REFERENCE DOCUMENTS & RESOURCES
- ADM 234 BATTLE HISTORY SUMMARIES -
Updated 14-Apr-2009
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| ADM 234 - Battle Histories | |||
| Doc. Reference | No. | Title | Date |
| ADM 234/317 | 1 | Operations against French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir (Oran) 3-6 July 1940 | 1942-1945 |
| ADM 234/317 | 2 | Mediterranean operations action off Cape Spada (Crete) 19 July 1940 | 1942-1945 |
| ADM 234/317 | 3 | Attack on Richlieu at Dakar 8 July 1940 | 1942-1945 |
| ADM 234/318 | 3 | Naval operations off Dakar July - Sept. 1940 | 1959 |
| ADM 234/319 | 4 | Naval operations of battle of Crete 20 May to 1 June 1941 | 1942-1944 |
| ADM 234/320 | 4 | Naval operations of battle of Crete 20 May to 1 June 1941 | 1960 |
| ADM 234/321 | 5 | Chase and sinking of German battleship Bismarck 23-27 May 1941 | 1942 |
| ADM 234/322 | 5 | Chase and sinking of German battleship Bismarck 23-27 May 1941 | 1950 |
| ADM 234/323 | 6 | Bombardment of Bardia 21 June 1940, 17 Aug.1940 and 3 Jan.1941 | 1942 |
| ADM 234/323 | 7 | Bombardment of Genoa 9 Feb. 1941 | 1942 |
| ADM 234/323 | 8 | Mediterranean operations: operation M.A.5, 7-15 July 1940; action off Calabria 9 July 1940 | 1942 |
| ADM 234/325 | 9 | Action off Cape Spartivento 27 Nov. 1940 | 1943 |
| ADM 234/326 | 9 | Supplement to No.9: Italian account of action off Cape Spartivento, 27 Nov.1940 | 1947 |
| ADM 234/325 | 10 | Mediterranean operations 4-14 Nov.1940: air attack on Taranto 11 Nov.1940 | 1943 |
| ADM 234/328 | 11 | Passage of Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen through English Channel 12 Feb. 1942 | 1943 |
| ADM 234/328 | 12 | Attack on St.Nazaire 28 Mar. 1942 | 1943 |
| ADM 234/362 | 12 | Attack on St.Nazaire 28 Mar. 1942 | 1948 |
| ADM 234/324 | 13 | Actions with enemy disguised raiders 1940-1941 | 1942 - 1945 |
| ADM 234/329 | 14 | Loss of HM ships Prince of Wales and Repulse 10 Dec.1941 | 1942 - 1944 |
| ADM 234/330 | 14 | Loss of HM ships Prince of Wales and Repulse 10 December 1941 | 1955 |
| ADM 234/331 | 15 | Naval operations off Ceylon 29 Mar. to 10 Apr. 1942 | 1943 |
| ADM 234/331 | 16 | Naval operations at capture of Diego Suarez (Operation Ironclad) May 1942 | 1943 |
| ADM 234/332 | 17 | Conjunct expeditions to Norway Apr.-June 1940 | 1943 - 1945 |
| ADM 234/333 | 17 | Supplement (1) to No.17: conjunct expeditions to Norway Apr.-June 1940 | 1947 |
| ADM 234/335 | 18 | Mediterranean convoys, 1941 | 1944 |
| ADM 234/336 | 18 | Selected convoys Mediterranean 1941-1942 | 1957 - 1958 |
| ADM 234/337 | 19 | Mediterranean operations 18-23 Apr. 1941; bombardment of Tripoli 21 Apr. 1941 | 1944 - 1945 |
| ADM 234/318 | 20 | Naval operations off Dakar July - Sept. 1940 | |
| ADM 234/338 | 21 | Naval operation at landings in Southern Solomons 7-10 Aug.1942 | 1944 |
| ADM 234/339 | 21 | Naval operations in campaign for Guadalcanal Aug.1942 - Feb. 1943 | 1949 - 1959 |
| ADM 234/340 | 22 | Russian convoys 1942 | 1944 |
