Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Phelps, Stephen.

Publication

Yardley, Pa. : Westholme, c2010.

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Details

Description

xiii, 323 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports.; 24 cm.

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.

Subjects

• World War, 1939-1945 > Military intelligence > United States
• Technical assistance, British > United States
• Technical assistance, American > Great Britain
• World War, 1939-1945 > Military intelligence > Great Britain
• Tizard, Henry Thomas, 1885-1959
• World War, 1939-1945 > Technology

Bibliography (note)

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

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.

Call Number

JFE 12-2766

ISBN

• 9781594161162
• 159416116X

OCLC

642846903

Author

Phelps, Stephen.

Title

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

Imprint

Yardley, Pa. : Westholme, c2010.

Bibliography

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

Research Call Number

JFE 12-2766