TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kennedy,Paul M.
TI  - Engineers of victory: the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War 
SN  - 0812979397 (pbk.) :
AV  - D743 .K425 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Naval convoys
KW  - Atlantic Ocean
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Aerial operations
KW  - Bombing, Aerial
KW  - Amphibious operations
KW  - Amphibious warfare
KW  - Pacific Area
KW  - Germany
KW  - Armed Forces
KW  - Organization
N1  - 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
N2  - "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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