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[James A Pratt III]

For those interested you can find books online at the following sites;

afhra.af.mil has USAF historical series including the ones on the Luftwaffe in WW II

archive.org includes dept of the Army series on the German army in WW II

hathitrust.org

guttenberg.org

generalstab.org official histories online

I hope this is of some use or interest.

[James A Pratt III]

more online reads:
Archive.org
War Diary Admiral Black Sea volumes deals with the period Dec 1941- Dec 1943 used as a source for the BCRS series

War at Sea S.W Roskill the RNs official history
War Against Japan S Woodburn Kirby the British official history on their war against Japan

Italian WW II official histories in English include RA, RM and army

all I first found on combinedfleet.com the combined fleet discussion and message Tully's port section part books, papers and literature

also there you can find:
Japanese Monograghs
RN Naval staff histories
a few translated volumes of the senshi Sosho (Japanese official history)

[Larry deZeng]

a few translated volumes of the senshi Sosho (Japanese official history)

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I always had hope that these numerous volumes would eventually be translated in full, but I am told that the Japanese language they are written in is very, very difficult for Japanese who today are under age 90 or so; that's just to read and understand much less translate into a current Western language. So I guess we should be thankful for the few translated volumes the Australians and Dutch were able to fund. I strongly doubt if the Japanese Government will ever take this on as a project.

L.

[SteveR]

That's my understanding also, Larry.

It won't be too many more years until they essentially become "lost" history - sitting there before us, but nobody can read them.