An edition of Engineers of victory (2013)

Engineers of victory

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

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An edition of Engineers of victory (2013)

Engineers of victory

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

1st ed.

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An account of how the tide was turned against the Nazis by the Allies in the Second World War. It focuses 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.

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Random House
Language
English
Pages
436

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Subjects

Aerial Bombing, Amphibious warfare, Amphibious operations, Campaigns, Aerial operations, World War, 1939-1945, Naval convoys, Organization, Naval operations, Armed Forces, History, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2013-02-17, New York Times bestseller, Naval Military operations, Warfare and Defence, Aerial Military operations, Military campaigns, World war, 1939-1945, naval operations, World war, 1939-1945, aerial operations, Bombing, aerial, World war, 1939-1945, amphibious operations, Germany, armed forces, Naval history, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, Engineering and construction, Military engineering, Technology, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Génie et construction, Génie militaire, Histoire, Technologie, Campagnes et batailles, Opérations aériennes, Opérations navales

Places

Atlantic Ocean, Germany, Pacific Area

Times

20th century, World War, 1939-1945, 20e siècle
Edition Availability
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Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War
2014, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: Engineers of Victory
Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned The Tide in the Second World War
Dec 10, 2013, Random House Trade Paperbacks, Random House Publishing Group
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Cover of: Engineers of victory
Engineers of victory: the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War
2013, Random House
in English - 1st ed.
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Engineers of victory: the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War
2013, HarperCollins Publishers
in English - 1st Canadian ed.

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Table of Contents

How to get convoys safely across the Atlantic
How to win command of the air
How to stop the Nazi blitzkrieg
How to advance on an enemy-held shore
How to defeat the Pacific Ocean's "tyranny of distance".

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.54
Library of Congress
D743 .K425 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
436

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OL25367417M
Internet Archive
engineersofvicto0000kenn_g9q7
ISBN 13
9781400067619, 9781588368980
LCCN
2012024284
OCLC/WorldCat
299708282, 810949969

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