Paola Livros

- ISBN: 9780812979398 / The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War. Editora Random House Trade. Ano 2013 - 436 páginas. Tamanho 23 x 16 cm. Livro usado, bem conservado. Em inglês. Capa dura e sobrecapa excelentes. - Resumo: Kennedy recounts the inside stories of the invention of the cavity magnetron, a miniature radar "as small as a soup plate, " and the Hedgehog, a multi-headed grenade launcher that allowed the Allies to overcome the threat to their convoys crossing the Atlantic; the critical decision by engineers to install a super-charged Rolls-Royce engine in the P-51 Mustang, creating a fighter plane more powerful than the Luftwaffes; and the innovative use of pontoon bridges (made from rafts strung together) to help Russian troops cross rivers and elude the Nazi blitzkrieg. He takes readers behind the scenes, unveiling exactly...