Germany's V-2 Rocket

by Gregory P. Kennedy

Germany's V-2 looks at one of the major technological advances of the Second World War, the V-2 ballistic missile. Although dwarfed by today's giant rockets, the V-2 represented a quantum leap beyond anything previously built. During the last six months of the war in Europe, Germany launched thousands of these missiles against the Allies. This book traces the origins and development of the V-2, from groups of individual experimenters in the 1930s...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764324527
• ISBN13: 9780764324529
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 11.0"