The Race for Hitler's X-Planes: Britain's 1945 Mission to Capture Secret Luftwaffe Technology

by John Christopher

An account of the race for secret Nazi aviation technology at the end of World War II During World War II, 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 intercontinental 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752464574
• ISBN13: 9780752464572
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Spellmount Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.8"