A Hell of a Bomb: How the Bombs of Barnes Wallis Helped Win the Second World War

by Stephen Flower

At the start of the Second World War, a little known aircraft designer came up with the idea of some new bombs. They were to change the fortunes of the British war effort. Barnes Wallis is most famous for his Dambuster bomb, used with great effect in 1943, and immortalized in the film of the same name, but he also designed three other bombs, the biggest of which was Grand Slam, a huge 'earthquake' bomb used to great effect against U-boat pens and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803997001
• ISBN13: 9781803997001
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 378 Pages