Free Download Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B00IZNN3TO | 2014 | 16 hours and 8 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 306 MB
Author: Paul Kennedy
Narrator: Stephen Hoye
Paul Kennedy, award-winning author and one of today’s most renowned historians, now provides a new and unique look at how World War II was won. Engineers of Victory is a fascinating nuts-and-bolts account of the strategic factors that led to Allied victory. Kennedy reveals how the leaders’ grand strategy was carried out by the ordinary soldiers, scientists, engineers, and businessmen responsible for realizing their commanders’ visions of success. In January 1943, FDR and Churchill convened in Casablanca and established the Allied objectives for the war: To defeat the Nazi blitzkrieg; to control the Atlantic sea lanes and the air over western and central Europe; to take the fight to the European mainland; and to end Japan’s imperialism. Astonishingly, a little over a year later, these ambitious goals had nearly all been accomplished.
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