Last Talons of the Eagle: Secret Nazi Technology Which Could Have Changed the Course of World War II

Gary Hyland; Anton Gill

ISBN 10: 074725964X / ISBN 13: 9780747259640

Published by Headline, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Last Talons of the Eagle: Secret Nazi Technology Which Could Have Changed the Course of World War II
• Publisher: Headline
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074725964X
• ISBN 13: 9780747259640
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 0.54 pounds

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Synopsis

Much has been written about the doodlebugs, V2 rockets, and other advanced technologies that the Nazis used to terrorize Europe during World War II. But there is a less well-known story: under the barrage of Allied bombing, German scientists were secretly devising plans for an incredible battery of weapons that had the potential to drastically affect the outcome of the war. There were designs for a hypersonic space plane-a manned V1 flying bomb from which the hapless pilot would eject moments after aiming his craft at an Allied target-and plans for aircraft that consisted only of wings. There were dozens of other prototypes that were technologically way ahead of their time-against which the Allies would have been helpless. Exhaustively researched and grippingly written, Last Talons of the Eagle shows how history might well have been very different had these craft ever flown.