Engineers of victory : the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Information
New York : Random House, c2013.
Physical Description
xxvi, 436 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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."
Contents
- 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
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations.
- Naval convoys > Atlantic Ocean > History > 20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations.
- Bombing, Aerial > History > 20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Amphibious operations.
- Amphibious warfare > History > 20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area.
- Germany > Armed Forces > Organization.
- Germany > Armed Forces > History > World War, 1939-1945.