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==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] or 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 two 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 and ''Special Weapons and Types of Warfare (Official History of the Second World War Army)'' in 3 volumes, published 2018.</ref><br> or in the The Air Ministry series AIR 10 or and AIR 41which 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 [http://www.hut-six.co.uk/WW2data/awardindex.html Geoff's WO 373 Lists: Recommendations for Honours and Awards], WW2, includes
*''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].
