Secret Weapons of World War II

Secret Weapons of World War II

â€œThe Second World War was a war of science, a war which could be won with new weapons.â€ Sir Winston Churchill

The Department of Miscellaneous Weapon Development, known colloquially as the Wheezers and Dodgers, was created by the British in 1941 in the aftermath of the Nazi victories in Europe.

For the next four years they would become instrumental in the secret war against Germany, developing a wide array of armaments to give Britain the upper hand against the might of the Axis forces.

Under the guidance of Charles Goodeve, a remarkable Canadian with a flair for picking out which invention could tip the war in the Alliesâ€™ favor, these scientists and inventors worked tirelessly, and even put their lives on the line, in the quest to give Churchillâ€™s military the knockout weapon.

As Nevil Shute, who was an engineer with the Wheezers and Dodgers stated, â€œIf any one quality was a common requirement for the officers in this unusual department I would say it was imagination â€” the imagination to look forward and to visualize what might happen.â€

Not all of their inventions were successful, indeed Sir Charles Madden, who served as staff officer to the Director of the Department stated that during his time there he dealt with â€œa medley of suggestions ranging from the impractical to the lunatic.â€

Yet, despite some mishaps, the Wheezers and Dodgers were instrumental in aiding the Allies to victory, with their degaussing method of protecting ships from mines to their Hedgehog weapon that destroyed over forty-five enemy submarines.

Secret Weapons of World War II records all of the Departmentâ€™s developments through the course of the conflict, both successful and not, and is written with humor and insight.

â€œTheir story has the fascination of the unexpected, in a British well-played spirit.â€ Kirkus Reviews

Gerald Pawle worked with the Wheezers and Dodgers through the course of World War Two. This work was first published under the title The Secret War: 1939-1945 in 1957. Pawle passed away in 1991.

Country	USA
Author	Gerald Pawle
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
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Label	Dornick Press
Manufacturer	Dornick Press
NumberOfPages	303
PublicationDate	2017-06-05
Publisher	Dornick Press
ReleaseDate	2017-06-05
Studio	Dornick Press

Secret Weapons of World War II

â€œThe Second World War was a war of science, a war which could be won with new weapons.â€ Sir Winston Churchill

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â€œThe Second World War was a war of science, a war which could be won with new weapons.â€ Sir Winston Churchill