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American Raiders : The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets by W. Samuel (HC)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Era
- 1940s
- Book Series
- Historical
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Book Club Edition
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- ISBN
- 9781578066490
- Book Title
- American Raiders : the Race to Captûre the Luftwaffe's Secrets
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.6in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, History
- Topic
- Military Science, Social Aspects, Military / World War II, Modern / 20th Century
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 32.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 516 Pages
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At the close of World War II, Allied forces faced frightening new German secret weapons--buzz bombs, V-2's, and the first jet fighters. When Hitler's war machine began to collapse, the race was on to snatch these secrets before the Soviet Red Army found them. The last battle of World War II, then, was not for military victory but for the technology of the Third Reich. In American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets, Wolfgang W. E. Samuel assembles from official Air Force records and survivors' interviews the largely untold stories of the disarmament of the once mighty Luftwaffe and of Operation Lusty--the hunt for Nazi technologies. In April 1945 American armies were on the brink of winning their greatest military victory, yet America's technological backwardness was shocking when measured against that of the retreating enemy. Senior officers, including the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold, knew all too well the seemingly overwhelming victory was less than it appeared. There was just too much luck involved in its outcome. Two intrepid American Army Air Forces colonels set out to regain America's technological edge. One, Harold E. Watson, went after the German jets; the other, Donald L. Putt, went after the Nazis' intellectual capital--their world-class scientists. With the help of German and American pilots, Watson brought the jets to America; Putt persevered as well and succeeded in bringing the German scientists to the Army Air Forces' aircraft test and evaluation center at Wright Field. A young P-38 fighter pilot, Lloyd Wenzel, a Texan of German descent, then turned these enemy aliens into productive American citizens--men who built the rockets that took America to the moon, conquered the sound barrier, and laid the foundation for America's civil and military aviation of the future. American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets details the contest won, a triumph that shaped America's victories in the Cold War.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
ISBN-10
1578066492
ISBN-13
9781578066490
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6039039
Product Key Features
Book Title
American Raiders : the Race to Captûre the Luftwaffe's Secrets
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military Science, Social Aspects, Military / World War II, Modern / 20th Century
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History
Number of Pages
516 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.6in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
32.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ug643.S36 2004
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Hitler might have achieved [his] gruesome aim if his nuclear physicists had been able to produce a bomb. Fortunately they failed, but the Allies still had plenty of high-tech Nazi weapons to fight over in the spring and summer of 1945. One obvious target: the Me 262 jet fighter, which with its unmatchable speed might have won the air war for the Germans, had it appeared sooner. In American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets , Samuel tells how a group of American pilots scoured Germany for jets, surface-to-air missiles, and other Luftwaffe treasures, which became the basis for America's technological rejuvenation and eventually helped the United States win the Cold War., Hitler might have achieved [his] gruesome aim if his nuclear physicists had been able to produce a bomb. Fortunately they failed, but the Allies still had plenty of high-tech Nazi weapons to fight over in the spring and summer of 1945. One obvious target: the Me 262 jet fighter, which with its unmatchable speed might have won the air war for the Germans, had it appeared sooner. In American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffes Secrets , Samuel tells how a group of American pilots scoured Germany for jets, surface-to-air missiles, and other Luftwaffe treasures, which became the basis for Americas technological rejuvenation and eventually helped the United States win the Cold War.Washington Post Book World, "Hitler might have achieved that gruesome aim if his nuclear physicists had been able to produce a bomb. Fortunately they failed, but the Allies still had plenty of high-tech Nazi weapons to fight over in the spring and summer of 1945. One obvious target: The Me 262 jet fighter, which with its unmatchable speed might have won the air war for the Germans, had it appeared sooner. In American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets , Samuel tells how a group of American pilots scoured Germany for jets, surface-to-air missiles, and other Luftwaffe treasures, which became the basis for America's technological rejuvenation and eventually helped the United States win the Cold War." -- Washington Post Book World, "Hitler might have achieved [his] gruesome aim if his nuclear physicists had been able to produce a bomb. Fortunately they failed, but the Allies still had plenty of high-tech Nazi weapons to fight over in the spring and summer of 1945. One obvious target: the Me 262 jet fighter, which with its unmatchable speed might have won the air war for the Germans, had it appeared sooner. In American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets , Samuel tells how a group of American pilots scoured Germany for jets, surface-to-air missiles, and other Luftwaffe treasures, which became the basis for America's technological rejuvenation and eventually helped the United States win the Cold War." -- Washington Post Book World
Copyright Date
2004
Lccn
2003-023251
Dewey Decimal
940.54/8673
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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