Parkin Simon A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Young Women Who Played to Win World War II 9780316492096

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Автор: Parkin Simon
Название: A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Young Women Who Played to Win World War II
ISBN: 9780316492096
Издательство: Hachette Book Group
Классификация: ISBN-10: 0316492094
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 320
Вес: 0.54 кг.
Дата издания: 28.01.2020
Язык: English
Размер: 236 x 152 x 31
Поставляется из: США
Описание: The triumphant story of a group of young women who helped devised a winning strategy to defeat the Nazi U-boats and deliver a decisive victory in the Battle of the Atlantic
By 1941, Winston Churchill had come to believe that the outcome of World War II rested on the battle for the Atlantic. A grand strategy game was devised by Captain Gilbert Roberts and a group of ten Wrens (members of the Womens Royal Naval Service) assigned to his team in an attempt to reveal the tactics behind the vicious success of the German U-boats. Played on a linoleum floor divided into painted squares, it required model ships to be moved across a make-believe ocean in a manner reminiscent of the childhood game, Battleship. Through play, the designers developed Operation Raspberry, a countermaneuver that helped turn the tide of World War II.
Combining vibrant novelistic storytelling with extensive research, interviews, and previously unpublished accounts, Simon Parkin describes for the first time the role that women played in developing the Allied strategy that, in the words of one admiral, contributed in no small measure to the final defeat of Germany. Rich with unforgettable cinematic detail and larger-than-life characters, A Game of Birds and Wolves is a heart-wrenching tale of ingenuity, dedication, perseverance, and love, bringing to life the imagination and sacrifice required to defeat the Nazis at sea.

A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Young Women Who Played to Win World War II, Parkin Simon