The Secret Weapons of World War II by Gerald Pawle

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1972. Ballantine.

A wall of flame to defend landing beaches, a fighter airstrip that floats on the sea, a rocket launcher that packs more firepower than a division of artillery...from classified government files comes the exciting story of the special weapons developed for attack and defense. The Secret Weapons of World War II! Gerald Pawle, former Flag Lieutenant Commander in the British Navy tells of scientists and inventors in a fascinating, dangerous, and highly secret war and of weapons, some of them never put to use, which we are learning about for the first time.