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...
| Основен автор: | McElheran, Brock. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Montreal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
1995.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=405167 |
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V-bombs and weathermaps. |
Съдържание:
- ""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 Sea""""18 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""; ""Z""