Title: Engineers of victory
Description: An account of how the tide was turned against the Nazis by the Allies in the Second World War. It focuses on the problem-solvers - Major-General Perry Hobart, who invented the 'funny tanks' which flattened the curve on the D-Day beaches; Flight Lieutenant Ronnie Harker 'the man who put the Merlin in the Mustang.
Subjects: Aerial Bombing, Amphibious warfare, Amphibious operations, Campaigns, Aerial operations, World War, 1939-1945, Naval convoys, Organization, Naval operations, Armed Forces, History, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2013-02-17, New York Times bestseller, Naval Military operations, Warfare and Defence, Aerial Military operations, Military campaigns, World war, 1939-1945, naval operations, World war, 1939-1945, aerial operations, Bombing, aerial, World war, 1939-1945, amphibious operations, Germany, armed forces, Naval history, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, Engineering and construction, Military engineering, Technology, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Génie et construction, Génie militaire, Histoire, Technologie, Campagnes et batailles, Opérations aériennes, Opérations navales
Places: Atlantic Ocean, Germany, Pacific Area
Time periods: 20th century, World War, 1939-1945, 20e siècle