] by Barrie Pitt 2001, first published in two volumes 1980 and 1982. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/churchillsgenera00keeg/mode/2up ''Churchill's Generals''] Edited by John Keegan 1991. Multiple authors. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.*[https://archive.org/details/churchillhisgene0000call/page/n5/mode/2up ''Churchill and his Generals''] by Raymond Callahan 2007 Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/yearthatchangedt000293mbp/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Year that Changed the World: 1945''] by Brian Gardner 1964, first published 1963 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/yearthatchangedt00gard/page/n3/mode/2up Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library version].

*[https://archive.org/details/geniusfordecepti0000rank/mode/2up ''A genius for deception : how cunning helped the British win two world wars''] by Nicholas Rankin 2009. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. First published in Great Britain as ''Churchill's Wizards : the British genius for deception, 1914-1945'' in 2008. [https://archive.org/details/geniusfordecepti0000rank/page/174/mode/2up "Part II" [WW2<nowiki>]</nowiki>] page 175.

*[https://archive.org/details/enigmabattleforc0000seba/page/n5/mode/2up ''Enigma : the Battle for the Code''] by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore 2000. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/secretwarspiesco0000hast_k7z8 ''The Secret War : Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-45''] by Max Hastings 2015. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hastings Max Hastings] Wikipedia. British journalist/editor and military historian.

:[https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Detail/2R3BF1F0IBETK ''Handbook for Spies''] by Alexander Foote 1949. Digital Collection University of Calgary Canada. Download may be possible, see under Actions "Permissions and access" (registration required, fee seems to/perhaps may apply for digital copies- see [https://libanswers.ucalgary.ca/ FAQ]). British citizen Alexander Foote was recruited into a Soviet network of spies against Nazi Germany. Some editions may have been published under the title ''Story of a Russian Spy The Factual Autobiography of a Former Soviet Agent''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Foote Alexander Foote] Wikipedia.

*[https://archive.org/details/timeforcourage00terr/page/n7 ''A Time for Courage : the Royal Air Force in the European War, 1939-1945''] by John Terraine 1985. Later published as [https://archive.org/details/rightoflineroyal0000terr/page/n3 ''The Right of the Line : the Royal Air Force in the European War, 1939-1945''] by John Terraine 1988. Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.

*~~[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/index.html British Official Histories:~~ ''History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Military Series. The War at Sea], ~~a total of four volumes are described. Hyperwar. Scroll down for transcriptions of~~**'''Extracts''' from ''War at Sea 1939-1945~~, Volume 1: The Defensive~~'' by Captain S. WRoskill RN. ~~Roskill London:~~ HMSO, 1954*:''War at Sea 1939-~~1945, Volume 2: The Period of Balance'' by S~~1961. ~~W. Roskill~~See [[Second World War#Despatches, ~~S. W. London: HMSO~~Offical histories (UK)|Despatches, ~~1956~~:The four volumes are available in reprint editions,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/?s=+%22WAR+AT+SEA+1939-45%22++%22OFFICIAL+HISTORY+OF+THE+SECOND+WORLD+WAR+%22&post_type=product The War at Sea 1939-1945 in four volumesOffical histories (UK)]] ~~Naval & Military Press</ref> which in turn are available on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3~~above.~~com as [https://www.fold3.com/browse/310/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19ZOGtYexo ''The War at Sea''], located in International/Military Books/ Britain/Scroll to letter T~~

*[http://www.navy.gov.au/media-room/publications/world-war-ii-naval-staff-histories World War II Naval Staff Histories] Eight volumes including ''Naval Operations off Ceylon''. Admiralty publications. Website of the Royal Australian Navy.

:[http://www.navy.gov.au/media-room/publications/hm-ships-damaged-or-sunk-enemy-action-wwii BR 1886 (C.B. 4273 (52) ''H.M. Ships Damaged or Sunk by Enemy Action 3 Sep 1939 - 2 Sep 1945''] Based on reports held in the Admiralty at the time of its publication in 1952. A publication in the Navy Department: Reference Books (BR Series). Website of the Royal Australian Navy.

