A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Young Women Who Played to Win World War II

from janerawoof

Interesting but somewhat disjointed. Wargames devised by Gilbert Roberts, carried out by WRENs [Women's' Royal Naval Service] and British officers against Nazi U-boats travelling in "wolf packs" [named after birds], against convoys and their escorts. The book jumped from different topics in a hap...

from expatscot

A bit disappointing as it focused hugely on the lives of the personnel involved in and against WATU rather than the actual exercised, games, lessons and results of their efforts. It does quite rightly play up the contribution the Wrens made, but is lessened by defaulting to look at their lives ra...

from waldhaus1

I suspect that many contemporary war games are done digitally with computers. Still the human element of risk and uncertainty may be better captured at a slower pace. The insight into the changing role of women in society is clearly seen. The insight into the German uboat crews was very interesting.

from waldhaus1

I suspect that many contemporary war games are done digitally with computers. Still the human element of risk and uncertainty may be better captured at a slower pace. The insight into the changing role of women in society is clearly seen. The insight into the German uboat crews was very interesting.