Vengeance - Philip Henshall

Vengeance

Hitler's Nuclear Weapon - Fact or Fiction?

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Buch | Softcover
192 Seiten
1998 | New edition
Sutton Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-2051-3 (ISBN)
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Evidence on the secret nuclear weapon programmes of both German and Japanese powers is brought together in this text. In particular, many aspects of the German "miracle" weapon project are revealed - what it was, what it contained and how it was to be delivered.
From 1943 onwards, Hitler and the Nazi propaganda machine poured forth a torrent of warnings to the Allies that vengeance and retribution were imminent. Historians have always assumed that Hitler was referring to the V1 and V2 weapons. But this book reveals that a far more lethal weapon existed in the form of a cargo of highly radioactive material carried in a modified V2 rocket. Designed to be launched from special sites in France, these weapons of mass destruction had the potential to turn Britain and the eastern seaboard of the USA into radioactive wastelands. Meanwhile, Japan had been developing the world's largest aircraft-carrying submarines, believed to be capable of launching bomber aircraft to attack the US west coast cities. Evidence on the secret nuclear weapon programmes of both Axis powers is brought together in this text. In particular, many aspects of the German "miracle" weapon project are revealed - what it was, what it contained and how it was to be delivered. The author argues that it is a matter of when - and not if - these secrets are revealed.

The birth of the weapon; the first rockets; recognition - the reasons and the cost; the choice; the miracle weapon; the French rocket sites; the simple sites; the allied intelligence war; the complex sites; predefin; the voyage of U-234; the nuclear question; gathering the pieces; the last act. Appendices: allied photographic interpretation reports; U-234 cargo list.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 19.11.1998
Zusatzinfo 50 b&w photographs, line drawings, glossary, bibliography, index
Verlagsort Stroud
Sprache englisch
Maße 172 x 244 mm
Gewicht 400 g
Themenwelt Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte 1918 bis 1945
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 0-7509-2051-3 / 0750920513
ISBN-13 978-0-7509-2051-3 / 9780750920513
Zustand Neuware
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