A game of birds and wolves: the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II

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Author:
Parkin, Simon
Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date:
2020
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First US edition
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English
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"The triumphant true story of the young women who helped to devise the winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and delivered a decisive victory in the Battle of the Atlantic." -- From book jacket.

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Great Britain. -- Royal Navy. -- Western Approaches Tactical Unit
Military intelligence
Naval operations
Submarine
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Atlantic Ocean
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- Great Britain
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine

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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine
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