Winston Churchill's Toyshop

The inside story of one of the most famous of all the 'back rooms' of the Second World War - and of the men and women who worked for it. Conceived by Winston Churchill to circumvent the delays, frustrations and inefficiencies of the service ministries, Department M.D.1. earned from its detractors the soubriquet 'Winston Churchill's Toyshop', yet from a tiny underground workshop housed in the cellars of the London offices of Radio Normandie in Portland Place, and subsequently from the 'stockbroker Tudor' of a millionaire's country mansion in Buckinghamshire, came an astonishing array of secret weapons ranging from the 'sticky bomb' and 'limpet mine' to giant bridge-carrying assault tanks, as well as the PIAT, a tank-destroying, hand-held mortar. Written by Colonel Stuart Macrae, who helped found M.D.1. and was its second-in-command throughout its life, the story is told of this relatively unknown establishment and the weapons it developed which helped destroy innumerable enemy tanks, aircraft and ships.

ISBN 184868794X   Pages 208 ISBN13 9781848687943 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 650 Publisher Amberley Publishing   Published in Chalford Imprint Amberley Publishing   Previous ISBN 9780900093227 Format Hardback   Height (mm) 235 Publication date 11 Mar 2010   Width (mm) 165 DEWEY 940.548641   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

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