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Target London: Under attack from the V-weapons during WWII de Christy Campbell

Target London: Under attack from the V-weapons during WWII

Autor Christy Campbell
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 ian 2013
During the darkest days of the Second World War, the Allies listened intently to the messages of the enemy. Every whisper built a picture of the threat to come - weapons that were terrifying in their murderous capabilities.

Target London is the dramatic tale of the inception of the German V-weapons, the Allies' epic race to discover the truth about them and the rockets' effects on the streets of London. Investigative historian Christy Campbell brilliantly interweaves the many strands of this gripping episode. At the heart of this tale is London - the target of Nazi Germany's plan to crush British morale.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780349123561
ISBN-10: 034912356X
Pagini: 544
Ilustrații: Section: 16, b/w photos
Dimensiuni: 200 x 130 x 37 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Abacus
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Detailed and well-researched . . . he has some fascinating material on London's response to this onslaught
The writing is clear and the story compelling
The story is a fascinating blend of drama and symbolism and Campbell has concocted a narrative mix as rich as the ethanol and liquid oxygen cocktail that blasted the V-2 heavenwards
Campbell breaks new ground . . . by combining [the story of Peenemunde] with the story of those on this side of the Channel who tried to chart the rocket scientists' progress through information gleaned from spies, prisoners of war and the code breakers of Bletchley Park . . . an accomplished study
Campbell conveys these parallel narratives with suspense in a tale that contains numerous twists
This impressively researched yarn takes off like its deadly subjects . . . Campbell deftly unpicks the tangled story that climaxed in 168 deaths in a Woolworth's in New Cross and 500 in The Hague when the RAF tried to take out the V2 launch site.
Well-researched and digestible . . .
Gripping . . . Investigative historian Campbell writes with the pace and tension of a thriller
This excellent book captures it all. There's a superb account of the codebreakers at Bletchley and the aerial-photograph analysts at Medmenham. Campbell puts it all together beautifully.
Every whisper built a picture of the threat to come - weapons that were terrifying in their murderous capabilities

During the darkest days of the Second World War, the Allies listened intently to the messages of the enemy. Thousands of encoded messages were broken by Ultra, the code-breaking operation at Bletchley Park. These messages helped the Allies to make sense of the scrambled communications from the slave workers tasked with building Hitler's V-weapons, and the French, Danish and Polish agents who risked all to report on them.

Target London is the dramatic tale of the inception of the German V-weapons, the Allies' epic race to discover the truth about them and the rockets' devastating effects on the streets of London.


'An accomplished study' Peter Conradi, The Sunday Times

'Detailed and well-researched . . . he has some fascinating material on London's response to this onslaught' Dominic Sandbrook, The Scotsman

'Campbell has produced a comprehensive account of the V-weapon campaign . . . The writing is clear and the story compelling' Michael Sherborne, Mail on Sunday

'Campbell conveys these parallel narratives with suspense in a tale that contains numerous twists' Christopher Silvester, Express