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Engineers of Victory : : the Problem Solvers who Turned the Tide in the Second World War

Kennedy, Paul M., 1945- Book - 2013 940.54 Ke 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3 out of 5

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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.
"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".

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An interesting look ... submitted by GJBarnett2 on July 15, 2013, 12:33pm ... at some of the mid-level management that created the solutions that underlay some of the great technical break-throughs that led to the victories in the great land, sea and air campaigns of WWII. Sometimes a bit tedious but overall worthwhile.