The secret history of RDX : the super-explosive that helped win World War II /
Baxter, Colin F., 1942-
The secret history of RDX : the super-explosive that helped win World War II / Colin F. Baxter. - Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, (c)2018. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Lord Beaverbrook, RDX, and the Ministry of Supply -- The vexed question of RDX supply -- Torpex and the air war -- RDX and the Army Ordnance Department -- RDX and the Army air forces -- The battle for RDX production -- Canada and RDX -- The Wexler Bend Pilot Plant -- The great Holston Ordnance Works -- Torpex and the Battle of the Atlantic -- 1945 and the atomic bomb -- The aftermath.
9780813175300
RDX (Cyclonite)
Explosives, Military--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies.
Electronic Books.
TP290 / .S437 2018
The secret history of RDX : the super-explosive that helped win World War II / Colin F. Baxter. - Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, (c)2018. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Lord Beaverbrook, RDX, and the Ministry of Supply -- The vexed question of RDX supply -- Torpex and the air war -- RDX and the Army Ordnance Department -- RDX and the Army air forces -- The battle for RDX production -- Canada and RDX -- The Wexler Bend Pilot Plant -- The great Holston Ordnance Works -- Torpex and the Battle of the Atlantic -- 1945 and the atomic bomb -- The aftermath.
9780813175300
RDX (Cyclonite)
Explosives, Military--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies.
Electronic Books.
TP290 / .S437 2018