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Engineers of victory : the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War

Title: Engineers of victory : the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War / Paul Kennedy.
Author: Kennedy, Paul M., 1945-
Publication: New York : Random House, c2013.

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Description

xxvi, 436 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

"Engineers of Victory" is a new account of how the tide was turned against the Nazis by the Allies in the Second World War, the focus being on the problem-solvers: Major-General Perry Hobart, who invented the "funny tanks" which flattened the curve on the D-Day beaches; Flight Lieutenant Ronnie Harker "the man who put the Merlin in the Mustang"; and Captain "Johnny" Walker, the convoy captain who worked out how to sink U-boats with a "creeping barrage".

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

How to get convoys safely across the Atlantic -- How to win command of the air -- How to stop a blitzkrieg -- How to seize an enemy-held shore -- How to defeat the "tyranny of distance" -- Conclusion: problem solving in history

Call Number

JFE 13-3037

ISBN

9781400067619 (alk. paper)
1400067618 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2012024284

OCLC

299708282

Author

Kennedy, Paul M., 1945-

Title

Engineers of victory : the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War / Paul Kennedy.

Imprint

New York : Random House, c2013.

Edition

1st ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 13-3037

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