The Secret War
- ISBN-10
- 1844151026
- ISBN-13
- 9781844151028
- Series
- The Secret War
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-06-30
- Publisher
- Pen and Sword
- Author
- Brian Johnson
Description
Orginally a TV tie-in expanded from the BBC televison series, the book covers the behind-the-scenes aspects of the fight by the 'back room' scientists and technicians of WW2, including the battles against the Luftwaffe navigational beams, the V-1 and V-2 flying bombs, the development of radar, the battle against the u-boats, countering the magnetic mine, and the breaking of the codes produced by the Enigma machines.
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