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The following books have been reviewed by myself and they are recommended. Depending upon the matter to be researched the appropriate books will be extremely useful.

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Subject - Titles Reviewed

Medals, Uniforms and Badges / Insignia

The Awards of the George Cross 1940-2009
British Military Medals - a Guide for the Collector and Family Historian
Courage Rewarded - The Valour of Canadian Soldiers Under Fire 1900 to 2007
Military Badge Collecting
The Complete Victoria Cross
Bravery Awards for Aerial Combat
Military Photographs and How to Date Them
Soviet General & Field Officer Uniforms 1955-1991
Red & Soviet Military and Paramilitary Services: Female Uniforms 1941-1991
Irish Medals
Rank & Rate - Royal Naval Officers' Insignia Since 1856
British Army Cap Badges of the Twentieth Century
Military Sun Helmets of the World
Sea Service Medals - Military Awards and Decorations of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard
For Military Merit - Recipients of the Purple Heart
Heraldry in War – Formation Badges 1939 – 1945
Swords of the British Army – The Regulation Patterns 1788 to 1914
Modern Body Armour
Soviet Uniforms and Militaria 1917 - 1991
History of the British Army Infantry Collar Badge
Warsaw Pact Badges

Genealogical Research

Tracing Your Army Ancestors
Tracing Your Air Force Ancestors
Tracing Your Royal Marine Ancestors
Tracing Your Tank Ancestors
Tracing Your Naval Ancestors
Researching Your Family History
Tracing Your Ancestors

Miscellaneous / Background Reading

Foreign Planes in the Service of the Luftwaffe
The Man Who Ran London During the Great War - General Francis Lloyd
Prisoner of the Gestapo
Report on Experience by John Mulgan
Bloodline - The Origins and Development of the Regular Army Formations of the British Army
Churchill's Spearhead - The Development of Britain's Airborne Forces During World War 2
Notes of a Russian Sniper by Vassili Zaitsev
The Black Bull - From Normandy to the Baltic with the 11th Armoured Division
Cinderella's Soldiers - The Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve
Unconditional Surrender by Ludde Neurath
Hitler’s Navy – A Reference Guide to the Kriegsmarine 1935-1945
Combat Codes – A Full Explanation and Listing of British, Commonwealth and Allied Air Force Unit Codes Since 1938
Armoured Warfare on the Eastern Front
Blood Red Snow
The Golden Horseshoe - Otto Kretschmer's biography
The King's African Rifles
Skorzeny's Special Missions
The Battle of Bellicourt Tunnel
France at Bay 1870 - 1871 -- The Struggle for Paris
Hitler’s Mountain Troops – The Gebirgsjager
Isandlwana - How the Zulus Humbled the British Empire
Zulu - The Truth Behind the Film
Counter Insurgency - Lessons from History
Under the Devil's Eye - British Salonika Force
German U Boat Commanders of World War 2
U-Boat Attack Logs - A Complete Record of Warship Sinkings from Original Sources 1939-1945

 

DVDs
 

The Hard Fought Road to the East – German Grenadier & Tank Divisions