TOKUSETSU KANSEN! - Merchant Auxiliaries Troms' Bibliographies

TOKUSETSU KANSEN! - Merchant Auxiliaries Troms' Bibliographies

Compiled by Robert D. Hackett, Sander Kingsepp, Allan Alsleben and Peter Cundall

English Language Sources:

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Alden, John D. U. S. Submarine Attacks During World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1989.

Australian War Memorial. AWM 54 collection of diary translations and captured documents. AWM 55 collection of ATIS translation reports, bulletins and research reports.

Bartholomew, Cornelius R. USS BONEFISH (SS-223) webpage at http://www.submarinesailor.com/Boats/SS223Bonefish/index.htm

Bailey, Dan. WW II Wrecks of Truk Lagoon. Redding, CA: North Valley Diver Publications, 2000.

__________ WW II Wrecks of the Kwajalein and Truk Lagoons. Redding, CA: North Valley Diver Publications, 1989.

__________ WW II Wrecks of Palau.Redding, CA: North Valley Diver Publications, USA, 1991.

Blair, Clay, Jr. Silent Victory: The U. S. Submarine War Against Japan. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1975.
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Evans, David C. The Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.

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Guttman, Jon. Japan's Feisty Floatplanes.Aviation History magazine. January 2001.

Hackett, Robert D., Colonel, USAF-Ret. and Kingsepp, Sander.Senkan!: Stories and Battle Histories of the IJN's Battleships. http://www.combinedfleet.com/senkan.htm

________________________________. Junyokan!: Stories and Battle Histories of the IJN's Cruisers. http://www.combinedfleet.com/Junyokan.htm

________________________________. Sensuikan!: Stories and Battle Histories of the IJN's Submarines. http://www.combinedfleet.com/sensuikan.htm

Hara, Tameichi, Saito, Fred and Pineau, Roger. Japanese Destroyer Captain. New York: Ballantine, 1961.

Harries, Meirion and Susie Harries. Soldiers of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army. New York: Random House Inc, 1994.

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Hoyt, Edwin P. Bowfin. Short Hills, NJ: Burford Books. 1983.

Ito, Masanori. The End of the Imperial Japanese Navy. New York: Jove Books, 1984.

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_________________ The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942. Annapolis. MD, Naval Institute Press, 1994.
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McAulay, Lex. Into the Dragon's Jaws: The Fifth Air Force over Rabaul. Champlin Fighter Museum Press, 1986.

______________, The Battle of the Bismarck Sea. St Martin's Press, 1991.

Mendenhall, Corwin, Rear Admiral (Ret). Submarine Diary: The Silent Stalking of Japan. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1991.

Michno, Gregory F. USS Pampanito: Killer Angel. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001.
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National Archives of the United Kingdom. HW23 series decrypts of JN25 (Navy), JN11 (Tokusetsu Kansen), JN40 (Merchant ship codes) and JMS (Army Water traffic) translated by (UK) Sigint, Bletchley Park and branches at Colombo, Kilindini, Delhi, Bangalore, Barrackpore, Brisbane and Auckland. London.

Nevitt, Allyn D. Long Lancers. Website. www.combinedfleet.com/lancers.htm
O'Kane, Richard, Rear Admiral (Ret). Clear the Bridge- The War Patrols of the USS Tang. New York: Rand McNally, 1977.

______________ Wahoo! Presidio. 1996.

Okumiya, Masatake & Horikoshi, Jiro & Martin Caidin. Zero! New York: Ballantine Books, 1971.

Parillo, Mark P. The Japanese Merchant Marine in World War II. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1993.

Peattie, Mark R. Sunburst: The Rise of Japanese of Naval Air Power, 1909-1941. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 2001.

Prados, John. Combined Fleet Decoded. New York: Random House, 1995.

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Sakaida, Henry. Imperial Japanese Navy Aces 1937-45. Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No. 22. London, Osprey Publishing, 1998.

______________The Siege of Rabaul. St. Paul, MN: Phalanx Publishing Co., Ltd., 1996.

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Schell, W.M. and Peter Cundall. Unpublished manuscript on Japanese Merchant Ships built 1942-45.

Shores, Christopher, Cull, Brian with Izawa Yasuho. Bloody Shambles: Vol 1. The Drift to War to the Fall of Singapore.London: Grub Street, 1992.

____________________________________________Bloody Shambles: Vol. 2. The Defence of Sumatra to the fall of Burma: the First Comprehensive Account of Air Operations over South-East Asia, December 1941-May 1942. London: Grub Street, 1993.

Shu Yun Tsiao and Chua Ser Koon (Editors). Malaysian-Chinese Resistance to Japan 1937-1945. 1984.

Smith, Steven Trent. Wolfpack: The American Submarine Strategy That Helped Defeat Japan.Hoboken, NJ: John S. Wiley & Sons, 2003.

