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050 4 $aD810.S2$bP56 2010
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100 1 $aPhelps, Stephen.
245 14 $aThe Tizard Mission :$bthe top-secret operation that changed the course of World War II /$cStephen Phelps.
260 $aYardley, Pa. :$bWestholme,$cc2010.
300 $axiii, 323 p., [12] p. of plates :$bill., maps, ports. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [299]-311) and index.
520 $aIn August 1940, a German invasion of Britain looked inevitable. Churchill gambled on an unorthodox plan: a team would travel under cover to the United States and give the still-neutral Americans the best of Britain's secrets, in hopes that the US would provide financial and manufacturing support-- perhaps even entry into the war.
505 0 $a"The bombers will always get through" -- America's first line of defense -- The Tizard Committee -- Bawdsley Manor -- The "special relationship" -- Prime Minister Churchill -- The common cause -- A simple stroke of genius -- Three thousand miles from war -- The mission takes shape -- First contact -- The Duchess of Richmond -- Unparalleled power -- An American mandate -- Radiation laboratory -- A two-ocean war -- Secret weapons -- The mission's legacy -- Appendix. Minutes of the first meeting of the British Technical Mission to the USA.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xTechnology.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMilitary intelligence$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMilitary intelligence$zUnited States.
650 0 $aTechnical assistance, American$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aTechnical assistance, British$zUnited States.
600 10 $aTizard, Henry Thomas,$d1885-1959.
852 00 $bglx$hD810.S2$iP56 2010