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Author:

Parkin, Simon, author.

Title:

A game of birds and wolves : the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II / Simon Parkin.

Edition:

First US edition.

Publisher:

LittleBrown and Company,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Atlantic Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945--Submarine.--Submarine.
Great Britain.--Western Approaches Tactical Unit.--Western Approaches Tactical Unit.
World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--Great Britain.

Notes:

First published in Great Britain in November 2019 by Sceptre" -- Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-302) and index.

Summary:

"The triumphant true story of the young women who helped to devise the winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and delivered a decisive victory in the Battle of the Atlantic." -- From book jacket.

ISBN:

0316492094
9780316492096

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1135867326

LCCN:

2019954815

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