western approaches tactical unit

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western approaches tactical unit

A game of birds and wolves

the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II
2020
Describes how ten women who were members of Britain's Woman's Royal Naval Services used a game played much like the childhood game "Battleship" in an attempt to discover the tactics of German U-boats and to develop a counter-maneuver that helped turn the tide of World War II.
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