Germany's Secret Weapons in World War II [Hardcover]

Roger Ford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 21, 2000

During the course of a long, hard-fought war, scientists and engineers of the Third Reich mounted a campaign aimed at nothing less than changing the nature of warfare itself. This is a catalog of their campaign, looking in depth and in detail at its successes and its failures. Detailed chapters cover: Jet Aircraft; Rocket-powered Aircraft; Hybrid Aircraft and Gliders; Rotary-Wing Aircraft; Submarines and Their Weapons; Tanks and Anti-Tank Weapons; Artillery; Anti-tank Weapons; Air-to-Air Weapons; Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons; and Surface-to-Surface Missiles. Superbly illustrated with full-color artworks. Hdbd., 8 1-2"x 11 1-4", 144 pgs., 40 bandw ill., 47 color.'

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Zenith Press; First Edition edition (May 21, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760308470
• ISBN-13: 978-0760308479
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,110,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unfortunatly..., May 1, 2001

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Eddie Lau (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Germany's Secret Weapons in World War II (Hardcover)

I am quite happy that I can find a book about German secret weapons on air, sea and land.

Unfortunatly this book major focus on well known secret weapons like V1, V2 ME262... etc and near 50% of materials are talking about air weapons. The other like Air-Air-Missile, Ground-Air-Missile, Anti-Tank and Tank section only have some brief information. For some secret weapons, there is only text description available (sometimes quite brief) but without any plan draft or design drawing.

Finialy, I don't agree that they put Tiger I and II as secret weapons. E100 tank is only described in few paragraphs and the other E series tanks are not covered.

Also the infra-red weapons that used by German is not covered. I am very disappointed about this.

I think the editor has tried his best. But I really waiting for another book which has more detail. In my opinions, this book is elementary level and good for all kind of people whom has not heard about secret weapons in before.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Light and dry, May 18, 2001

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Thomas Lundin (Lakeville, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Germany's Secret Weapons in World War II (Hardcover)

I was hoping for some interesting analysis and insight into the German weapons program, but alas, what I got instead was a fairly superficial chronology delivered in a just-the-facts-ma'am style. This book is pretty dry and unengaging as a result. There is so much more that could have been said about the legacy that German technology left to the world, particularly to the scientific and military communities. The potential of these WWII technologies often wasn't fully realized until years later. High-performance jet aircraft, the Soviet and American space programs and precision machining were all benefactors of the German research and development that took place during WWII. It would have been nice to get a deeper perspective on this aspect of the weapons effort, but this book doesn't deliver it. Too bad. If it weren't for the pictures, I'd have rated this book even lower.

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WHAT secrets? You'll have to look elsewhere...., November 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Germany's Secret Weapons in World War II (Hardcover)

If you are expecting to learn anything new about German secret weapons then forget this book. Everything in it has been covered before countless times in other books dating back 40 years. Anyone with a moderate knowledge of the subject could have written this over a slow afternoon. Save your money and put it towards any of the other similar boos available at Amazon.com.