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Hitler's Revenge Weapons - The Final Blitz of London (Paperback)
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Hitler's Revenge Weapons - The Final Blitz of London (Paperback)
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List price R481
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Discovery Miles 3 960
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From September 1940 until May 1941, Britain - especially Greater
London - suffered heavily under a barrage of day and night-time
raids by the then mighty Luftwaffe; raids which killed some 20,000
people and destroyed or damaged one million homes during what came
to be known as the London Blitz. A baby blitz' followed, from
January to May 1944, which was destined to be the final manned
bomber offensive by a much depleted Luftwaffe. Afterwards, there
came the last gasp, the final blitz on London, this time delivered
by the V1 flying bombs and V2 rockets which were aimed at the
capital. Overall, the V weapons killed or seriously injured 31,000
in London and destroyed or seriously damaged 1.6 million houses
throughout Britain. Yet despite all this, British industry, economy
and morale remained largely intact. Group Captain Nigel Walpole
grew up in London during the Blitz and he has traced the full
history of the V1 'doodlebugs' and V2 rockets that terrorised so
many at this time. He looks at the infamous missile development
site at Peenemunde and the engineers who brought Hitler's horrific
visions to life. He reports his vivid memories of the three Blitz
campaigns and the countermeasures taken in response to them. Having
been granted direct access to the history of the V weapons, he
describes the evolution, development, production deployment and
launch of the flying bombs and rockets. Whilst acknowledging the
terrible damage inflicted by these weapons, Nigel also recognises
them as an example of Germany's extraordinary capacity for
innovation and determination during one of the darkest periods of
world history.
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