
The Rocket and the Reich
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Launched by the Third Reich in late 1944, the first ballistic missile, the V-2, fell on London, Paris, and Antwerp after covering nearly two hundred miles in five minutes. It was a stunning achievement, one that heralded a new age of ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles. Michael J. Neufeld gives the first comprehensive and accurate account of the story behind one of the greatest engineering feats of World War II. At a time when rockets were minor battlefield weapons, Germany ushered in a new form of warfare that would bequeath a long legacy of terror to the Cold War, as well as the means to go into space. Both the US and USSR's rocket programs had their origins in the Nazi state.
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- Intro
- Map
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Prologue: Summer 1943
- 1. The Birth of the Missile
- 2. The Founding of Peenemünde
- 3. Breakthrough in Key Technologies
- 4. Peenemünde's Time of Troubles
- 5. Hitler Embraces the Rocket
- 6. Speer, Himmler, and Slave Labor
- 7. The Move Underground
- 8. Rockets, Inc.
- Epilogue: Peenemünde's Legacy
- Appendix 1. The German Army Ordnance Liquid-Fuel Rocket Series
- Appendix 2. Organizational Structures of the Army Rocket Program
- Significant Abbreviations Used in the Notes
- Notes
- Bibliography and Archival Sources
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