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Barrie Pitt (1918–2006)

Author of The Battle of the Atlantic

210+ Works 1,425 Members 13 Reviews 1 Favorited

About the Author

Barrie Pitt is a distinguished military historian, and is the author of The Edge of Battle, Churchill and the Generals and Special Boat Squadron.

Includes the names: Barrie Pitt, Barrie Pitt, Barry Pitt (Editor), Barrie William PITT, consultant editor Barrie Pitt, Barrie (Editor) Peter ; Pitt Elstob

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Works by Barrie Pitt

The Battle of the Atlantic (1977) 337 copies
1918: The Last Act (1962) 122 copies, 2 reviews
Zeebrugge (1958) 73 copies, 6 reviews
The Crucible of War: Western Desert 1941 (1980) 63 copies
Churchill and the Generals (1981) 54 copies
The Crucible of War: Wavell's Command: The Definitive History of the Desert War - Volume 1 (1986) 49 copies
The Crucible of War: Auchinleck's Command: The Definitive History of the Desert War - Volume 2 (1986) 45 copies
The Crucible of War: Montgomery and Alamein: The Definitive History of the Desert War - Volume 3 (1986) 37 copies
Coronel and Falkland: Two Great Naval Battles of the First World War (2002) 32 copies
The Crucible of War: Year of Alamein, 1942 Bk. 2 (1982) 31 copies
Month-By-Month Atlas of World War II (1989) 31 copies, 2 reviews
The Chronological Atlas of World War II (1989) 21 copies
Special Boat Squadron. The Story Of The SBS In The Mediterranean (1983) 18 copies, 1 review
The Illustrated History of World War II (1989) 12 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 001: Blitzkrieg! (1974) 12 copies
Revenge at Sea (1964) 10 copies
History of the Second World War (Complete 96 Weekly Parts in Volumes 1-6) (1972) 9 copies, 1 review
Excerpts of The History of the Second World War (1966) 8 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 006: Dunkirk 8 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 010: Italian Fiasco: The Attack on Greece 7 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 009: The Battle of Britain (1972) 7 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 007: The Fall of France 7 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 004: Glider Strike on World's Strongest Fort; The Balance of Arms Assessed;… 7 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 002: Hitler: The New Messiah 7 copies
Marshall Cavendish History of the Second World War - Volume 1, Magazine parts 1-16 (1973) 7 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 003: The Germans Strike North 6 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 018: How Crete Was Lost 6 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 005: Panzers Break Through at Sedan, Invasion of Holland and Belgium 5 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 017: Civilians in the Front Line 5 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 011: Menace at Sea 5 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 012: Victory in the Desert 5 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 014: Hitler's Revenge on Yugoslavia 5 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 008: The Plan to Invade Britain 5 copies
The Crucible of War: The Complete Volumes (1986) 5 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 067: The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot (1974) 5 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 025: Pearl Harbor 4 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 026: Malaya: A Disgrace to British Arms? 4 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 045: The Crime at Katyn Wood 4 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 019: Desert Tragedy: Frenchman Fights Frenchman in Syria 4 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 038: Stalingrad 4 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 015: Hitler Drives the Allies Out of Greece 4 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 027: Battle for Moscow 4 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 013: Romel: The Desert Fox 4 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 020: Duels With the Afrika Korps 4 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 034: Tobruk Falls 4 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 033: Showdown at Midway 4 copies
Purnell's History of the Second World War [complete set] (1970) 4 copies, 1 review
History of the Second World War, Part 037: Suicide Invasion, What Went Wrong at Dieppe? (1972) 4 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 064: Pre D-DAY Europe's Secret Armies 4 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 089: Cult of the Kamikazes 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 096: Index 3 copies
British History Illustrated, October 1974, Volume One, Number Four (1974) 3 copies
World War ll - Time Life Books - The Battle of the Atlantic 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 035: The Siege of Sebastopol 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 036: First Alamein 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 091: Japan's Last Hope 3 copies
Marshall Cavendish History of the Second World War - Volume 5, Magazine parts 65-80 (1974) 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 048: Africa the End 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 040: Guadalcanal: Japan's First Land Defeat 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 047: Wingate Minus Myth 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 078: The Red Army's Drive to the Gates of Berlin 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 066: Battle of the Hedgerows 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 060: RAF Raider Destroyed 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 042: Life in France 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 044: Death of an Army (1973) 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 057: Marines at Tarawa! 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 032: Banzai 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 080: Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Last Gamble 3 copies
British History Illustrated Railway Special 1825-1975 (1975) 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 031: Corregidor 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 083: "Whatever the Enemy Does...." 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 061: Kohima and Imphal: Turning Point in Burma 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 024: Target Rommel 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 070: Allies Smash Two German Armies 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 065: D-Day 3 copies
Marshall Cavendish History of the Second World War - Volume 2, Magazine parts 17-32 (1973) 3 copies
Marshall Cavendish History of the Second World War - Volume 3, Magazine parts 33-48 (1973) 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 022: Barbarossa! 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 092: Hiroshima Nagasaki 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 063: Pre D-DAY The Allied War Machine 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 062: Pre D-DAY Hitler's Fortress Europe 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 055: War at the Top: The Big Three 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 094: Blister Gas, Chlorine Gas 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 016: The Sinking of the Bismarck 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 095: Tanks, Guns, Men 3 copies
Standaard geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 021: Operation Barbarossa 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 023: Russia Blunts the Blitzkrieg 3 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 029: The General Who Never Lost a Battle 3 copies
Marshall Cavendish History of the Second World War - Volume 4, Magazine parts 49-64 (1974) 3 copies
British History Illustrated, June 1974, Volume One, Number Two 2 copies
British History Illustrated, August 1974, Volume One, Number Three 2 copies
British History Illustrated, January 1978, Volume IV, Number Five 2 copies
British History Illustrated, April 1974, Volume One, Number One 2 copies
British History Illustrated, December 1975, Volume Two, Number Five 2 copies
The Edge of Battle (1969) 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 073: Arnhem 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 076: The Strange Career and Spectacular Death of the Tirpitz 2 copies
British History Illustrated, February 1976, Volume Two, Number Six 2 copies
British History Illustrated, September 1977, Volume IV, Number Three 2 copies
British History Illustrated, May 1977, Volume IV, Number One 2 copies
British History Illustrated, April 1975, Volume Two, Number One 2 copies
