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Recommended Reading Lists


A-Z index of our recommended reading lists (Acrobat Reader required).

The following list only covers a selection of the reading lists which are currently available. You are welcome to contact the Department of Printed Books on books@iwm.org.uk to enquire about the availability of reading lists on other topics within our remit.

Military - First World War

[PDF] Battle of the Somme - Battlefield Guides (31 Kb)


[PDF] Battle of the Somme, 1916 (35 Kb)


[PDF] British Voluntary Aid Detachments in the First World War (306 Kb)
Recommended reading list for VADS in the First World War.

[PDF] First World War - General Histories (29 Kb)


[PDF] Imperial Camel Corps (34 Kb)


[PDF] Life in the Trenches on the Western Front, 1914-1918 (261 Kb)


[PDF] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps in the First World War (216 Kb)
Further reading on the QMAAC.

[PDF] Scottish Women's Hospitals (269 Kb)


[PDF] Shell Shock - First World War (322 Kb)



Military - Second World War

[PDF] American Forces in the United Kingdom, Second World War (32 Kb)


[PDF] British Voluntary Aid Detachments in the Second World War (223 Kb)
Recommended reading list for VADS in the Second World War.

[PDF] The Fall of Singapore, 1942 (282 Kb)



Military - Other Conflicts

[PDF] General books on the Boer War (1899-1902) (25 Kb)


[PDF] Occupation of the Rhineland, 1918-1930 (261 Kb)


[PDF] Spanish Civil War (34 Kb)


[PDF] The Korean War (38 Kb)


[PDF] Women in the Spanish Civil War (252 Kb)



Naval - General

[PDF] HMS Belfast (259 Kb)


[PDF] Mine Warfare (271 Kb)


[PDF] Royal Marines (39 Kb)
Recommended reading list on the Royal Marines.

[PDF] Royal Navy Medicine (254 Kb)


[PDF] The Women's Royal Naval Service (311 Kb)
Further reading on the WRNS.


Naval - First World War

[PDF] British Submarines, 1914-1918 (30 Kb)


[PDF] Coastal Forces - First World War (75 Kb)


[PDF] German Submarines, 1914-1918 (29 Kb)


[PDF] Naval Aviation, 1914-1918 (34 Kb)
Recommended reading on naval aviation in the First World War.

[PDF] Naval Operations, 1914-1918 (40 Kb)


[PDF] Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Division (222 Kb)
Recommended reading on the RNAS Armoured Car Division.

[PDF] Submarine Operations in the First World War (30 Kb)


[PDF] The Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 (187 Kb)


[PDF] The Merchant Navy in the First World War (31 Kb)
Recommended reading on the Merchant Navy in the First World War.


Naval - Second World War

[PDF] Arctic Convoys (30 Kb)
Recommended reading on Arctic Convoys.

[PDF] Atlantic Convoys (33 Kb)
Recommended reading on Atlantic Convoys.

[PDF] British Submarines, 1939-1945 (35 Kb)


[PDF] Coastal Forces - Second World War (63 Kb)


[PDF] German Submarines, 1939-1945 (34 Kb)


[PDF] Landing Craft and Ships, 1939-1945 (231 Kb)


[PDF] Mediterranean Convoys (33 Kb)
Recommended reading on Mediterranean Convoys.

[PDF] Merchant Navy in the Second World War (35 Kb)
Recommended reading on the Merchant Navy in the Second World War.

[PDF] Naval Aviation, 1939-1945 (38 Kb)
Recommended reading for naval aviation in the Second World War.

[PDF] Naval Operations in the Atlantic, 1939-1945 (33 Kb)


[PDF] Naval Operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1945 (33 Kb)


[PDF] Naval Operations in the Pacific, 1939-1945 (34 Kb)


[PDF] Naval Operations, 1939-1945 (39 Kb)


[PDF] Submarine Operations in the Second World War (35 Kb)


[PDF] United States Marine Corps in the Pacific War (252 Kb)



Aviation - First World War

[PDF] Naval Aviation, 1914-1918 (34 Kb)
Recommended reading on naval aviation in the First World War.

