Bat bomb: World War II's other secret weapon
It was a crazy way to win World War II in the Pacific -. All the United States had to do was to attach small incendiary bombs to millions of bats and release them over Japan's major cities. As the bats went to roost, a million fires would flare up in remote crannies of the wood and paper buildi...
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1992
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| Zusammenfassung: | It was a crazy way to win World War II in the Pacific -. All the United States had to do was to attach small incendiary bombs to millions of bats and release them over Japan's major cities. As the bats went to roost, a million fires would flare up in remote crannies of the wood and paper buildings common throughout Japan. When their cities were reduced to ashes, the Japanese would surely capitulate ... The plan made sense to a handful of eccentric promoters and researchers, who convinced top military brass and even President Roosevelt to back the scheme. It might have worked, except that another secret weapon - something to do with atoms - was chosen to end the war. Told here by the youngest member of the team, this is the story of the bat bomb project, or Project X-Ray, as it was officially known. In scenes worthy of a Capra or Hawks comedy, Jack Couffer recounts the unorthodox experiments carried out in the secrecy of Bandera, Texas, Carlsbad, New Mexico, and El Centro, California, in 1942-1943 by "Doc" Adams' private army. This oddball cast of characters included an eccentric inventor, a distinguished Harvard scientist, a biologist with a chip on his shoulder, a movie star, a Texas guano collector, a crusty Marine Corps colonel, a Maine lobster fisherman, an ex-mobster, and a tiger. Not to be defeated by minor logistical hurdles, the bat bomb researchers risked life and limb to |
| Beschreibung: | IX, 252, [20] S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0292707908 |
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| spelling | Couffer, Jack Verfasser aut Bat bomb World War II's other secret weapon Jack Couffer 1. ed. Austin Univ. Press of Texas 1992 IX, 252, [20] S. Ill. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier It was a crazy way to win World War II in the Pacific -. All the United States had to do was to attach small incendiary bombs to millions of bats and release them over Japan's major cities. As the bats went to roost, a million fires would flare up in remote crannies of the wood and paper buildings common throughout Japan. When their cities were reduced to ashes, the Japanese would surely capitulate ... The plan made sense to a handful of eccentric promoters and researchers, who convinced top military brass and even President Roosevelt to back the scheme. It might have worked, except that another secret weapon - something to do with atoms - was chosen to end the war. Told here by the youngest member of the team, this is the story of the bat bomb project, or Project X-Ray, as it was officially known. In scenes worthy of a Capra or Hawks comedy, Jack Couffer recounts the unorthodox experiments carried out in the secrecy of Bandera, Texas, Carlsbad, New Mexico, and El Centro, California, in 1942-1943 by "Doc" Adams' private army. This oddball cast of characters included an eccentric inventor, a distinguished Harvard scientist, a biologist with a chip on his shoulder, a movie star, a Texas guano collector, a crusty Marine Corps colonel, a Maine lobster fisherman, an ex-mobster, and a tiger. Not to be defeated by minor logistical hurdles, the bat bomb researchers risked life and limb to Couffer, Jack Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte Weltkrieg (1939-1945) Bats United States War use History 20th century Incendiary bombs History 20th century World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American Bat Bombe (DE-588)4335817-2 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 gnd rswk-swf USA Bat Bombe (DE-588)4335817-2 s Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 s DE-604 |
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