Churchill's Secret Weapons (Paperback)
The Story of Hobart's Funnies
WWII D-Day & Normandy Military
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781844154647
Published: 18th October 2007
Last Released: 1st November 2007
(click here for international delivery rates)
Order within the next 9 hours, 31 minutes to get your order processed the next working day!
Need a currency converter? Check XE.com for live rates
In the dark days when Britain stood alone, Prime Minister Churchill realised that, to win the war against an enemy superior in strength, science had to be harnessed to devise new weapons. Three men had Churchill's confidence; Lord Cherwell (the Prof), his brilliant main scientific adviser; Millis Jefferis who ran MDI (The Toy Factory); and the irascible and eccentric Major General Percy Hobart. Despite being Monty's brother-in-law and a talented tank expert, Hobart had been banished to the Home Guard. Churchill rescued him and tasked him to form, equip and train a secret armoured division which went on to storm the Normandy Beaches. Hobart was the mastermind behind an extraordinary collection of tank-based secret weapons (known as Hobart's Funnies) which supported every British and Canadian army and many US divisions for the rest of the War.
There are no reviews for this book. Register or Login now and you can be the first to post a review!
About Patrick Delaforce
Patrick Delaforce served with 11th Armoured Division during the advance through NW Europe.
After a career in the wine trade he became a professional writer. Among his books in print with Pen and Sword are Churchill’s Desert Rats in North Africa, Burma, Sicily and Italy, Wellington Le Beau and Monty’s Marauders.
In 2015 he was appointed to the rank of Chavalier in the Ordre National de la Legion d’honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour). This is in recognition of his ‘acknowledged military engagement and steadfast involvement in the Liberation of France during the Second World War’.