[PDF] The Royal Flying Corps (310 Kb)



Aviation - Second World War

[PDF] Battle of Britain (38 Kb)


[PDF] Naval Aviation, 1939-1945 (38 Kb)
Recommended reading for naval aviation in the Second World War.

[PDF] Spitfire (31 Kb)


[PDF] The Air Transport Auxiliary (227 Kb)


[PDF] United States Eighth Air Force - Second World War (215 Kb)



Prisoners Of War

[PDF] Allied Prisoners of War held by the Germans in the Second World War (27 Kb)


[PDF] Allied Prisoners of War held by the Turks during the First World War (31 Kb)


[PDF] British Prisoners of War held in Germany in the First World War (31 Kb)


[PDF] Changi Civilian Internment Camp, Singapore (31 Kb)


[PDF] Oflag IVC - Colditz (257 Kb)



Holocaust

[PDF] Auschwitz Concentration Camp (33 Kb)


[PDF] General books on Concentration Camps (29 Kb)


[PDF] General books on the Holocaust (32 Kb)


[PDF] Medical Experimentation and Euthanasia under the Nazis (33 Kb)


[PDF] Rescue during the Holocaust (35 Kb)


[PDF] Women and the Holocaust (32 Kb)



Women At War

[PDF] British Voluntary Aid Detachments in the First World War (306 Kb)
Recommended reading list for VADS in the First World War.

[PDF] British Voluntary Aid Detachments in the Second World War (223 Kb)
Recommended reading list for VADS in the Second World War.

[PDF] British War Brides - Second World War (89 Kb)


[PDF] British Women, 1939-1945 (34 Kb)


[PDF] Changi Civilian Internment Camp, Singapore (31 Kb)


[PDF] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps in the First World War (216 Kb)
Further reading on the QMAAC.

[PDF] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps in the First World War (Information sheet) (145 Kb)
The purpose of this information sheet is to provide guidance on tracing QMAAC personnel and advise on sources for useful background information on their activities.

[PDF] Royal Navy Medicine (254 Kb)


[PDF] The Auxiliary Territorial Service in the Second World War (102 Kb)
The purpose of this information sheet is to provide guidance on tracing those who served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service and advise on sources for useful background information on their activities.

[PDF] The Women's Royal Naval Service in the First World War (200 Kb)
The purpose of this information sheet is to provide guidance on tracing members of the WRNS and advise on sources for useful background information on their activities.

[PDF] Voluntary Aid Detachments in the First World War (236 Kb)
The purpose of this information sheet is to provide guidance on tracing VAD personnel and advise on sources for useful background information on their activities.

[PDF] Women and the Holocaust (32 Kb)


[PDF] Women in the Spanish Civil War (252 Kb)


[PDF] Women's Land Army (35 Kb)



Home Front

[PDF] American Forces in the United Kingdom, Second World War (32 Kb)


[PDF] Blitz in the Provinces (35 Kb)


[PDF] British War Brides - Second World War (89 Kb)


[PDF] Second World War Air Raid Shelters (71 Kb)


[PDF] The London Blitz, 1940-1941 (278 Kb)



Americans At War

[PDF] American Forces in the United Kingdom, Second World War (32 Kb)


[PDF] Tracing American Service Personnel (160 Kb)


[PDF] United States Eighth Air Force - Second World War (215 Kb)


[PDF] United States Marine Corps in the Pacific War (252 Kb)



Literature

[PDF] Books about, and by, Vera Brittain (311 Kb)


[PDF] Isaac Rosenberg (230 Kb)


[PDF] Rupert Brooke (274 Kb)


[PDF] Wilfred Owen (284 Kb)



Memorials

[PDF] Battle of the Somme - Battlefield Guides (31 Kb)


[PDF] The Two-Minute Silence (219 Kb)
history of the two minute silence

[PDF] The Unknown Warrior (149 Kb)


[PDF] War Memorials (34 Kb)