The Secret War
- Authors
- Johnson, Brian
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books
- Tags
- world war 2 , history , espionage & intelligence , weapons & warfare
- ISBN
- 9781844151028
- Date
- 1978-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 46.75 MB
- Lang
- en
Orginally a TV tie-in expanded from the BBC televison series, the book covers the behind-the-scenes aspects of the fight by the 'back room' scientists and technicians of WW2, including the battles against the Luftwaffe navigational beams, the V-1 and V-2 flying bombs, the development of radar, the battle against the u-boats, countering the magnetic mine, and the breaking of the codes produced by the Enigma machines.