Phil's WWII Ships Book List

[fluorophil]

The list below is not my complete collection of ship reference books, but it appears to cover most subjects... I am always in search of more published information for my WWII ships (especially battleships and cruisers) - has anyone got any more suggestions to add to the list? I am not doing this to show off, but am genuinely interested in locating more published information (i.e. books), especially Italian and French cruiser designs. More information about the WWII Soviet and the Royal Dutch Navies would also be appreciated. Thanks in advance for all suggestions and/or recommendations...
The List:
Conway's – All the World's Fighting Ships 1922 - 1946. (2006 reprint)
Conway's – All the World's Fighting Ships 1906 - 1921. (1997 reprint)
Whitley – Battleships of WWII: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. (1998)
Whitley – Cruisers of WWII: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. (2000 reprint)
Whitley – Destroyers of WWII: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. (1988)
Friedman – US Battleships: An Illustrated Design History. (1985)
Friedman – US Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History. (1984)
Friedman – British Cruisers: Two World Wars and After. (2011)
Chesnau – Aircraft Carriers of the World, 1914 to the Present: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. (2000 reprint)
Breyer – Battleships and Battlecruisers, 1905 – 1970. (1974 reprint)
Lenton – British and Empire Warships of the Second World War. (1998)
Jentschura, Jung, Mickel – Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869 – 1945. (1996 reprint)
Jane's Battleships of the Twentieth Century. (1996)
Groner – German Warships 1815 – 1945 Volume One: Major Surface Vessels. (1990)
Gibbons – The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships and Battlecruisers. (1983)
Garzke & Dulin – Battleships: Allied Battleships in World War II. (1980)
Garzke & Dulin – Battleships: Axis & Neutral Battleships in World War II. (1990 reprint)
Garzke & Dulin – Battleships: United States Battleships, 1935 - 1992. (1995)
Raven & Roberts – British Battleships of World War II. (1976)
Raven & Roberts – British Cruisers of World War II. (1980)
Burt – British Battleships 1919 – 1945. (2012 reprint)
Parkes – British Battleships 1860 – 1950. (1990 reprint)
Lacroix & Wells – Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War. (1997)
Faulkner - War at Sea: A Naval Atlas, 1939-1945. (2012)
Campbell - Naval Weapons of World War II. (2007 reprint)
Warship Volume I. (1984 reprint)
Warship Volume V. (1981)
Bagnasco & de Toro – The Littorio Class: Italy's Last and Largest Battleships 1937 – 1948. (2011)
Jordan & Dumas – French Battleships 1922 – 1956. (2010 reprint)
Meister - Soviet Warships of the Second World War. (1977)

[regiamarina]

I have read a few books on the Dutch Navy, having a mate at the Australian War Memorial is quite handy. There is suprisingly few written in English so the couple I can remember are:

Navies of the Second World War: The Royal Nettherlands Navy by H.T. Lenton
Holland Afloat: The Story of the Netherlands at Sea by H. George Franks, not a bad wartime publication.
The Job and the Tools by Hubert V. Quispel. This was done by a group of Dutch shipbuilding companies to outline the Dutch pre-war shipbuilding programme and to describe the ships built just prior to the war. Lots of specs and a general history for each ship, about 10 in total I think.
The Fourth Ally by Doug Hurst, a pretty good account of the Dutch wartime experience in the Pacific from actual interviews and accounts of survivors. The Dutch aircrews are the focus but there is good info on the naval aspect as well.

For the French try searching for the author Le Masson or La Masson or something like this. I borrowed a great set of books, 2 volumes, off a mate when doing my French fleet.

Martin