The Winning Edge: Naval Technology in Action, 1939-1945 - Couverture rigide

Poolman, Kenneth

 
9781557506870: The Winning Edge: Naval Technology in Action, 1939-1945
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ISBN 10 : 1557506876 ISBN 13 : 9781557506870
Editeur : Naval Institute Press, 1997

Synopsis

In this surprisingly lively approach to recording the impact of technology on the war at sea, Kenneth Poolman follows comprehensive descriptions of each new technical development with dramatic examples of its use in action.

To combat the savage campaign mounted by German submarines and surface raiders to keep vital supplies from the Allies, Allied navies deployed new weapons like ASDIC (sonar), RDF (radar), high frequency direction-finding, forward-firing mortars, and rocket projectiles, all thoroughly examined by the author along with the U-boats' use of acoustic torpedoes, Schnorkel tubes to breathe underwater, radio-controlled missiles, and supersonic undersea detectors in a war that became a conflict of technologies.


This book also covers the use of radar in the Pacific against the Japanese "long lance" torpedoes and shows how U.S. submarines overcame their own faulty torpedoes to decimate enemy shipping, and how carrier airpower, controlled by multichannel high-frequency radio, dominated surface actions. He details the development and use of sensitive listening stations that relayed enemy messages to cryptographers. The special amphibious craft that put troops ashore in all theaters are included in the book as well.

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À propos de l?auteur

Kenneth Poolman, a World War II veteran of the Royal Navy, served on a light carrier, a minesweeper, and a destroyer. When he returned to civilian life he attended Cambridge University and eventually worked for the BBC as a writer and producer of documentaries for radio and as a script editor for television. A resident of Surrey, England, he has published 24 books, mostly on sea-air warfare in World War II, including The Winning Edge: Naval Technology in Action, 1939-1945, HMS Kelly, Scourge of the Atlantic, and The Sea Hunters.Show More

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Éditeur
Naval Institute Press
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1557506876
ISBN 13 
9781557506870
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780750915885: The Winning Edge: Naval Technology in Action 1939-1945

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0750915889 ISBN 13 :  9780750915885
Editeur : Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1997
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