Loose Cannons
101 Myths, Mishaps and Misadventurers of Military History
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Military Science, History, Military
| Author: | Graeme Donald | ISBN: | 9781849086516 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | January 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Graeme Donald |
| ISBN: | 9781849086516 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | January 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Language: | English |
Who tried to bomb Japan with bats? Who invented the air-gun in 250BC? Which stories should we believe? The so-called Dambusters raid was all but ineffective; the Hurricane not the Spitfire was the champion of the Battle of Britain; Singapore did not fall because all the guns were pointing the wrong way' and who would go to war over a game of football, a pig, or an old bucket? Oppenheimer fluffed his lines after the first atomic test; virtually every well-known quote attributed the Duke of Wellington is wrong; Churchill had a BBC voice impersonator record all his famous WW2 speeches as he was invariably too busy or too 'tired and emotional' to do it himself and no-one at the time called WW1 'The War to end all Wars'. Will you believe the truth?
Who tried to bomb Japan with bats? Who invented the air-gun in 250BC? Which stories should we believe? The so-called Dambusters raid was all but ineffective; the Hurricane not the Spitfire was the champion of the Battle of Britain; Singapore did not fall because all the guns were pointing the wrong way' and who would go to war over a game of football, a pig, or an old bucket? Oppenheimer fluffed his lines after the first atomic test; virtually every well-known quote attributed the Duke of Wellington is wrong; Churchill had a BBC voice impersonator record all his famous WW2 speeches as he was invariably too busy or too 'tired and emotional' to do it himself and no-one at the time called WW1 'The War to end all Wars'. Will you believe the truth?
