Secret Weapons of World War II

By Bill Yenne

These are the weapons that changed the world. From Navaho Code Talkers and the first computers to manned torpedoes and the atomic bomb. This fascinating new book presents more than 175 technological terrors devised by both Axis and Allied powers over the course of World War II.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425189929
• ISBN13: 9780425189924
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

WWII Technology was more advanced than we might think...

I enjoy the readability of this book. It is broken into very digestible short stories or essays on the secret weapons of WWII. Some of them are mundane others are quite scary. The book covers - jets, manhattan project, missile technology, espionage technology, the various interceptor aricraft, super subs and torpedoes, gas and biological weapons, super tanks, electromagnetic artillery, sound based weapons. I particulary liked the Supertanks section. The Germans wanted to use battleship guns on tanks. The soviets captured a prototype of the "Maus" tank. The book falls short in one area. It contains no pictures or diagrams. But don't let that stop you from enjoying the stories contained therein.