The Secret History of Rdx: The Super-Explosive That Helped Win World War II

by Colin F. Baxter

During the early years of World War II, American ships crossing the Atlantic with oil and supplies were virtually defenseless against German U-boats. Bombs and torpedoes fitted with TNT barely made a dent in the tough steel plating that covered the hulls of Axis submarines and ships. Then, seemingly overnight, a top-secret, $100 million plant appeared near Kingsport, Tennessee, manufacturing a sugar-white substance called Research Department Explosive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813175283
• ISBN13: 9780813175287
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up