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From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher)
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Subject: The Secret War
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Date: 17 Aug 90 02:35:32 GMT
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From: David Lesher <wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
Henry Spencer recently mentioned the R.V. Jones book "Wizard_War" in a
discussion. I'd like to mention another book on WWII and technology:
The_Secret_War, Brian Johnson, 1978 {Britain BBC, U.S. Methuen Inc}
ISBN 0-458-93340-6

It covers the contributions of the 'boffins' in six general chapters:

	Battle of the Beams	{navaids}
	Radar
	Terror Weapons		{V1, V2}
	Battle of the Atlantic	{ASDIC, Metox, H2S, Stumf}
	Misfortunes of War	{fubars}
	Enigma

The book evolved from the BBC series of the same title. It discusses in
detail many things only alluded to elsewhere:  HuffDuff, The Leigh
Light, magnetic mines, and the infamous Panjandrum, to list a few.

I recommend it. Does anyone know if the series was ever shown on U.S.
TV, or where it is available?

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