Stone, Peter. Hostages to Freedom: Rabaul 1942-45. Oceans Enterprises, 1994.

Thomas, David. Battle of the Java Sea. London: Pan, 1971.

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___________________Interrogations of Japanese Officials. 2 Vols. Washington: GPO, 1946.
Womack, Tom. The Dutch Naval Air Force Against Japan: The Defense of the Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1942. Jefferson, NC. McFarland & Co. 2006.
Japanese Language Sources:*

Agawa Hiroyuki. Kaigun Koborebanashi (Tales from the Navy). Tokyo, Kobunsha 2000.

Endo Akira. Senzen Senpaku. (magazine series).
Fukui Shizuo. Nippon Hojo-kantei Monogatari (The Story of IJN Auxiliary Vessels). Collected works of Shizuo Fukui.
Hando, Kazutoshi. Nippon Gunkan Senki (Battle Records of Japanese Warships). Tokyo: Bunshun Bunko Bijuaruhan, 1996.

Iwasawa Ryo. Saikyo No Kantai. (The Strongest Navy). Tokyo: Futami Bunko, 1995.

Kaibokan Commendation Union. Kaibokan Senki (War History) Tokyo: Hara Shobo. May 1982.

Kaijo Rodo Kyokai. Nippon Shosentai Senji Sonan Shi, 1962.

Kaku Kozo. Rengo Kantai 99 no Nazo (99 Mysteries of the Combined Fleet). Tokyo: Futami Bunko, 1995.

Katagiri Daiji. Rengo Kantai Gunkan Meimeiden (Dictionary of Famous Warships of the Combined Fleet). Tokyo: Kojinsha, 1995.

Kimata Jiro. Sensuikan Kogeki (Submarine Attacks). Tokyo: Kojinsha NF Bunko, 2000.

__________Nippon Kaibokan Senshi (Battle History of Japanese Kaibokan Frigates). Tokyo: Tosho Shuppansha, 1994.
Kizu, Shigetoshi. A 100-Year History of the Ships of Nippon Yusen Kisen. Tokyo: Ships of the World, 1984.

Kitazawa Noritaka, Superintendent of History Section, National Institute for Defense Studies, Tokyo. Correspondence with Alan Alsleben, 21 October 2004.

Kiyama Gen. Middoue Kaisen (The Battle of Midway), Rekishi To Tabi (magazine) Tokyo: Akita Shoten No. 8, 1988.

____________Operation Kita. Whole View of Pacific War. Tokyo: Akita Shoten, 1991.

____________The Battle of Midway.Gakken Vol. 4. Tokyo.

____________The Battle of Leyte. Gakken Vol. 9. Tokyo.

____________The Last Campaign of the IJN. Gakken Vol. 10. Tokyo.

____________Akizuki class destroyers. Gakken Vol. 23. Tokyo.

____________ Auxiliary Vessels of IJN. Gakken Vol. 37. Tokyo.

____________New findings about the IJN history.Gakken Vol. 45. Tokyo.

Komamiya, Shinshiro. Senji Yuso Sendan Shi, Parts 1 and 2.Tokyo: Shuppan Kyodosha, 1987 and 1995.

__________________ Senji Senpaku Shi. Privately published, 1991.

Minakami Kazuo and Naito Tomohiko. Etajima no Kyogo-tachi. (The Champions of Etajima). Tokyo: Shueisha, 1999 (Vol. 1), 2000 (Vol. 2).

Nagasawa Fumio. (Webpage). http://homepage3.nifty.com/jpnships/showa1/showa1_tokoww_nyk.htm

Noma Hisashi. Japanese Merchant Ships at War - The Story of Mitsui and OSK Liners lost during the Pacific War. Privately published 2002. .

Supreme Commander for the Allied Forces (SCAPJAP). Hikiageru Yuso. Papers created for the U. S. Naval Shipping Control Authority for the Japanese Merchant Marine dealing with movement details of ships assigned to the Allied Repatriation Service, 1945-1947. National Diet Library. Tokyo.

Take and Mr. Kamisawa. Data Base of Japanese Ships Sunk. website at http://www.takedive.net/sbs

The Naval Data Base. website at http://hush.gooside.com/index.html.

Toda, Gengoro S. Imperial Japanese Navy Tokusetsukansen Data Base website (now closed) at http://www.geocities.jp/tokusetsukansen/index.html

Toyoda Jo. Etajima Kyoiku (Education at Etajima). Tokyo, Shueisha Bunko, 1983.

Ueno Kichiro. A 100 Year History of Ships.

Watanabe Shinichi. Rei-Sen Bikkuri Deta 99 no Nazo (99 Mysteries of the Zero Fighter). Tokyo: Futami Bunko, 1995.

________________Shiden-kai Bikkuri Deta 99 no Nazo (99 Mysteries of Shiden-Kai). Tokyo: Futami Bunko, 1995.

*Contributed by Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall

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