V2: The A4 Rocket from Peenemunde to Redstone Murray Barber FINE 2017 HC WWII

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“2017. Crecy Publishing. First Edition. United Kingdom. V2: The A4 Rocket from Peenemunde to ...
Ex Libris
No
Book Series
A4 rocket, German Rocket, europe world war two rockets, WWII, wor
Personalize
No
Inscribed
No
Type
History Book, WWII book
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Personalized
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Intended Audience
Adults
Era
1940s
Features
hardcover, mylar protected, color and black and white photos, ill
Signed
No
Edition
2017
ISBN
9781906537531
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Crecy Publishing
ISBN-10
1906537534
ISBN-13
9781906537531
eBay Product ID (ePID)
228970657

Product Key Features

Book Title
V2 : the A4 Rocket from Peenemunde to Redstone
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
Military Science, Military / World War II, Military / Weapons, Military / Aviation
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History
Author
Murray Barber
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
59.3 Oz
Item Length
12 in
Item Width
9 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition
23
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
623.45195
Synopsis
The German A4 rocket, or V2 - 'Vergeltungswaffen Zwei' (Vengeance Weapon 2), was the most sophisticated and advanced weapon developed in Europe during the Second World War. From September 1944 to March 1945, German army launch teams fired more than 3,000 V2 rockets at targets in England, France, Belgium and even within Germany itself. Many V2s were fired from mobile launch sites and from concealed wooded areas, using fleets of transporters and trailers with sophisticated ancillary and support vehicles. Travelling at the edge of space, the V2 rockets fell without warning at supersonic speeds, turning buildings and streets into cratered rubble, and terrorizing the civilians targeted by these attacks. Drawing on a wide range of archive sources, rare personal accounts and interviews conducted with personnel associated with the A4/V2 program, rocketry expert Murray R. Barber traces the origins of the V2 and presents a detailed view of the research conducted at the secret, experimental rocket-testing facility at Kummersdorf West and the vast, infamous base at Peenemunde. This important new work reveals the transformation of the rocket into a weapon of war and describes the A4 in detail as well as the intense and often difficult intelligence effort by the Allies to discover more about this highly secret and unprecedented weapon, and to destroy it. The author also describes the field-testing of the A4 rocket, its reliability problems and the remedies and compromises employed to deal with them. He reveals the activities of the SS and their machinations to gain control of the rocket program from the Wehrmacht, as well as the subsequent operational deployment of the V2 in Operation Penguin, the 'vengeance' offensive against the British Isles. Illustrated throughout with rare and many previously unseen images (including color photographs), technical drawings and maps, this is the most comprehensive book ever on the V2, and includes important new details of the post-war development and testing of the rocket and its role in the dawning of the space age., The infamous German A4 rocket, or V2 (Vengeance Weapon 2), was the most sophisticated and advanced weapon developed in Europe during WWII. llustrated throughout, this comprehensive new book covers the V2's origins, development, testing, and combat operations, and includes important new information about the rocket's post-war role at the dawn of the space age.
LC Classification Number
UG1312.B34

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