Luftwaffe over America : the secret plans to bomb the United States in World War II / by Manfried Griehl ; Translated by Geoffrey Brooks
by Griehl, Manfred
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- ISBN 13
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London :, Mechanicsburg, Penn. : Greenhill Books, Stackpole Books, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. The plans that Nazi Germany had to raid and bomb New York and the eastern seabord are revealed in this book. They depended upon the use of transoceanic aircraft, such as the six-engined Ju 390, Me 264 or Ta 400, but the Third Reich was unable to produce these machines in sufficient numbers. If the Soviet Union had been conquered, however, these plans would have become a reality. With the seizure of vital resources from the Soviet Union the Wehrmacht would have had enough fuel and material to mass-produce giant bomber aircraft: it was a near-run thing. The collapse of the Wehrmacht infrastructure and the premature end of the Thousand Year Reich ensured that plans for long-range remote-controlled missiles never got past the drawing board. Manfred Griehl makes it clear that until the collapse numerous secret research laboratories seem to have worked in parallel developing nuclear power and explosives. Only classified material held within British, French and American archives can prove whether these laboratories were close to perfecting small atomic explosives. But, without a shadow of a doubt, Germany was far more technologically advanced by the end of 1944 than has been previously suspected. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 256 pages; Physical desc. : 256 p. : ill ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-251) and index. Subjects: Aeronautics, Military --Technological innovations --Germany --History --20th century
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- Title
- Luftwaffe over America : the secret plans to bomb the United States in World War II / by Manfried Griehl ; Translated by Geoffrey Brooks
- Author
- Griehl, Manfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 5
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 185367608X
- ISBN 13
- 9781853676086
- Publisher
- London :, Mechanicsburg, Penn. : Greenhill Books, Stackpole Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
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