1940s: WW2 Bibliography (Books, Movies, TV, URLs)

I've consumed a fair amount of WWII stuff in my lifetime, but I'm only counting things I've read, watched, or consulted since I started this project in the fall of 2021.

* Red asterisk indicates an important source. I either finished the entire work, or consulted it a LOT. The rest were used primarily for reference and looking up details.

Nonfiction:

• Arisaig Land, Sea & Islands Centre, Special Operations Executive Para-Military Training in Scotland During World War 2.*
• Arisaig Land, Sea & Islands Centre, Arisaig and the SOE.*
• Berkeley, Roy. A Spy’s London
• Collingham, Lizzie. The Taste of War: World War II and the Battle for Food.
• Diamond, Hana. Fleeing Hitler: France 1940.*
• Dixon, Peter. Guardians of Churchill's Secret Army: Men of the Intelligence Corps in the Special Operations. * 
• Foot, M. R. D. SOE: Special Operations Executive 1940-1946.
• Gildea, Robert. Fighters in the Shadows: A New History of the French Resistance.
• Hart, Stephen and Mann, Chris. Special Forces World War II Secret Operations Handbook: The Resistance in German-Occupied Europe.*
• Hastings, Max. Overlord
• Karp, George A. The Maquis Connection, Revised Edition.*
• Kershaw, Alex. The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau *
• Larson, Erik. The Splendid and the Vile.
• Lewis, Damien. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
• Mackenzie, William. The Secret History of SOE: Special Operations Executive 1940-1945.
• Milton, Giles. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat.*
• Ousby, Ian. Occupation: The Ordeal of France 1940-1944.
• Pearson, Michael. Tears of glory: The Heroes of Vercors, 1944.*
• Purnell, Sonia. A Woman of No Importance:The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II.*
• Rigden, Denis. Soe Syllabus: Lessons in Ungentlemanly Warfare, World War II.*
• Rose, Sarah. The D-Day Girls.
• Rosenberg, Justus. The Art of Resistance: My Four Years in the French Underground: A Memoir.*
• Ryan, Cornelius. The Longest Day.
• Werth, Léon. 33 Days.*
• Werth, Léon. Deposition 1940-1944: A Secret Diary of Life in Vichy France.
• West, Nigel. Secret War: The Story of SOE, Britain's Wartime Sabotage Organisation.

Fiction:

• Doerr, Anthony. All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel.*
• Hannah, Kristin. The Nightingale: A Novel.*
• Némirovsky, Irène. Suite Française.*

Movies and TV:

• A Call to Spy
• Churchill's Secret Agents: The New Recruits (TV)
• Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
• A French Village (TV)
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Inglourious Basterds
• The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
• Monuments Men
• Operational Finale
• Operation Mincemeat
• Oppenheimer
• Resistance
• Saving Private Ryan
• Suite Française
• WWII in Color and the like, various episodes (TV)

URLs (incomplete list as there have been hundreds):

• US Holocaust Museum Encyclopedia*
• Wikipedia*
• Wikipédia - French*

• The 4th FFI Company of the Drôme*
• Airborne Signal: The 112th (Special Operations) Signal Battalion in World War II
• Drôme Parachute Grounds
• Gibraltar, the Gateway to Freedom during WWII
• List of SOE establishments
• Miranda De Ebro – The Spanish Concentration Camp
• Miranda de Ebro concentration camp - Spanish Wiki Page
• MIRANDA CONCENTRATION CAMP, A PLACE OF MEMORY
• OSS Operational Groups
• Spain and the Escape Lines
• Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force (SAARF) - VICARAGE
• UK National Archives: Paul Lubinski Search Results
• Underwater Cabaret Magazine
• WW2 Abbreviations and Acronyms*

Periodicity 12: Appendix C - Further Reading (Random Relevant URLs and Books)

Variegated Yarn Resources

URLs:

• http://www.withwool.com/blog/2013/9/25/pooling-yarn-and-what-to-do-about-it
• http://plannedpooling.com

Videos:

• Color blending: http://www.prismyarn.com/episode803.htm
• Planned Pooling/Argyle (crochet, but many concepts apply to knitting): https://youtu.be/fKpdqAk02Dw

Variegated yarn books:

• Artful Color, Mindful Knits: The Definitive Guide to Working with Hand-dyed Yarn by Laura Militzer Bryant. View Ravelry Page *
• The Knitter's Guide to Hand-Dyed and Variegated Yarn: Techniques and Projects for Handpainted and Multicolored Yarn by Lorna Miser. View Ravelry Page *
• Knitting Socks With Handpainted Yarn by Carol Sulcoski. View Ravelry Page. 

Color knitting books with with some variegated yarn advice:

• The Essential Guide to Color Knitting Techniques by Margaret Radcliffe (See Chapter 4: Multicolor Yarns). View Ravelry Page. *
• The Knitter's Palette: A Workbook of Color and Texture Techniques and Effects by Kate Haxell. View Ravelry Page. *

Other technique books that are good for variegated yarns (modular, etc.):

• Bargello Knits by Patty Nance. View Ravelry Page. 
• Dazzling Knits by Patricia Werner. View Ravelry Page. 
• Knit in New Directions: A Journey into Creativity by Myra Wood. View Ravelry Page. 
• Knit One Below: One Stitch, Many Fabrics by Elise Duvekot. View Ravelry Page. *
• Knits from a Painter's Palette: Modular Masterpieces in Handpainted Yarns by Maie Landra. View Ravelry Page. 
• Modular Knits: New Techniques for Today's Knitters by Iris Schreier. View Ravelry Page. 
• Module Magic: Creative Projects to Knit One Block at a Time by Ginger Luters. View Ravelry Page. 
• Patchwork Knitting by Horst Schulz. View Ravelry Page. 

Other books that I think are probably useful but haven't really looked at:

• How to Buy, Knit and Care for Indie Dyed Yarns: Confidence for Knitters by Sara Millis. View Ravelry Page. 
• Indie Socks: Knitting Patterns and Dyer Profiles Featuring Hand-Dyed Yarns by Chrissy Gardiner. View Ravelry Page. 
• Knitting With Hand-Dyed Yarns: 20 Stunning Projects by Missy Burns. View Ravelry Page. 
• Lavish Lace: Knitting with Hand-Painted Yarns by Carol Rasmussen Noble. View Ravelry Page. 
• Quick Crochet Afghans Book 4 Featuring Variegated Yarn by Shala Johnson. View Ravelry Page. 
• Wrapped in Color: 30 Shawls to Knit in Koigu Handpainted Yarns by Koigu Wool Designs. View Ravelry Page. 
• Yarn Pooling Made Easy: Techniques for Using Variegated Yarn for Planned Patterns (Crochet) by Marly Bird. View Ravelry Page. 

* Books I own or have evaluated in person

Know of a good resources that's missing from above?  Let me know in the comments.

My Yarn Books

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Just in case you are dying (get it??) to see the yarn-related book photo that forms the background of the blog.  I have two more books coming. :-)

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