04070cam a2200661 i 4500 1236093741 TxAuBib 20240422120000.0 191118s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019954815 9780316492096 hardcover 0316492094 hardcover 9781529353037 1529353033 TxAuBib rda Parkin, Simon, author. A game of birds and wolves : the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II / Simon Parkin. Ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II. First US edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020. 309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier "First published in Great Britain in November 2019 by Sceptre" -- Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-286) and index. "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. "By 1941, Winston Churchill had come to believe that the outcome of World War II rested on the battle for the Atlantic. A grand strategy game was devised by Captain Gilbert Roberts and a group of ten Wrens (members of the Women's Royal Naval Service) assigned to his team in an attempt to reveal the tactics behind the vicious success of the German U-boats. Played on a linoleum floor divided into painted squares, it required model ships to be moved across a make-believe ocean in a manner reminiscent of the childhood game, Battleship. Through play, the designers developed "Operation Raspberry," a countermaneuver that helped turn the tide of World War II. Combining vibrant novelistic storytelling with extensive research, interviews, and previously unpublished accounts, Simon Parkin describes for the first time the role that women played in developing the Allied strategy that, in the words of one admiral, "contributed in no small measure to the final defeat of Germany." Rich with unforgettable cinematic detail and larger-than-life characters, [the book] is a heart-wrenching tale of ingenuity, dedication, perseverance, and love, bringing to life the imagination and sacrifice required to defeat the Nazis at sea" -- Provided by publisher. 20240422. Great Britain Royal Navy Western Approaches Tactical Unit. Great Britain Royal Navy Western Approaches Tactical Unit. fast 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Atlantic Ocean. World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain Participation, Female. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations Submarine. World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence Great Britain. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Campagnes et batailles Atlantique, Océan. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Grande-Bretagne Participation des femmes. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Opérations sous-marines. HISTORY / Military / World War II. HISTORY / Women. HISTORY / Military / Naval. bisacsh Military participation fast Female. Military campaigns. fast Military intelligence. fast Military operations, Naval fast Submarine. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns. World War, 1939-1945. Atlantic Ocean. fast Great Britain. fast Creative nonfiction. fast Creative nonfiction. Essais fictionnels. rvmgf TXCMR