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Author:

Williams, Allan.

Title:

Operation Crossbow : the untold story of the search for Hitler's secret weapons / Allan Williams.

Publisher:

Arrow Books,

Copyright Date:

2014, c2013

Description:

ix, 450, p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Reconnaissance operations, British.
Aerial reconnaissance, British--History--20th century.
Aerial observation (Military science)--Great Britain--History--20th century.
V-1 bomb--History.

Notes:

Originally published: London: Preface, 2013. MAY17. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

The photographic intelligence work undertaken from a country house at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire is one of the great lost stories of the Second World War. At its peak in 1944, almost 2,000 British and American men and women worked to unlock the secrets of German military activity and weapons development. In November 1943, the Crossbow team spotted evidence of a network of sites in northern France that were being prepared to launch long-range missiles pointing directly at London and southern Britain. Throughout late 1943 and 1944, the team worked together with Allied pilots to locate and destroy all the launch sites, thereby changing the course of the war and saving hundreds of thousands of lives.

ISBN:

0099557339
9780099557333 (pbk.)

Locations:

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)