Chamber divers
Lance, Rachel2024
Book
On the beaches of Normandy, two summers before D-Day, the Allies attempted an all but forgotten landing. Of the nearly seven thousand Allied troops sent ashore, only a few hundred survived the terrible massacre, and the reason for the debacle was a lack of reconnaissance. The shore turned out to be impassable to tanks. The Nazis had hidden obstacles in unexpected places. The fortifications were more numerous - and deadly - than imagined. The Allies knew they needed to take the fight to Hitler on the European mainland to end the war, but they could not afford to be unprepared again. A small group of eccentric researchers, experimenting on themselves from inside pressure tanks in the middle of the London air raids, explored the deadly science needed to enable the critical reconnaissance vessels and underwater breathing apparatuses that would enable the Allies' dramatic, history-making success during the next major beach landing: D-Day.
Main title:
Chamber divers / Rachel Lance.
Author:
Lance, Rachel, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Bedford Square Publishers, 2024.©2024.
Collation:
438 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781835010747 (trade paperback)9781835010686 (hardback)9781835010693 (invalid)
Dewey class:
940.5451940.5421
Language:
English
Added title:
Subject:
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Commando troopsHaldane, J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson), 1892-1964Spurway, Helen, 1915-1978World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- NormandyScientists -- History -- 20th centuryDiscoveries in science -- History -- 20th centurySubmarines (Ships) -- HydrodynamicsSubmarines (Ships) -- Design and construction
BRN:
2291677