British History Illustrated, August 1975, Volume Two, Number Three 2 copies
British History Illustrated, October 1975, Volume Two, Number Four 2 copies
British History Illustrated, December 1976/January 1977, Volume III, Number Five 2 copies
British History Illustrated, March 1978, Volume IV, Number Six 2 copies
British History Illustrated, November 1977, Volume IV, Number Four 2 copies
British History Illustrated, February 1975, Volume One, Number Six 2 copies
British History Illustrated, April/May 1976, Volume Three, Number One 2 copies
British History Illustrated, July 1977, Volume IV, Number Two 2 copies
British History Illustrated, June/July 1976, Volume Three, Number Two 2 copies
British History Illustrated, August/September 1976, Volume III, Number Three 2 copies
British History Illustrated, October/November 1976, Volume III, Number Four 2 copies
British History Illustrated, December 1974, Volume One, Number Five 2 copies
British History Illustrated, February/March 1977, Volume III, Number Six 2 copies
Marshall Cavendish History of the Second World War - Volume 6, Magazine parts 81-96 (1975) 2 copies
British History Illustrated, June 1975, Volume Two, Number Two 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 090: The Race to Rangoon 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 087: Hitler Dead 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 056: Guadalcanal to Bougainville 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 041: Operation Torch 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 069: The Red Army Bursts Into Poland 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 088: Fire Raids on Japan 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 050: The Greatest Tank Battle in History 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 099: Big Four Take Over 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 068: The Bomb Plot 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 028: Hit and Run: The Big Commando Raids Begin 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 030: 1000 Bomber Raid, Birth of the Allied Blitz 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 039: Alamein: Montgomer's Desert Triumph 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 043: Scrap the Battle Fleet 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 046: Tunisia the Noose Tightens; Guadalcanal Slaughter at Sea 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 051: Italians Quit and Turn on Their Dictator 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 052: Allies Invade Italy 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 053: 'The Bolshevik Horde' 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 049: Battle for the Sealanes 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 058: Was Anzio Worth It? 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 093: The War an Overview 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 085: Into the Heart of Hitler's Reich 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 084: Victory in Italy 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 059: Cassino Falls 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 081: Battle of the Bulge: The Allies Hit Back 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 071: Prisoner on the Kwai 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 054: Did the Germans Stop Monty? 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 082: Iwo Jima 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 079: Bombing 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 077: The Soviet View of 'Liberation' 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 075: The Incredible Career of Richard Sorge, Stalin's Man in Tokyo 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 074: Inside the Camps 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 072: Paris Freed! 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 086: Fall of Berlin 2 copies
History of the Second World War, Part 128: Chronology 1945-1949 & Bibliography 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 122: The Spread of Communism 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 119: France Retreats From Empire 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 124: Artists at War 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 127: Chronology 1933-1944 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 101: Brave New World? 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 104: U-Boat 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 102: The Propaganda War 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 103: Hitler's Foreign Legions 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 100: Facing Defeat 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 098: The Perils of Peace 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 105: Dambusters 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 097: The World and the Bomb 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 120: Indonesia 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 108: Czechoslovakia 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 109: Belsen 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 111: Life at Home 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 112: Leaders and Generals 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 113: Chiang and His Generals 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 114: Diplomacy in War 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 115: Strategy & Tactics 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 117: Trials at Nuremberg 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 123: The Years of Reconstruction 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 106: Heraldry of War 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 107: Waffen-SS 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 110: The Soldier 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 121: Vietnam's Fight for Freedom 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 126: The Violent Peace 1 copy
World War II: An Illustrated History, Volume 13 (1977) 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Vol. 8 (partwork) (8 volumes) (1966) 1 copy
Standaard geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Dl. 1: 1939-1940 Voorspel Meidagen Slag om Engeland 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Vol. 6 (partwork) (8 volumes) (1966) 1 copy
The Crucible of War (Western Dessert 1941), Year of Almein (The Crucible of War 1942) 1 copy
british history illustrated volume 3 1 copy
british history illustrated volume 4 1 copy
BRITISH HISTORY ILLUSTRATED (Volume One, Number 1-5, 1974) (1974) 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 116: Forts 1 copy
History of the Second World War Special: Weapons of War 1 copy
Bommen op Europa: Hard tegen hard 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Vol. 1 (partwork) (8 volumes) (1966) 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Vol. 2 (partwork) (8 volumes) (1966) 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Vol. 3 (partwork) (8 volumes) (1966) 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Vol. 4 (partwork) (8 volumes) (1966) 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Vol. 5 (partwork) (8 volumes) (1966) 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Vol. 7 (partwork) (8 volumes) (1966) 1 copy
Standaard geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Dl. 3: 1942 De slag in de Javazee Stalingrad 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 118: Struggle Over Israel 1 copy
Standaard geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Dl. 6: 1945 Ardennenoffensief Atoombom (1980) 1 copy
Orrustan á Atlantshafi - Heimsstyrjöldin 1939-1945 1 copy
British History Illustrated; "Railway Builders," "Royal Trains," "Brunel," etc. 1 copy
The Battle of the Atlantic WWII 1 copy
La bataille de l'Atlantique (La deuxième guerre mondiale) - éditions Time-Life 1 copy
De Tweede Wereldoorlog. Strijd om de Altalantische Oceaan 1 copy
The Crucible of War Book 1: Wavell's Command 1 copy
The Crucible of War Book 3: Montgomery and Alamein 1 copy
Standaard geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Dl. 7: Terugblik en gevolgen 1 copy
Standaard geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Dl. 5: 1944 D-day De slag om Arnhem 1 copy
Standaard geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Dl. 4: 1943-1944 De val van Mussolini Anzio Cassino 1 copy
Standaard geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Dl. 2: 1941 De aanval op Rusland Pearl Harbor 1 copy
History of the Second World War, Part 125: Mao's Victory 1 copy
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Associated Works

