V-2: A Combat History of the First Ballistic Missile

by T.D. Dungan

Book Overview

A History of One of World War II's Most Advanced and Terrifying Technologies
In August 1944, Londoners thought the war might be over by Christmas. But on September 8, 1944, in the London suburb of Chiswick, a thunderous double-boom was heard followed by a huge plume of black smoke rising high into the air. Several minutes later another explosion rocked the earth near Epping. There had been no warnings, no drone of aircraft above, just...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594160120
• ISBN13: 9781594160127
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Westholme Publishing
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.2"