Engineers of victory
the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War
1st ed.
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Word Count
109,000 words, Guess
Page Count
436 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25367417M
- ISBN-139781400067619
- OCLC Control Number299708282
- OCLC Control Number810949969
- OCLC Control Numberengineersofvicto0000kenn_g9q7
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2012024284
Classifications
- DDC940.54
- LCCD743 .K425 2013
Description
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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