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Title:
Chamber divers : the untold story of the D-Day scientists who changed special operations forever / Rachel Lance.
ISBN:
9780593184936
Personal Author:
Lance, Rachel
Publication Information:
New York : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024.

©2024
Physical Description:
438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
Place of publication from publisher's website.
Contents:
Prologue: "A piece of cake" -- Professor Haldane and Dr. Spurway's problem -- Brooklyn Bridge of death -- Devil's bubbles -- Subsunk -- Love, cooking, and communism -- Drunk and doing math -- Everyday poisonous gases -- Blitz -- Piggery -- Littlest pig -- Lung maps -- Nerves -- Inevitable solution -- Midget subs -- Airs of Overlord -- Operations -- Longest days -- Unremembered.
Summary:
"This is a previously classified story of one group of scientific researchers--men and women--who exposed themselves to extraordinary risks to make D-Day a success." -- Provided by publisher.
Personal Subject:
Haldane, J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson), 1892-1964.

Haldane, J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson), 1892-1964
Corporate Subject:
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Commando troops.

Great Britain. Royal Navy
Subject Term:
Deep diving--Great Britain -- History 20th century.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Commando operations--Great Britain

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine

World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations

Midget submarines--Great Britain -- History 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, British

Military research--Great Britain -- History 20th century.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns--France--Normandy
OCLC Number:
on1405191333
Availability:
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