If you like this then I can recommend "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: Churchill's Mavericks" by Giles Milton - it starts with British inventors creating an important new weapon (the limpet mine) from sweets, condoms and bowls from Woolworths in a shed (of course)... The boffin/craftsman side…
Giles Milton 写过一本非常有意思的叙事历史书，叫《Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare》，深入挖掘了二战期间英国自卫时，这些书籍、武器和战术究竟是如何诞生的背景。很值得一读。(https://www.gilesmilton.com/historybooks/churchillsministry)
There's a really interesting narrative history book by Giles Milton called "Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" that goes quite deeply into the background of how these books, weapons, and tactics came about as the UK defended itself during WWII. It's worth a read. (https://www.gilesmilton.com/historybooks/churchillsministry)
Giles Milton 的《The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: Churchill's Mavericks》详细描述了 SOE 研发的许多装备——比如最初的吸附雷依靠避孕套和水果硬糖，当然，也是在某人的棚屋里研发并在……测试的。
"The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: Churchill's Mavericks" by Giles Milton describes a lot of the equipment that SOE developed - e.g. the original limpet mine depending on condoms and boiled sweets and, of course, developed in someone's shed and tested at the…
如果你喜欢这类内容，那我推荐 Giles Milton 的《The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: Churchill's Mavericks》——开篇讲的就是英国发明家们在棚屋里（必须的），用糖果、避孕套和从 Woolworths 杂货店买来的碗捣鼓出一种重要的新式武器（吸附雷）……科学家/工匠的那一面……
If you like this then I can recommend "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: Churchill's Mavericks" by Giles Milton - it starts with British inventors creating an important new weapon (the limpet mine) from sweets, condoms and bowls from Woolworths in a shed (of course)... The boffin/craftsman side…
Giles Milton 写过一本非常有意思的叙事历史书，叫《Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare》，深入挖掘了二战期间英国自卫时，这些书籍、武器和战术究竟是如何诞生的背景。很值得一读。(https://www.gilesmilton.com/historybooks/churchillsministry)
There's a really interesting narrative history book by Giles Milton called "Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" that goes quite deeply into the background of how these books, weapons, and tactics came about as the UK defended itself during WWII. It's worth a read. (https://www.gilesmilton.com/historybooks/churchillsministry)
Giles Milton 的《The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: Churchill's Mavericks》详细描述了 SOE 研发的许多装备——比如最初的吸附雷依靠避孕套和水果硬糖，当然，也是在某人的棚屋里研发并在……测试的。
"The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: Churchill's Mavericks" by Giles Milton describes a lot of the equipment that SOE developed - e.g. the original limpet mine depending on condoms and boiled sweets and, of course, developed in someone's shed and tested at the…