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Secret Weapons of World War II

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This work offers a glimpse at the behind-the-scenes battles during World War II between the scientists, mathematicians, physicists, and technicians on both Allied and Axis sides as they raced to harness new technologies and change the course of the war. It features more than 70 tales of ingenious secret weapons and innovations - from radar, huff-duff (high frequency direction finding), invisible radio beams, to secret codes, electronic guidance systems, homing devices and submarine detection instruments.

Table of Contents:
Partial table of contents:; WAR BREAKS OUT; German Invention Triggers Global Search; Stealing America's Radar Secrets; Charles Lindbergh Helps the Moon Man ; An American Aids Japanese Nuclear Project; A Hassle with British Bureaucrats; Conjuring Up Wild Theories; GREAT BRITAIN STANDS ALONE; A Nation's Survival at Stake; A Little Black Box of Secrets; A Huge Mousetrap in the Sky; Enigma Betrays the Italian Fleet; Code Names Rebecca and Eureka; England's Kamikaze Pilots; THRUST AND COUNTERTHRUST; Could Pearl Harbor Have Been Avoided?; The British Invade Washington; The Century's Most Audacious Heist; A Secret Move to a Secret Site; A Nuclear Laboratory Explodes; A Gathering of Luminaries ; TURNING OF THE TIDE; A Spectacular Rocket Feat; Stealing German Weather Forecasts; I Fear We Are in the Soup!; A Burglar Alarm at Gibraltar; Feuds among Nazi Bigwigs; A Plan to Poison the German Food Supply; Bouncing Bombs and Dambusters; BEGINNING OF THE END; Protecting a Sacred Secret; A Triumph for German Cryptanalysts; You Scare Hell Out of Me!; A Soviet Plot Fizzles; Hitler Counts on Wonder Weapons; A Trainload of German Brainpower; Japan's Secret Weapons Await Invasion; Treachery at Los Alamos; Notes and Sources; Index.

About the Author :
WILLIAM B. BREUER is the critically acclaimed author of twenty-six military history books, including Unexplained Mysteries of World War II, Top Secret Tales of World War II, Undercover Tales of World War II, Vendetta!: Castro and the Kennedy Brothers, and Shadow Warriors: The Covert War in Korea. Ten of his books have been main selections of the Military Book Club, including The Great Raid on Cabanatuan and MacArthur's Undercover War.

Review :
Once again scouring his seemingly inexhaustible personal archives, as well as public sources, popular historian Breuer has produced yet another collection of rip-roaring tales. With more than 20 books to his credit, Breuer ("Unexplained Mysteries of World War II, " etc.) employs a formulaic presentation of enticingly named stories- "Supersecret Station X," "A Plan to Poison the German Food Supply," among them - in short, punchy chapters grouped by theme. Written out of passion for its subject, this book reads like good pulp. "Bright Ideas for Winning the War" discloses some of the ludicrous battle tactics proposed by well-meaning armchair generals. "History's First Nuclear Spy," Walter Koehler, turns out to be not a double agent, but a triple. "Treachery at Los Alamos" shows how a box of Jell-O played a role in helping a network of spies steal nuclear secrets from the United States on behalf of the Soviet Union. A few of the stories hang unfinished; "Hitler Orders Lethal Gas Assault," but we never find out where the gas ends up after the attack is aborted. Still, this is a delightful addition to the niche that Breuer has so successfully carved out. --Publishers Weekly September 18, 2000


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780471372875
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0471372870
  • Publisher Date: 28 Aug 2000
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 539 gr


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