Danger Uxb by James Owen

Danger Uxb by James Owen

Autumn 1940: the Front Line is now Britain itself. Cities are blitzed night after night and even after the bombers have turned for home, a deadly menace remains: thousands upon thousands of UXBs. Buried underground, their clocks ticking remorselessly, unexploded bombs blocked supply routes, emptied hospitals and left families refugees. Dealing with this threat soon became Churchill's priority. This desperate struggle became a battle of wits that pitted German ingenuity against British resourcefulness, including such extradinary figures as Robert Davies GC, who saved St Paul's Cathedral, and John Hudson, the modest horticulturalist who mastered the V1.

** 'Owen's talent is to bring alive these personal stories while also explaining the science of what these brave men were trying to do.. This detailed and dramatic book more than does justice to their memory FINANCIAL TIMES ** 'Owen is a reliable guide to this fascinating and under-celebrated aspect of our record of military defiance, ingenuity and sacrifice. He balances explanations of the science and vivid descriptions of the havoc caused by every type of bomb with the ver DAILY EXPRESS

James Owen trained as a barrister before turning to writing and he contributes to a range of newspapers

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ISBN 13	9780349122373
ISBN 10	0349122377
Title	Danger Uxb
Author	James Owen
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2011-07-07
Number of pages	384
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