Description
Product ID: | 9781844153367 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Peenemunde Raid: The Night of 17-18 August 1943 |
Authors: | Author: Martin Middlebrook |
Page Count: | 384 |
Subjects: | European history, European history, Second World War, Air forces and warfare, Battles and campaigns, Second World War, Air forces & warfare, Battles & campaigns, Germany, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating On the night of 17-18 August 1943, RAF Bomber Command attacked a research establishment on the German Baltic coast. The site was Peenemunde, where Hitler's scientists were developing both the V-1 flying bomb and the V-2 rocket whose destructive powers could have swung the course of the War. The raid was meticulously planned and hopes were high. |
Imprint Name: | Leo Cooper Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2006-07-01 |