Secret weapons of World War II / William B. Breuer.
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- ISBN: 0471372870
- ISBN: 9780471372875
- Physical Description: ix, 242 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Wiley, [2000]
- Copyright: ©2000
Content descriptions
- With Note:
- MARCIVE 03/01/06
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Part 1 War Breaks Out -- German Invention Triggers Global Search 5 -- Stealing America's Radar Secrets 10 -- History's Most Important Letter 12 -- A U.S. Foundation Funds Nazi Research 18 -- "A Bunch of Crazy Scientists" 21 -- Charles Lindbergh Helps the "Moon Man" 23 -- An American Aids Japanese Nuclear Project 25 -- Supersecret Station X 26 -- Aspirins Foil the Luftwaffe 28 -- A Plan to Light Up the United Kingdom 32 -- Is a Death Ray Feasible? 33 -- A Hassle with British Bureaucrats 37 -- Conjuring Up Wild Theories 38 -- Part 2 Great Britain Stands Alone -- A Nation's Survival at Stake 43 -- A Little Black Box of Secrets 46 -- A Huge Mousetrap in the Sky 50 -- Americans Break the Purple Code 52 -- Mystery Truck from Mars 56 -- Churchill's Agonizing Decision 59 -- Duel of the Radio Beams 62 -- Enigma Betrays the Italian Fleet 63 -- Code Names Rebecca and Eureka 64 -- A Dying Genius "Sinks" the Bismarck 67 -- Cryptographic Sleuths Silence the Red Orchestra 72 -- A Miraculous Escape from Denmark 77 -- Bright Ideas for Winning the War 80 -- Operation Jay: An Intricate Hoax 81 -- England's "Kamikaze" Pilots 86 -- Part 3 Thrust and Counterthrust -- Could Pearl Harbor Have Been Avoided? 91 -- British Invade Washington 92 -- A Scheme to Bomb New York 94 -- Five U.S. Scientists Killed 94 -- Mystery of the Vanishing U-Boats 96 -- Germans' Four-Poster Beds 98 -- Century's Most Audacious Heist 102 -- A Secret Move to a Secret Site 105 -- Poking Out Britain's "Eyes" 106 -- A Plan to Turn Hitler Feminine 109 -- Geniuses in a Dungeon 113 -- A Test Goes Up in Smoke 120 -- Goering an "Honorary Scientist" 121 -- A Nuclear Laboratory Explodes 124 -- A Gathering of "Luminaries" 124 -- Part 4 Turning of the Tide -- A Spectacular Rocket Feat 129 -- Stealing German Weather Forecasts 132 -- "I Fear We Are in the Soup!" 134 -- Fiasco in Chesapeake Bay 139 -- Soviets' Secret Nuclear Laboratory 140 -- Prediction: Hitler Will Have A-Bomb 141 -- Eavesdropping on Roosevelt and Churchill 144 -- A Burglar Alarm at Gibraltar 146 -- Feuds among Nazi Bigwigs 151 -- A Chess Game in the Atlantic 153 -- History's First Nuclear Spy 158 -- A Rain of Metallic Foil 162 -- Smuggling a Renowned Scientist 165 -- A Plan to Poison the German Food Supply 169 -- Bouncing Bombs and Dambusters 170 -- Part 5 Beginning of the End -- Protecting a Sacred Secret 177 -- A Triumph for German Cryptanalysts 178 -- "You Scare Hell Out of Me!" 180 -- Snooping on a Japanese Ambassador 185 -- A Rocket Genius Charged with Treason 188 -- German Codebreakers Pinpoint Normandy 190 -- "Hiding" a Mighty Invasion 192 -- Schemes to Defeat a Plague of Robots 196 -- A Soviet Plot Fizzles 198 -- Hitler Counts on Wonder Weapons 199 -- Thwarting Japanese Torpedo Planes 203 -- A Bizarre Scenario in Zurich 205 -- A Tiny Fuse Balks the Fuhrer 207 -- Tactics to Obstruct the Soviets 210 -- A Polish Janitor Scores a Coup 212 -- Hitler Orders Lethal Gas Assault 213 -- A Trainload of German Brainpower 213 -- Japan's Secret Weapons Await Invasion 217 -- Treachery at Los Alamos 219.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 623.09 B (Text) | 36015000611000 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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