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| 2622 | EGGLESTON, Wilfrid. Scientists at War. 291p., illus., index. London: OUP, 1950.
Describes the Canadian scientific contribution. |
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| 2623 | HARTCUP, Guy. The Challenge of War: Scientific and Engineering Contributions to World War Two. 295p., bibliog., illus., index. Newton Abbot: David & Charles; New York: Taplinger, 1970. ISBN: 0715347896.
A solid review with sections on mine warfare, A/S warfare, and amphibious support. |
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| 2624 | HENRY, Chris. Depth Charge! Royal Naval Mines, Depth Charges and Underwater Weapons 1914-1945. vi, 197p., bibliog.., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2005. ISBN: 1844151743.
An innovative history which looks at weapon design and creation by engineers and inventors. WW2 occupies only twenty per cent of the book but covers a neglected area. The book is however somewhat disjointed. |
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| 2625 | JONES, R. V. Most Secret War. xx, 556p., illus. London: Hamilton, 1978. ISBN: 0241897467. Jones spent a decade in scientific counterintelligence predicting and attempting to counter German scientific developments from the war at sea to the V weapon attacks. |
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| 2626 | KEMP, Norman. The Devices of War. 232p., illus. London: Laurie, 1956.
Ten chapters on a variety of inventions from bandages to Mulberry Harbours. |
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| 2627 | LAMPE, David. Pyke: The Unknown Genius. 224p., illus., index. London: Evans, 1959.
A biography of Geoffrey Pyke, an inventor who worked for Combined Operations under the patronage of Mountbatten. He developed such projects as Habakkuk, the unsinkable aircraft carrier to be built from an ice-floe. |
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| 2628 | LINDSEYM, George R. No Day Long Enough: Canadian Science in World War II. xi, 274p., bibliog., illus. Toronto: Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, 1997. ISBN: 0919769659. Canadian science made giant strides during the war, much of it in naval related areas. |
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| 2629 | LONGARD, John R. Knots, Volts and Decibels: An Informal History of the Naval Research Establishment, 1940–1967. 115p., illus. Dartmouth, N.S.: Defence Research Establishment Atlantic, 1993. ISBN: 0662232232. Part of the infrastructure which kept the RCN equipped for war. |
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| 2630 | McCUE, Brian. U-Boats in the Bay of Biscay: An Essay in Operations Analysis. xvii, 207p., bibliog., illus., index. Washington: National Defense University Press, 1990. ISBN: 016022585X. A good review of a highly technical area. |
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| 2631 | PAWLE, Gerald. The Secret War 1939–45: The Exploits Of The Department Of Miscellaneous Weapon Development In The Admiralty, Otherwise Known As The Wheezers And Dodgers. 297p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Harrap, 1956; New York: Sloane, 1957.
The Admiralty Department of Miscellaneous Weapon Development initiated or developed an enormous range of weaponry from the Holman Projector to the Hedgehog. Reprinted by Seaforth in 2009 as The Wheezers & Dodgers. |
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| 2632 | POOLMAN, Kenneth. The Winning Edge: Naval Technology in Action, 1939–1945. xii, 237p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton; Annapolis: NIP, 1997. ISBN: 1557506876.
Describes all the major technical developments of the major powers and looks at examples of their deployment in action. |
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| 2633 | POSTAN, M. M., HAY, D., & SCOTT, J. D. Design and Development of Weapons: Studies in Government and Industrial Organisation (History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Civil Series). xiv, 579p., index. London: HMSO, 1964.
Contains interesting material on the development of radar and on the procurement of new FAA planes. |
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| 2634 | TERRELL, Edward. Admiralty Brief: The Story of Inventions that Contributed to Victory in the Battle of the Atlantic. 240p., illus. London: Harrap, 1958.
The wartime autobiography of a barrister with a scientific background who was called in to sift evidence of what the Germans were doing at sea, so that countermeasures could be devised. |
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| 2635 | WADDINGTON, C. H. O. R. in World War 2: Operational Research against the U-Boat. xvii, 253p., illus. London: Elek Science, 1973. ISBN: 023615463X.
Written at the end of WW2, but not published then for security reasons. Describes the work of the operational research section of Coastal Command. |
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| 2636 | WATSON-WATT, Robert. Three Steps to Victory: A Personal Account by Radar's Greatest Pioneer. 480p., illus. London: Odhams, 1957.
Watson-Watt is generally credited as the inventor of radar, which proved critical to all the armed services. |
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| 2637 | WILLIAMS, Kathleen Broome. Secret Weapon: US High Frequency Direction Finding in the Battle of the Atlantic. xix, 292p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP, 1996. ISBN: 1557509352.
A solid piece of research describing the development of HF/DF by the USN and emphasising its importance in the defeat of the U-boat. |
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| 2638 | WRIGHT, Peter. Spycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer. [4], 392p., illus., index. New York: Viking; Sydney: Heinemann Australia, 1986. ISBN: 0670820555.
These notorious memoirs include a brief account of his war service in the Admiralty Research Laboratory on degaussing, notably for the X-Craft involved in the Tirpitz attack. |
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| 2639 | ZIMMERMAN, David. Top Secret Exchange: The Tizard Mission and the Scientific War. xii, [viii], 252p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton; Toronto: McGill-Queen's, 1996. ISBN: 0773514015.
In the summer of 1940 Sir Henry Tizard led a mission to the US and Canada which made available almost all of Britain's technical and scientific military secrets. These ranged from the cavity magnetron and radar work, to jet engine design and A/S warfare experience. This was a critical step in building Allied trust. |
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| 2640 | ZUCKERMAN, Solly. From Apes to Warlords: The Autobiography (1904–1946). xv, 447p., illus., index. London: Hamilton; New York: Harper & Row, 1978. ISBN: 0241896592.
One of the troop of wartime scientific advisers, this is an autobiography which includes interesting material on his time at Combined Operations, ranging from advising the Cockleshell Heroes to the Habakkuk Project. |
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| 2641 | The British Merchant Navy. 56p., illus. New York: British Information Services, 1945
Presented as an alphabet ranging from Athenia, Briarwood, and Commodore to Yards and Zealand. A propaganda leaflet. |
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