Engineers of Victory

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.

subjects: Aerial Bombing,  Amphibious warfare,  Amphibious operations,  Campaigns,  Aerial operations,  World War, 1939-1945,  Naval convoys,  Organization,  Naval operations,  Armed Forces,  History,  nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2013-02-17,  New York Times bestseller,  Naval Military operations,  Warfare and Defence,  Aerial Military operations,  Military campaigns,  World war, 1939-1945, naval operations,  World war, 1939-1945, aerial operations,  Bombing, aerial,  World war, 1939-1945, amphibious operations,  Germany, armed forces,  Naval history,  World war, 1939-1945, campaigns,  Engineering and construction,  Military engineering,  Technology,  Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945,  Génie et construction,  Génie militaire,  Histoire,  Technologie,  Campagnes et batailles,  Opérations aériennes,  Opérations navales

Places: Atlantic Ocean,  Germany,  Pacific Area

Times: 20th century,  World War, 1939-1945,  20e siècle