The Secret War"The 1939-45 War was a struglle as much between scientists as fighting men. The need, on both sides, to counter the enemy's technological ingenuity was a spur to scientific invention. The BBC1 television programmes looked at six key areas of the 'back-room' secret war. Brian Johnson, who produced the series, has expanded them for his book"--Dust jacket. |
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Page 209
... convoys , seemed to have learned very little from their allies ' experience . Shipping off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States sailed as if it were still peacetime ; there was no convoy system and anti - submarine patrols were ...
... convoys , seemed to have learned very little from their allies ' experience . Shipping off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States sailed as if it were still peacetime ; there was no convoy system and anti - submarine patrols were ...
Page 221
... convoys . It was found that the same number of ships were lost , roughly speaking , whether the convoy was large or small . The actual figures were an average loss of 2.6 for convoys of less than forty - five ships , and 1.76 for larger ...
... convoys . It was found that the same number of ships were lost , roughly speaking , whether the convoy was large or small . The actual figures were an average loss of 2.6 for convoys of less than forty - five ships , and 1.76 for larger ...
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... convoy radio code . The U - boat high command could therefore plot the route of many of the convoys across the Atlantic . In March , acting on information supplied by the cryptanalysts , thirty - nine U - boats were concentrated to ...
... convoy radio code . The U - boat high command could therefore plot the route of many of the convoys across the Atlantic . In March , acting on information supplied by the cryptanalysts , thirty - nine U - boats were concentrated to ...
Contents
Introduction A Letter from Oslo | 9 |
Terror Weapons | 123 |
The Battle of the Atlantic | 189 |
Copyright | |
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