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

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Label

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

Title remainder

the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War

Statement of responsibility

Paul Kennedy

Creator

• Kennedy, Paul M., 1945-

Subject

• Bombing, Aerial -- History -- 20th century
• Germany -- Armed Forces | History -- World War, 1939-1945
• Germany -- Armed Forces | Organization
• Naval convoys -- Atlantic Ocean -- History -- 20th century
• Amphibious warfare -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations

Language

eng

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"

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

940.54

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

D743

LC item number

.K425 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography