This is the story of how John Bradley, a quiet railway metallurgist, found himself taking part in the British Army's final military advance of the war in Europe in 1945. It was in July 1944 that Eisenhower issued a secret order from the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force to raise a T Force - Target Force, to secure German scientific and industrial technology before it could be destroyed by retreating German forces or seized by the advancing Red Army. One of the influences behind T Force was Ian Fleming of James Bond fame and he was responsible for determining the priorities for T Force operations. Attached to this force were 250 British and American Scientists, who raced forward into Germany with advanced troops. John Bradley was one of these scientists, a metallurgist, working in railway research.He became part of the naval group of scientists, whose targets were: Submarines, Mine sweeping, Mines, Torpedoes, and Naval Construction John Bradley made three separate trips to Germany in 1945 with T Force. He first left England on February 21st, traveling to Ostend in an LST Landing Ship. On arrival he had several days initial training as he had come straight from civilian life. ( As a scientist his was a reserved occupation). Very soon he was close to the Advanced Force in Koln Germany, where they investigated works of naval interest in torpedoes. He was horrified at the devastation and the conditions Russian and Polish 'slave' workers were living in and the destruction caused by Allied bombing. During the next month he visited a number of works in Germany, returning to England on March 22, with orders to be on stand by for another trip. The phone call came on March 30th and on April 1st he left England, this time by Dakota, and on this occasion was firstly based in Holland. His first visit involved crossing the Rhine for the first time to visit a factory in Duisberg. He then advanced further into Germany, staying uncomfortably close to the front line. He commented on the extent of the decentralisation ...