The Race for Hitler's X-Planes: Britain's 1945 Mission To Capture Secret Luftwaffe Technology by John Christopher - 2013

The History Press, 2013-06-01. Hardcover. Good.

Hardback. New. 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.

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; How the race for German technology at the end of the war helped shaped the Cold War to come

Stroud: Spellmount, 2013. 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.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.