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Not specifically about this topic, but "Oil & War: How the Deadly Struggle for Fuel in WWII Meant Victory or Defeat" is the most definitive account of the overa
by phasetransition 8y ago
Not specifically about this topic, but "Oil & War: How the Deadly Struggle for Fuel in WWII Meant Victory or Defeat" is the most definitive account of the overall fuel supply factors that I am aware of.
- Steve44 8y agoThat book probably covers the operation to get fuel across the Channel for the D Day invasions. I'm fairly sure Brenzett Aeronautical Museum had a section about it along with some pipe and equipment when I went a few years ago. There were so many astonishing developments in the background to support the front end fighting which are so easily overlooked. Thanks for the book info, I've flagged that to get at some point.
- phasetransition 8y agoMany, many, many inventions: -Babbitt bearing alloys with indium -AL7075 -Quartz oscillators -Magnetrons -Vocoding, PCM, and FSK (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGSALY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGSALY)