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“peter r jensen”

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  • Wireless at War

    by Peter R Jensen ...
    After 1900, as the potential advantages of wireless technology to the battlefield and for marine warfare became apparent, interested industrial organisations multiplied, keeping pace with the growth of the armies and navies that would soon apply their products to devastating effect. How twentieth-century warfare helped to speed the development of radio and electronic communications is worthy of ... Read more

    $8.29 USD

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  • Most Secret War

    by R.V. Jones ...
    Series series Penguin World War II Collection
    Reginald Jones was nothing less than a genius.And his appointment to the Intelligence Section of Britain's Air Ministry in 1939 led to some of the most astonishing scientific and technological breakthroughs of the Second World War.In Most Secret War he details how Britain stealthily stole the war from under the Germans' noses by outsmarting their intelligence at every turn. He tells of the 'battle ... Read more

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  • Panzer IV: The Workhorse of the Panzerwaffe

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    The Panzer IV was the only German tank to stay in production throughout the war. It was the backbone of the Panzer force and was deployed on every front. Due to its efficient armament, robust armour and outstanding reliability, it was preferred by crews over the Panther, Tiger and King Tiger. This comprehensive overview of the Panzer IV in action was compiled by Emmy Award winning historian Bob ... Read more

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  • The Four Geniuses of the Battle of Britain

    Watson-Watt, Henry Royce, Sydney Camm & RJ Mitchell

    by David Coles, Peter Sherrard ...
    "Had it not been for the vital contributions of the four men and their inventions described in this book the Battle of Britain could not have been won by the Royal Air Force. Each of these brilliant men contributed enormously to the aircraft and equipment upon which the gallant RAF fighter pilots depended to take on and defeat the hitherto overpowering Luftwaffe during Hitlers European onslaught. ... Read more

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  • SOE: The Scientific Secrets

    by Fredric Boyce, Douglas Everett ...
    The history of Special Operations Executive (SOE) seems to spring a never-ending run of surprises, and here are some more. This book explores the mysterious world of the tools SOE used for their missions of subversion and sabotage. An often grim reality is confronted that is more akin with the world of James Bond and Q's workshop than previously believed. Written by two scientists, one of whom ... Read more

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  • The World's Great Tanks: From 1916 to the Present Day

    From 1916 to the Present Day

    by Ford, Roger ...
    Series series Military Classics
    The World's Great Tanks examines the best tanks to have ever entered combat - from the earliest British Mark IVs and Vs to classic World War II tanks such as the Russian T-34, the American Sherman, and the German Tiger and Panther tanks to the more modern tanks, such as the Abrams, T-72, Challenger and Leopard. The book details the development of these key vehicles and significant breakthroughs ... Read more

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  • Alan Turing and Enigma Machine

    by Alan Moon ...
    Read the amazing life of this English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, who helps crack the Enigma code during World War II. Now in theaters with "The imitation Game" film. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Bletchley Park Codebreakers

    by Michael Smith ...
    The British codebreakers at Bletchley Park are now believed to have shortened the duration of the Second World War by up to two years. During the dark days of 1941, as Britain stood almost alone against the the Nazis, this remarkable achievement seemed impossible. This extraordinary book, originally published as Action This Day, includes descriptions by some of Britain s foremost historians of the ... Read more

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  • Turing

    The Tragic Life of Alan Turing

    by Fergus Mason ...
    Hundreds of movies and thousands of books have been written about the heroes of World War II. For dozens of years, however, few people knew about one of the greatest heroes of the war—a mild-mannered, eccentric mathematician from the University of Cambridge.This man, an undeniable genius whose later life was plagued by controversy and tragedy, probably played a greater role in the eventual Allied ... Read more

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  • German Secret Weapons of the Second World War

    The Missiles, Rockets, Weapons & New Technology of the Third Reich

    by Ian V. Hogg ...
    "A comprehensive, highly detailed study [that] displays a stunning wealth of technical knowledge . . . a brisk and understandable narrative." — HistoryNetThe phrase "German secret weapons" immediately conjures up images of the V-1 and V-2 missiles that bombarded London in 1944. But what of the V-3 and V-4? What of Schmetterling, the Rochling shell, the Kurt bomb, the Hs293? These, and many other ... Read more

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  • Naval Firepower

    Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnought Era

    by Norman Friedman ...
    An in-depth history of naval battleship firepower from before World War I to the end of World War II, by America's leading naval analyst.For more than half a century, the big gun was the arbiter of naval power, but it was useless if it could not hit the target fast and hard enough to prevent the enemy doing the same. Because the naval gun platform was itself in motion, finding a "firing solution" ... Read more

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  • Tanks

    100 years of evolution

    by Professor Richard Ogorkiewicz ...
    From an internationally acclaimed expert in the field comes a detailed, analytical and comprehensive account of the worldwide evolution of tanks, from their inception a century ago to the present day.With new ideas stemming from the latest academic research, this study presents a reappraisal of the development of tanks and their evolution during World War I and how the surge in technological ... Read more

    $13.59 USD