Bolstered by the experience of the recent Scud campaign in the Persian Gulf, the authors demonstrate that Germany's V weapons in World War II caused difficulties for the Allies out of all proportion to their numbers. During World War II, when the V1s and V2s soared in their thousands against London, Antwerp and other targets, they were launched by Germans who had made a technological leap over their Allied scientific counterparts. Ultimately, as the German front fell back, the V launch-sites and factories were overrun. Nevertheless, for a time, the Germans had wielded a revolutionary new weapon that we now know pointed to the future of warfare. This intensely researched book overturns many of the myths about the V-weapons by tracing their development under pressure, their employment in combat, and the massive effect their existence had on operations.
- ISBN10 1885119518
- ISBN13 9781885119513
- Publish Date 21 August 1998 (first published 22 June 1998)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 October 2003
- Publish Country US
- Publisher INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Imprint Da Capo Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 358
- Language English