The Race for Hitler's X-Planes: Britain's 1945 Mission to Capture Secret Luftwaffe Technology

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John Christopher

The Race for Hitler's X-Planes

Britain's 1945 Mission to Capture Secret Luftwaffe Technology

John Christopher

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English

The History Press Ltd
01 February 2024

Second World War; Air forces & warfare; Weapons & equipment; Ordnance, weapons technology; Aircraft: general interest

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How the race for German technology at the end of the war helped shaped the Cold War to come.

During World War 2, Hitler's engineers had pioneered an incredible array of futuristic secret weapons, from the Me 262, the first operational jet fighter, to the deadly V2 inter-continental ballistic missile. With the Third Reich shattered and lying in ruins, in the summer of 1945, the Allies launched a frantic race to grab what they saw as the justifiable spoils of war. The Americans and Russians in particular were anxious to secure not only the aircraft and the research and production facilities, but also the key German scientists and engineers. This Nazi technology would define the balance of power in the phoney peace of the Cold War era, launching an arms race that shaped our modern world for decades to come. But what of Britain's role in this supermarket sweep. The Race for Hitler's X-Planes tells the untold story of the British mission to Germany.

By: John Christopher
Imprint: The History Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781803995649
ISBN 10: 1803995645
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified