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Engineers of victory : the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War / Paul Kennedy.
Publication details: New York : Random House, c2013.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxvi, 436 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:- 0812979397 (pbk.) :
- 9780812979398 (pbk.) :
- 9781400067619 (alk. paper)
- 1400067618 (alk. paper)
- 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
- Germany -- Armed Forces -- Organization
- Germany -- Armed Forces -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations
- Amphibious warfare -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
- D743 .K425 2013
Contents:
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".
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
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-416) and index.
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
"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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