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1. Engineers of victory: the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War

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Author:
Kennedy, Paul M., 1945-
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"Engineers of Victory" is a new account of how the tide was turned against the Nazis by the Allies in the Second World War, the focus being 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"; and Captain "Johnny" Walker, the convoy captain who worked out how to sink U-boats with a "creeping barrage"....

2. The guns at last light: the war in Western Europe, 1944-1945

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Atkinson, Rick
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Liberation trilogy volume 3.
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
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Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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Tells the dramatic story of the titanic battle for Western Europe from D-Day to the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich.

3. The road to Guilford Courthouse: the British campaign to regain the Carolinas, 1780-81

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Buchanan, John, 1931-
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Olivia Raney Local History - Adult Non-Fiction
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