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The Tizard Mission, the top-secret operation that changed the course of World War II, Stephen Phelps

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The Tizard Mission, the top-secret operation that changed the course of World War II, Stephen Phelps

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-311) and index

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mapsplatesportraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Tizard Mission

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

642846903

Responsibility statement

Stephen Phelps

Sub title

the top-secret operation that changed the course of World War II

Summary

In August 1940, a German invasion of Britain looked inevitable. Churchill gambled on an unorthodox plan: a team would travel under cover to the United States and give the still-neutral Americans the best of Britain's secrets, in hopes that the US would provide financial and manufacturing support-- perhaps even entry into the war

Table Of Contents

"The bombers will always get through" -- America's first line of defense -- The Tizard Committee -- Bawdsley Manor -- The "special relationship" -- Prime Minister Churchill -- The common cause -- A simple stroke of genius -- Three thousand miles from war -- The mission takes shape -- First contact -- The Duchess of Richmond -- Unparalleled power -- An American mandate -- Radiation laboratory -- A two-ocean war -- Secret weapons -- The mission's legacy -- Appendix. Minutes of the first meeting of the British Technical Mission to the USA

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