Secret Weapons of World War II
Secret Weapons of World War II
Breuer, William B.
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
09/2000
256
Dura
Inglês
9780471372875
0471372870
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This work offers a glimpse of 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.
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.
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This work offers a glimpse of 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.
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.
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