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Secret Weapons of World War II

Secret Weapons of World War II

by WilliamB.Breuer (Author)

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    Hardcover 2000

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Synopsis

This work offers a glimpse at 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. It features more than 70 tales of ingenious secret weapons and innovations - from radar, huff-duff (high frequency direction finding), invisible radio beams, to secret codes, electronic guidance systems, homing devices and submarine detection instruments.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 256
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 18 Sep 2000
ISBN 10: 0471372870
ISBN 13: 9780471372875

Media Reviews
Once again scouring his seemingly inexhaustible personal archives, as well as public sources, popular historian Breuer has produced yet another collection of rip-roaring tales. With more than 20 books to his credit, Breuer ( Unexplained Mysteries of World War II, etc.) employs a formulaic presentation of enticingly named stories- Supersecret Station X, A Plan to Poison the German Food Supply, among them - in short, punchy chapters grouped by theme. Written out of passion for its subject, this book reads like good pulp. Bright Ideas for Winning the War discloses some of the ludicrous battle tactics proposed by well-meaning armchair generals. History's First Nuclear Spy, Walter Koehler, turns out to be not a double agent, but a triple. Treachery at Los Alamos shows how a box of Jell-O played a role in helping a network of spies steal nuclear secrets from the United States on behalf of the Soviet Union. A few of the stories hang unfinished; Hitler Orders Lethal Gas Assault, but we never find out where the gas ends up after the attack is aborted. Still, this is a delightful addition to the niche that Breuer has so successfully carved out. --Publishers Weekly September 18, 2000
Author Bio
WILLIAM B. BREUER is the critically acclaimed author of twenty-six military history books, including Unexplained Mysteries of World War II, Top Secret Tales of World War II, Undercover Tales of World War II, Vendetta!: Castro and the Kennedy Brothers, and Shadow Warriors: The Covert War in Korea. Ten of his books have been main selections of the Military Book Club, including The Great Raid on Cabanatuan and MacArthur's Undercover War.