Operation Crossbow
The Untold Story of the Search for Hitler’s Secret Weapons
$53.22
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2014
Summary
Told for the first time, the real story behind the top-secret World War Two operations Crossbow and Bodyline.
How the photographic interpreters at Medmenham discovered the network of V-1 and V-2 sites throughout Nazi-occupied Europe.
The story of 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 w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099557333 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099557339 |
| Author: | Allan Williams |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2014 |
| Weight: | 348g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
A fascinating and scholarly account of a secret slideshow of the war. * Daily Express *Gripping * The Good Book guide *Extensive and detailed * Army Rumour Service *
About The Author
Allan Williams
Allan Williams is the curator of the National Collection of Aerial Photography (NCAP), which holds over 10 million aerial photographs that record many key moments of Second World War history. A leading authority on the history of aerial photography, Allan undertook much of the research for the landmark BBC documentary Operation Crossbow, in conjunction with the NCAP, which protects and encourages work on its collection. He lives in Edinburgh.
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