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: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.
**[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://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
**[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
*''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].
