The Wheezers & Dodgers: The Inside Story of Clandestine Weapon Development in World War IIPen and Sword, 15 янв. 2009 г. - Всего страниц: 304 A rare look inside the Department of Miscellaneous Weapon Development, “a fascinating report on the trials—and some tribulations—of a clandestine world” (Kirkus Reviews). Previously published under the title The Secret War 1939-1945, this is a firsthand account of the Admiralty’s Department of Miscellaneous Weapon Development, the so-called “Wheezers and Dodgers,” and the many ingenious weapons and devices it invented, improved or perfected. Gerald Pawle was one of a group of officers with engineering or scientific backgrounds who were charged with the task of winning the struggle for scientific mastery between the Allies and the Germans in what Churchill enthusiastically called “the wizard war.” Their work ranged from early stop-gap weapons like the steam-powered Holman projector, via great success stories like the Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar, to futuristic experiments with rockets, a minefield that could be sown in the sky, and the spectacularly dangerous Great Panjandrum, a giant explosive Catherine-wheel intended to storm enemy beaches. The development of these and many other extraordinary inventions, their triumphs and disasters, is told with panache and humor by Pawle, and a diverse group of highly imaginative and eccentric figures emerge from the pages. |
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ARMOUR FOR THE BATTLE | |
THE GUN FROM SWITZERLAND | |
COUNTERBLAST THE ROCKET | |
CABLES IN THE | |
HARRYING THE UBOATS | |
THE MANTLE OF ELIJAH | |
THE TOYSHOP | |
Keys to the Fortress 17 INVASION AHEAD | |
THE MAN IN THE GROSVENOR HOTEL | |
SWISS ROLL AND THE LILY ISLANDS | |
THE GREAT PANJANDRUM | |
THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ALLIGATOR TAKE TO THE WATER | |
THE POTATOTHROWER | |
THE WIRE BARRAGE | |
The Enemy under the Waters 11 HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE | |
THE BIRTH OF THE HEDGEHOG | |
HIS MAJESTYS PIER | |
BUBBLES IN THE CHANNEL | |
THE FLOATING WALL | |
PREPARING FOR NEPTUNE | |
THE MIRACULOUS PORT | |
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