military engineers

"In January 1776, George Washington had a problem: the British army controlled the city of Boston. The colonial army needed to force the British to leave. But how? Washington had a solution: ask his engineer Rufus Putnam to solve the problem. They needed to take control of the high ground, Dorchester Heights, just south of Boston. They could place cannons there to bombard the British army"--Amazon.

"It's November 1944. Willi Graf, a German rocket engineer, is launching Nazi Germany's V2 rockets at London from Occupied Holland. Kay Connolly, once an actress, now a young English Intelligence officer, ships out for Belgium to locate the launch sites and neutralize the threat. But when rumors of a defector circulate through the German ranks, Graf becomes a suspect. Unknown to each other, Graf and Connolly find themselves on opposite sides in the hunt for the saboteur. Their twin stories play out against the background of the German missile campaign, one of the most epic and modern but least explored episodes of the Second World War. Their destinies are on a collision course"--OCLC.

Examines the life and career of Polish general and patriot Thaddeus Kosciuszko, discussing his role in designing fortifications for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

The author presents a collection of letters he wrote home during during World War Two, and recalls his experience in basic training and in Europe, as part of the American occupation force in Germany, of witnessing the Nuremburg trials, and much more.

Chronicles the life of General Leslie R. Groves, focusing on his role in the creation of the atom bomb and the planning, timing, and targeting of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions during World War II.