Secret Weapons: Technology, Science and the Race to Win World War II - Tapa dura

"Ford writes with a light touch... this will be lots of fun for military history fans, including younger history buffs." --Library Journal"British scientist and TV personality Ford pulls back the curtain in this fascinating, accessible study of the weapons and tactics that changed the course of World War II." --Publishers Weekly Ford writes with a light touch... this will be lots of fun for military history fans, including younger history buffs. "Library Journal" British scientist and TV personality Ford pulls back the curtain in this fascinating, accessible study of the weapons and tactics that changed the course of World War II. "Publishers Weekly"" "British scientist and TV personality Ford pulls back the curtain in this fascinating, accessible study of the weapons and tactics that changed the course of World War II." -- "Publishers Weekly ""Ford writes with a light touch... this will be lots of fun for military history fans, including younger history buffs." -- "Library Journal"

Deep in the bunkers of Nazi Germany, many of the world's top scientists worked to create a new generation of war winning super-weapons. A few of these, such as jet aircraft and the V2 rocket, became realities at the end of the war, others never made it off the drawing-board. Written by noted research scientist, Brian Ford, this book charts the history of secret weapons development by all the major powers during the war, from British radar to Japanese ray-guns, and explains the impact that these developments eventually had on the outcome of World War II.