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With oddballs like this, Britain is unbeatable
This is an incredible story, in the best tradition of British amateur warfare. There's something compelling about the mend and make do attitude of the people who just could not see defeat as a possibility. You want a limpet mine ? Right, let's pop down to Woolworths and get the ingredients. Need a time delay fuse ? Easy; aniseed balls. How do we stop the fuse activating ? Hmmm. Pop down the chemists (every chemist in Bedford) and buy up their stock of condoms.
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Can’t put it down. Brilliant.
Brilliant book that summed up the levels that Churchill would go to win World War 2. A time of nicotine fuelled, woolly jumper wearing, garden shed boffins dreaming up all manner of skullduggery that the Cads and Bounders of the upper crust used to ‘take it to Hitler’. Can’t put it down. Brilliant.Read full review
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Fascinating Read
Fascinating book, well written. Made me realise what sacrifice that generation of men and woman made to win the war against evil tyranny. Thoroughly recommend you read it, if your are at all interested in the history of WWll.Read full review
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Incredible story
A well written account of how specialist groups of people lead by engineering geniuses helped turn the tide of the Second World War
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One of my top ten books ever.
Simply ... a book I found compelling to read. Amazing stories.
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When Britain was pulled kicking and screaming into the new age of war.
Very well written, tells the story of how Britain went from playing by the rules to discovering that breaking them was much more efficient.
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Totally descriptive of book contents
Tight prose and excellent reference material.
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Well worth a read!
Great book well worth reading contains interesting not common facts
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Very interesting and totally absorbing.
It's a book...
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Very interesting
Good quality
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