Danger Uxb

The Heroic Story of the WWII Bomb Disposal Teams

By: James Owen

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Paperback | 7 July 2011 | Edition Number 1

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384 Pages

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2.5 x 12.9 x 19.8

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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.

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** '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

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