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Engineers of victory : the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War / by Paul Kennedy.
Language: English New York : Random House, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: xxvi, 436 pages : color illustration ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmeditaed
- volume
- 9780812979398 (paperback)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
- Naval convoys -- Atlantic Ocean -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
- Bombing, Aerial -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations
- Amphibious warfare -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
- Germany -- Armed Forces -- Organization
- Germany -- Armed Forces -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- D743.K425 2013
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | D 743 .K425 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5108778 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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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