Bibliography of Sources Consulted (Session 5)
Operation DRACULA:
Books:
Karim, Afsir; The Story of the Indian Airborne Troops; New Delhi; Lancer International;
1993
Neild, Eric; With Pegasus in India - The Story of 153 Gurkha Parachute Battalion;
Singapore; privately published by Jay Birch; undated
Norton, G.G.; The Red Devils - The Story of the British Airborne Forces; Harrisburg, PA;
Stackpole Books; 1971
Praval, K.C.; India's Paratroopers - A History of the Parachute Regiment of India;
London; Leo Cooper; 1975
Tugwell, Maurice; Airborne to Battle - A History of Airborne Warfare 1918- 1971;
London; William Kimber; 1971
‘Oil Spot’ in New Guinea:
Books:
Galvin, John R.; Air Assault - The Development of Airmobile Warfare; New York;
Hawthorn Books; 1969
Guthrie, Bennett M; Three Winds of Death - The Saga of the 503rd Parachute
Regimental Combat Team in the South Pacific; Chicago; Adams Press; 1985
Huston, James A.; Out of the Blue - US Army Airborne Operations in World War II; West
Lafayette, IN; Purdue University Studies; 1972
MacDonald, Charles; Airborne; New York; Ballantine Books; 1970
Tugwell, Maurice; Airborne to Battle - A History of Airborne Warfare 1918-1971;
London; William Kimber; 1971
Others:
1967 Yearbook of the 173rd Airborne Brigade; publisher unknown; the introduction
includes a brief history of the 503rd
Popski’s Private Army:
Books:
Beaumont, Roger A.; Military Elites; Indianapolis; Bobbs-Merrill; 1974
Brown, Ashley and Jonathan Reed (editors); The Unique Units; Harrisburg, PA; National
Historical Society; 1986 (The Elite - The World's Crack Fighting Men, volume 10)
----------; Desert and Air Services; Harrisburg, PA; National Historical Society; 1986
(The Elite - The World's Crack Fighting Men, volume 14)
Gordon, John W.; The Other Desert War - British Special Forces in North Africa, 19401943; New York; Greenwood Press; 1987 (Contributions in Military Studies, number 56)
Hoare, Mike; Mercenary; New York; Bantam Books; 1967
Kay, R.L.; Long Range Desert Group in the Mediterranean; Wellington, NZ; War
History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs; 1950 (New Zealand in the Second World
War Official History)
Peniakoff, Vladimir; Private Army; London; Jonathan Cape; 1950
Rosignoli, Guido; Army Badges and Insignia of World War 2; New York; MacMillan;
1972
Sanderson, James Dean; Behind Enemy Lines; New York; Pyramid Books; 1959
Whittaker, Len; Some Talk of Private Armies; Harpenden, UK; Albanium Publishing;
1984
Willett, John; Popski - A Life of Vladimir Peniakoff; London; MacGibbon & Kee; 1954
Yunnie, Park; Warriors on Wheels; London; Hutchinson; 1959
Articles:
Evans, Hoyte; "Popski's Private Army Cap Badge"; Trading Post magazine; date
unknown