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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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Details
- 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".
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations
- Naval convoys > Atlantic Ocean > History > 20th century
- Germany > Armed Forces > Organization
- Amphibious warfare > History > 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 > Amphibious operations
- Bombing, Aerial > History > 20th century
- Germany > Armed Forces > History > World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area
- World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations
- 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