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Title: Nazi Germany's Rocket Science
Subtitle: The History of the Third Reich's Experimental Weapons Technology and Research during World War II
Author: Charles River Editors
Narrator: Colin Fluxman
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-09-16
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: History, 20th Century
Publisher's Summary:
After the last shots of World War II were fired and the process of rebuilding Germany and Europe began, the Western Allies and the Soviet Union each tried to obtain the services of the Third Reich's leading scientists, especially those involved in rocketry, missile technology, and aerospace research. Naturally, this was a delicate affair due to the fact many of the German scientists were not only active Nazis but had helped the Nazi war machine terrorize the world. At the same time, by the late war period, the Anglo-American Allies formed a clear picture of the Soviet state. Though forced to ally with the USSR's dictator, Josef Stalin, the West came to understand Communist Russia represented yet another hungry totalitarian power, and thus a very real threat to an independent Europe. Both the Western Allies and the Soviets knew of Adolf Hitler's V-2 rocket program, the forerunner of ballistic missiles and the space race. Each recognized the immense strategic value of these technologies and wished to secure their benefits for themselves.
Members Reviews:
This book almost reads like science fiction, learn how the allies searched for German technology has World War II ended
The book the Nazi Germany's Rocket Science: The History of the Third Reich's Experimental Weapons Technology and Research during World War II was incredible. The book almost reads like science fiction in how it described the breakthroughs that the German scientists achieved in rockets and jet planes. Followed by a description of how the allies captured, persuaded or forced the German scientists and engineers to work for their particular side. This book is brief and concise but it described how the allies searched for German technology that would be the basis for future missiles and jet planes. The book made clear that the German scientists and engineers were not better than the scientists and engineers from other countries, the major difference was that Germany was willing to spend to provide their scientists with opportunities to make great discoveries. Has a whole the allies were too cheap or lack vision to see the potential of these weapons. I was highly impressed by this book and will read more about Operation Paperclip and similar operations by the Americans and French. There's a lot of information in this book, I recommend you read it.
Weak
This is a pamphlet, not a 'book' (40 pages). It took less than half an hour to read, even with the minuscule font size. The layout is extremely poor, the photos are grainy and not very enlightening, and the text, while reasonably accurate, is superficial.
Informative
Although I have read a good deal about this, they presented some elements that I was unaware of and with a fair amount of detail. I enjoyed it and learned something.
Great! As usual
Good read! Concise with a bibliography for further study. All the information for a quick review plus the references for in-depth study!
Five Stars
excellent of the background to how the allies captured the Germans rocket science
