NLHR00-31 Norman Longmate - Hitlers Rockets.nfo
General Information
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Title: Hitler's Rockets: The Story of the V-2s
Author: Norman Longmate
Read By: Steve West
Copyright: 1985
Audiobook Copyright: 2013
Genre: Non-Fiction - History - Military
Publisher: Audible
Abridged: No
Original Media Information
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Media: Digital
Length each: Chapterized - lossless
Source: Audible Enhanced
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Number of MP3s: 31
Total Duration: 16:14:56
Total MP3 Size: 447.92
Parity Archive: No
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Ripped With: Sound Taxi
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Noise Reduction: None
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Book Description
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Audible Editor Reviews
Rumors that the Nazis had developed a new weapon capable of traveling
scientific advisor deemed the technology to be impossible. Yet, in 1944,
the unthinkable happened: Britain came under a ballistic missile attack
Rockets, by author and military historian Norman Longmate, recounts
the history of this deadly weapon, featuring Englishman Steve West performing
the text with his sonorous, dulcet voice.
Publisher's Summary
Britain was the first country to ever suffer a ballistic missile attack
from beyond its borders. This book tells the story of that attack. During
1942 and 1943, confusing rumours circulated about the German development
of a 'giant rocket'. Most experts, including Winston Churchill's own
scientific adviser Lord Cherwell, declared that such a weapon was impossible.
It was only after the patient sifting of European intelligence that
the most influential doubters were convinced such a weapon was being
built. Then on 8 September 1944, the first V-2 landed in Chiswick. Between
then and the final rocket impact on 27 March 1945, more than a thousand
landed on British soil, killing nearly three thousand people and seriously
injuring more than six thousand.
Arriving at supersonic speed, without warning, and with the defenses
powerless against them they did enormous damage and had a serious effect
on morale. In Hitler's Rockets, Norman Longmate tells the story of this
technically brilliant weapon, the ancestor and forerunner of all subsequent
ballistic missiles. He reveals the devious power-play within the German
armed forces and the Nazi establishment which so influenced the creation
of the rockets. He also shows through contemporary documents and protagonists'
accounts how the British intelligence skillfully pieced together often
contradictory evidence as it sought to establish the true nature of
the threat.
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