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Churchill's War Lab
Code-breakers, Scientists, and the Mavericks Churchill Led to Victory
By Downing, Taylor
- ISBN
- 978-1-59020-565-5
- Publisher
- Overlook
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Reviewed on June 1, 2011
World War II saw the introduction of numerous new weapons and procedures, with the British prime minister desperate for ways to counter German strength. Churchill enthusiastically supported experiments, new military units, changes in procedures, and unorthodox thinkers who had been disregarded by the establishment. Downing (Battlestations: War Winning Weapons of the Second World War) shows here how, unlike President Roosevelt, Churchill took great pleasure in the details of weapons developm...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