Their Finest Hour: The Story of the Battle of Britain 1940 (1968) — Introduction, some editions — 181 copies
Midway, The Turning Point (1971) — Editor — 100 copies
Pacific Hawk (1970) — Introduction — 66 copies, 1 review
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1991 (1991) — Author "Italy's Pearl Harbor" — 14 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1993 (1993) — Author "The Brave Bunglers of Narvik" — 12 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1994 (1993) — Author "Mers el Kebir: The Unnecessary Showdown" — 9 copies

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Legal name
Pitt, Barrie William Edward
Birthdate
1918-07-07
Date of death
2006-04-15
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Birthplace
Galway, Ireland

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rjocl12 | Apr 10, 2023 |
Special Boat Squadron by Barrie Pitt
Special Boat Squadron by Barrie Pitt is the history of the secretive Special Boat Squadron (SBS). Pitt was well known as a military historian and editor of Purnell’s History of the Second World War and History of the First World War. His publications include Coronel and Falkland, Churchill and the Generals and The Crucible of War, a trilogy covering the North African campaign of the Second World War. He was born in Galway and later lived near Ilminster in Somerset. Pitt also served in the SBS.

The Small Boat Squadron started out as a one-time raiding party in North Africa and evolved into a special unit of the Royal Marines. From its adoption by the navy, the SBS performed impressive missions in the Mediterranean. Pitt does not limit the telling of just successes but missions that failed to complete its objective. The first members of SBS came from a wide mix of services and military specialities. A comment was made that they could never go on parade with the mix of uniforms. But, the SBS was more about action than it was in parades.

Pitt presents a well-written history of a service that remained secretive until the Falklands War. The history is detailed and includes first-hand accounts. Although the SBS has a long and storied history, Pitt limits his history to World War II and the Aegean. The accounts are very detailed but footnotes are limited and there are no cited sources in the appendix. All in all a very good history of a secretive military force.… (more)
 
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evil_cyclist | Mar 16, 2020 |
Zeebrugge : eleven VCs before breakfast by Barrie Pitt
Not exactly the most measured book ever written on Zeebrugge, more of a Boy's Own version full of derring-do and English (NB not British) pluck, but an OK read except in the bits where he's fawning over Keyes, whom Pitt obviously worships.
 
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expatscot | 5 other reviews | Sep 5, 2019 |
Zeebrugge, St.George's Day, 1918 by Barrie Pitt
Born in the fertile mind of Sir roger Keyes, this amphibious attack on the Belgian Port was designed to seriously hamper the German U-Boat campaign around the British Isles. Considering the complexity of the plan and the lack of the later small radio sets, it went off extremely well. The Germans were caught napping, but their response was still quite strong. So it was a bloody day, and the most Victoria crosses for a single action were handed out. It is a readable account of a complex situation.
 
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DinadansFriend | 5 other reviews | Jul 21, 2019 |
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