Most of the the official History of the Second World War, Military Series, Medical Series and Foreign Policy are now available online, together with a few of the Civil Series. Some of the Military series have been mentioned previously on WW2Talk but additional volumes are now available online including the Grand Strategy series They have been added to the FIBIS Fibiwiki page Second World War in the section Historical Books online, subsection Despatches, Official histories (UK) Second World War - FIBIwiki Following on is a section Indian Army which includes all online volumes except one Official History of the Indian Armed Forces In the Second World War. Maureen
Maureene you are a wonder. I have been looking for Volume I of Grand Strategy for ages. Thank you for posting. Mark
The Wellcome Collection has recently digitised a volume in the Medical Series The Emergency Medical Services Volume II Scotland, Northern Ireland and the principal air raids on industrial centres in Great Britain edited by Lieut. Colonel C L Dunn HMSO 1953. Wellcome Collection. The catalogue description is for both volumes. There is one volume available online, which is Volume II, direct link. (Volume I is available on Archive.org The Emergency Medical Services Volume I England and Wales by Lieut. Colonel C L Dunn 1952 HMSO. Archive.org) The links have been added to the FIBIS Fibiwiki page Second World War - FIBIwiki Also added to this page The six volume series The Second World War 1939-1945. A Popular Military History published by His/Her Majesty’s Office 1950-1954 Archive.org. The series comprises : Ian Hay: Arms and the Men (1950); Eric Linklater: The Campaign in Italy (1951); Christopher Buckley: Norway. The Commandos. Dieppe (1951); Christopher Buckley: Greece and Crete 1941 (1952); John North: North-West Europe 1944-45. The Achievement of 21st Army Group (1953); Christopher Buckley: Five Ventures. Iraq. Syria. Persia. Madagascar. Dodecanese (1954). Most, if not all, of the official History of the Second World War are now available online, including the Civil Series. Maureen
More official histories: The Emergency Medical Services Volume II Scotland, Northern Ireland and the principal air raids on industrial centres in Great Britain mentioned at the Wellcome collection has been uploaded to the Internet Archive The Emergency Medical Services Volume 2 Scotland, Northern Ireland and the principal air raids on industrial centres in Great Britain (History of the Second World War United Kingdom Medical Series) : Lieut. Colonel C L Dunn : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Official histories published by the War Office, as mentioned in History of the Second World War Wikipedia, where they are classified as Supplementary official histories. Available to download from nzsappers.org.nz/Heritage Material/World War Two Discipline [McPherson, A. B.] (1950) Maps and Survey (The Second World War 1939-1945 Army) [Clough, A. B.] (1952) Volumes from this series may be available at The National Archives Kew, or at least 2 titles including a title with 3 volumes, have been reprinted by Naval & Military Press. It appears this series was generally published in quite limited numbers Multiple publications prepared by the Air Historical Branch, Air Ministry, from the website raf.mod.uk The Second World War: Campaign Narratives The Second World War: Thematic Studies The links have been added to the FIBIS Fibiwiki page Second World War - FIBIwiki Maureen
Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library The collections contained within the Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library are largely composed of digital versions of paper documents from the Ike Skelton CARL collections and student papers produced at the US Army Command and General Staff College. We have recently partnered with several Army educational and historical organizations whose collections appear here also. The collections of digitized materials are uploaded in the CONTENTdm® Digital Collection Management System which allows for greater search and retrieval of the individual documents. If you would like to save items for later use, please create a Worldcat account.
An Indian Government Publication The Royal Indian Air Force at War : an account of Air Operations against the Japanese in South East Asia by Director of Public Relations, General Headquarters, New Delhi catalogued 1945. Digital Collection University of Calgary Canada. Download may be possible, see under Actions "Permissions and access" (registration required, fee seems to/perhaps may apply for digital copies- see FAQ). I have not requested any downloads from the site myself, I would be interested to know the outcome if anyone tries. From the same website (although not connected to India) Handbook for Spies by Alexander Foote 1949. Digital Collection University of Calgary Canada. British citizen Alexander Foote was recruited into a Soviet network of spies against Nazi Germany. Some editions may have been published under the title Story of a Russian Spy The Factual Autobiography of a Former Soviet Agent. Alexander Foote Wikipedia. Maureen
For New Zealand Forces in WW2 go to The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945 | NZETC
A volume in History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Civil Series, War Production Series Design and Development of Weapons. Studies in Government and Industrial Organisation by M M Postan (Michael Moïssey); D Hay (Denys); J D Scott (John Dick) 1964 HMSO. Archive.org. Maureen
An official British Government publication, although NOT part of the History of the Second World War series. The Abyssinian Campaigns. The Official Story of the Conquest of Italian East Africa 1942 The Abyssinian Campaigns. The Official Story of the Conquest of Italian East Africa [1942 Great Britain War Office] : [Great Britain] War Office; [Great Britain] Ministry of Information : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Archive.org Maureen