Hitler's Rockets: The Story of the V-2s

by Norman Longmate

Overview

In Hitler’s Rockets Norman Longmate tells the story of the V-2, the technically brilliant but hated weapon, the ancestor and forerunner of all subsequent ballistic missiles. He reveals the devious power-play within the German armed forces and the Nazi establishment that so influenced the creation of the rockets. He shows through contemporary documents and protagonists’ accounts how the British intelligence skillfully pieced together often contradictory evidence as it sought to establish the true nature of the threat. Finally he recalls in detail the feel and fears of the time from the viewpoint of those who suffered, and those who were all too conscious tat they were the target.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781628730180
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	07/23/2009
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	969,374
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Norman Longmate was born at Newbury and educated at both Christ’s Hospital and Oxford. He worked in Fleet Street and for BBC, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He lives in England.