*[https://archive.org/details/uboatwars19161940000terr/mode/2up ''The U-Boat Wars, 1916-1945''] by John Terraine. 1989. [https://archive.org/details/uboatwars19161940000terr_a4x8/page/n3/mode/2up File 2, 1990 edition]. Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/valiantvoyagings0000saun/page/n9 ''Valiant voyaging : a short history of the British India Steam Navigation Company in the Second World War, 1939-1945''] by Hilary St. George Saunders 1948. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Includes a Roll of Honour of Officers and Men who lost their lives at sea due to enemy action.

*''History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Civil Series [https://archive.org/details/economicblockade012328mbp/page/n5/mode/2up The Economic Blockade Volume I''] by W. N. Medlicott 1952 HMSO Archive.org

*[https://archive.org/details/secondworldwarin0000holm ''The Second World War in Photographs''] by Richard Holmes in association with the Imperial War Museum. 2000.

:[https://archive.org/details/worldatwarlandma0000holm ''The World at War : the landmark oral history from the previously unpublished archives''] by Richard Holmes 2008. Both Archive.org Book to Borrow/Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/insideasia0000unse/page/n5/mode/2up ''Inside Asia''] by John Gunther 1939. The political situation in the late 1930s. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/retreatfromchina0000clif/page/n5/mode/2up ''Retreat from China: British policy in the Far East, 1937-1941''] by Nicholas R Clifford 1967. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/BritishForeignPoliceInTheSecondWorldWar ''British Foreign Policy in the Second World War''] by Sir Llewellyn Woodward 1962. Archive.org. This work is stated to be an abridgement (592 pages) of a larger version written for official reference. The latter larger version was published from 1970 also with the same title.

:''British Foreign Policy in the Second World War'' by Sir Llewellyn Woodward 1970 Archive.org Lending Library. [https://archive.org/details/britishforeignpo01wood Volume I] (640 pages); [https://archive.org/details/britishforeignpo02wood Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/britishforeignpo00sirl_1 Volume III], [https://archive.org/details/britishforeignpo04wood Volume IV], [https://archive.org/details/britishforeignpo05wood Volume V]

*''Documents On British Foreign Policy 1919-1939 - Third Series'' published by HMSO from 1949. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275035 Volume I 1938], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.276399 Volume II 1938],[https://archive.org/details/DocumentsOnBritishForeignPolicy1919-1939-ThirdSeriesVolumeVi1939_182 Volume VI 1939], [https://archive.org/details/DocumentsOnBritishForeignPolicy1919-1939-ThirdSeriesVolumeVi1939 Volume VII 1939], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.117700 Volume VIII 1938-39] Archive.org, including some from the Digital Library of India Collection. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000059524 HathiTrust Digital Library editions ''I-X Third Series'', and earlier series] viewable in some areas such as UK, but probably not USA. Volumes VIII is the first of two volumes relating to British policy in the Far East, the earlier volumes relating to European affairs. Volume X is an index for the series.

~~:[https://web.archive.org/web/20190131182335/http://diplomatic-documents.org/editions/united-kingdom Contents of the volumes] diplomatic-documents.org, now an archived webpage.~~

:HathiTrust editions possibly may not be viewable in regions such as North America: [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015068926198?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 Vol. 8] ''Policy in the Far East; attitude of H.M.G. towards the Sino-Japanese conflict; interaction of events in the Far East and Western Europe, August 1938 - April 1939'' (1955). [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015068926198?urlappend=%3Bseq=13 Contents]; [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015068926206?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 Vol. 9] ''Policy in the Far East during the five months preceding the outbreak of war in Europe, April - September 1939'' (1955). [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015068926206?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Contents]; [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011885749?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 Vol.10] ''Index'' [to Third Series] (1961) [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011885749?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 Contents].

*[https://archive.org/details/britishempiresec0000jack/page/n5/mode/2up ''The British Empire and the Second World War''] by Ashley Jackson 2006. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library

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