Chamber divers : the untold story of the D-Day scientists who changed special operations forever
Publication Information
[New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024]
Physical Description
438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
"This is a previously classified story of one group of scientific researchers--men and women--who exposed themselves to extraordinary risks to make D-Day a success"--
Notes
Place of publication from publisher's website.
Contents
- Prologue: "A piece of cake"
- Professor Haldane and Dr. Spurway's problem
- Brooklyn Bridge of death
- Devil's bubbles
- Subsunk
- Love, cooking, and communism
- Drunk and doing math
- Everyday poisonous gases
- The blitz
- The piggery
- The littlest pig
- Lung maps
- Nerves
- The inevitable solution
- The midget subs
- Airs of Overlord
- The operations
- The longest days
- The unremembered.
Subjects
- Deep diving > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Commando operations > Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Submarine.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Amphibious operations.
- Midget submarines > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, British.
- Military research > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France > Normandy.
- Great Britain. Royal Navy > Commando troops.
- Haldane, J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson), 1892-1964.