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Engineers of victory

by Paul M. Kennedy

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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.

Aerial BombingAmphibious warfareAmphibious operationsCampaignsAerial operationsWorld War, 1939-1945Naval convoysOrganizationNaval operationsArmed ForcesHistorynyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2013-02-17