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.
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RDX (Cyclonite) Explosives, Military--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies.