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V-bombs and weathermaps : reminiscences of World War II /
Towards the end of World War II Germany unleashed its weapons of vengeance on the British population - the V-1 flying bomb (a pilotless aircraft) and the V-2 rocket (the precursor of the ballistic missile). Brock McElheran experienced these fearsome weapons first-hand. In V-Bombs and Weathermaps he...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
1995.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Glossary
- Illustrations
- 1 London on D-Day
- 2 London, the Old Warrior
- 3 Liverpool, Another Veteran
- 4 London's Old Wounds
- 5 Greenwich and Its Civilian Fighters
- 6 Ruins Ancient and Modern
- 7 Where's the Pilot?
- 8 The Doodlebugs Attack in Earnest
- 9 The Battle Continues
- 10 Panic or Nonpanic?
- 11 Just Carry On ...
- 12 Closer and Closer
- 13 Our Private Bomb
- 14 Guinea Pigs and Maggots
- 15 Flashback: From War to War
- 16 Flashback: Conversion to Old Salts
- 17 Flashback: Signals from the Sea18 Flashback: Mines, Queens, and Fogs
- 19 Flashback: Pitch, Roll, Pitch
- 20 Gasometers?
- 21 Supersonic Surprises
- 22 An Uproarious Met. Office
- 23 Hot Wars End, Cold War Begins
- 24 Have We Forgotten?
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
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