| ADM 234/369 | 22 | Arctic convoys 1941-1945 | 1954 |
| ADM 234/341 | 23 | Naval operations of campaign for Guadalcanal Aug.1942 - Feb. 1943 | 1944 - 1945 |
| ADM 234/342 | 24 | Sinking of Scharnhorst, 26 Dec. 1943 | 1944 |
| ADM 234/343 | 24 | Sinking of Scharnhorst, 26 Dec. 1943 | 1950 - 1957 |
| ADM 234/344 | 25 | Naval strategy in Pacific Dec. 1941 - Feb. 1943 | 1945 - 1960 |
| ADM 234/345 | 27 | Naval aircraft attack on Tirpitz (Operation TUNGSTEN) 3 Apr. 1944 | 1945 - 1948 |
| ADM 234/346 | 28 | Battle of Java Sea 27 Feb. 1942 | 1945 |
| ADM 234/347 | 29 | Attack on Tirpitz by midget submarines (operation SOURCE) 22 29Sept. 1943 | 1945 |
| ADM 234/347 | 29 | Attack on Tirpitz by midget submarines (operation SOURCE) 22 Sept. 1943 | 1948 |
| ADM 234/348 | 29 | Tirpitz: an account of various attacks carried out by British forces: volume 1 - report and appendices | 1948 |
| ADM 234/349 | 29 | Tirpitz: an account of various attacks carried out by British forces: volume 1 - report and appendices | 1948 |
| ADM 234/350 | 29 | Tirpitz: an account of various attacks carried out by British forces: volume 2 - evidence for detailed accounts of damage | 1948 |
| ADM 234/351 | 30 | Naval operations English Channel and Southern North Sea, Sept. 1939 - Apr. 1940. | 1945 - 1948 |
| ADM 234/352 | 31 | Cruiser and destroyer action in English Channel 1943-1944 | 1945 - 1948 |
| ADM 234/336 | 32 | Selected convoys Mediterranean 1941-1942 | 1957 - 1958 |
| ADM 234/353 | 32 | Malta convoys 1942 | 1945 |
| ADM 234/354 | 33 | Raid on Dieppe: naval movements 19 August 1942 | 1946 |
| ADM 234/355 | 33 | Raid on Dieppe: naval operations 19 August 1942 | 1959 |
| ADM 234/357 | 34 | Naval strategy in Pacific Feb. 1943 to Aug. 1945 | 1946 - 1948 |
| ADM 234/356 | 35 | Invasion of Sicily (operation HUSKY) | 1946 - 1948 |
| ADM 234/364 | 36 | Aegean operations 7 Sept. - 28 Nov. 1943: British occupation and German re-capture of Kos and Leros | 1946 - 1950 |
| ADM 234/358 | 37 | Invasion of Italy: landing at Salerno (operation AVALANCHE) 9 Sept. 1943 | 1946 |
| ADM 234/359 | 38 | Invasion of North Africa (operation TORCH) Nov.1942 - Feb. 1943 | 1948 |
| ADM 234/366 | 39 | Volume 1 - landings in Normandy (operation NEPTUNE) June 1944 | 1947 - 1963 |
| ADM 234/367 | 39 | Volume II - landings in Normandy (operation NEPTUNE) June 1944: appendices | 1947 |
| ADM 234/365 | 40 | Battle for Leyte Gulf 23-26 Oct. 1944 | 1947 |
| ADM 234/360 | 41 | Evacuation from Dunkirk (operation DYNAMO) 26 May - 4 June 1940 | 1949 |
| ADM 234/361 | 42 | Burma: naval operations 1941-1942 | 1948 |
| ADM 234/371 | 45 | Battles of Coral Sea and Midway | 1952 |
| ADM 234/371 | 46 | Battles of Coral Sea and Midway | 1952 |
| ADM 234/368 | 47 | Naval operations in assault and capture of Okinawa (operation ICEBERG) Mar.-June 1945 | 1950 |
| ADM 234/363 | 49 | Campaign in North-West Europe June 1944 - May 1945 | 1952 |
| ADM 234/370 | 51 | Convoy and anti-submarine warfare reports | 1952 |
| ADM 234/334 | 52 | Tobruk run June 1940 - Jan. 1943 | 1956 |