Hitler's Terror Weapons: The Price of Vengeance - Hardcover

Irons, Roy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007112629 ISBN 13: 9780007112623

Publisher: Collins, 2002

Synopsis

Did Hitler's use of unproven exotic weapons cost him the war? Were they worth the price? What effect did the V weapons have on Allied plans, morale and supplies? Roy Irons also investigates Hitler's thirst for revenge following 1918 and his dread when Russian victories and allied bombing began to shadow the Third Reich.

This title addresses Hitler's use of unproven and exotic weapons of mass bombardment. Did they cost him the war, or were they worth the price? What effect did the initial reports of the V weapons have on Allied plans? Might they have provoked the use of poison gas by Britain? Did they affect the campaign in Normandy? What effect did the bombardment have on London's morale, and on allied supplies through the great port of Antwerp?

This title is also written as a discourse to investigate how Hitler saw the German revolution and collapse of morale in 1918 which ended the First World War as a betrayal of the German army, his determination to take revenge on those he saw as responsible, and his dread of a recurrence when Russian victories and allied bombing began to cast grim and ever growing shadows over the Third Reich.

Preface
Foreword by Richard Overy
Part One: Development and Dreams
Chapter One – The Seeds of Vengeance
Chapter Two – The Weapons of Vengeance
Part Two: Raids and Revenge
Chapter Three – The Renewal of War
Chapter Four – Promise from Peenmuende
Part Three: Fear and Intelligence
Chapter Five – The Doom of London
Chapter Six – Terror, Strategy and a Poison Cloud
Part Four: Impact and Reality
Chapter Seven – Countdown
Chapter Eight – The Robot Bombardment
Chapter Nine – Attack from Airless Space – The Final Preparations
Chapter Ten – The Rocket's Red Flare
Chapter Eleven – Terror and Morale
Chapter Twelve – Belgium the Brave
Chapter Thirteen – Shooting the Rocket Down
Part Five: Evaluation and Hindsight
Chapter Fourteen – Hitler's War and the Terror Weapons
Chapter Fifteen – Germany's War and the Terror Weapons
Chapter Sixteen – Conclusion
Appendix One: The Paths of Vengeance
Appendix Two: 'The Hubertus Train, the live whip of the German Armament Industry'
Appendix Three: Statistics
Appendix Four: Four Allied Analyses of the Flying Bomb
Selected Biography

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Review:

This fascinating investigation into Hitler's arms policies investigates the factors which influenced his ideas, and their impact on the world and the outcome of WWII.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0007112629
• ISBN 13: 9780007112623
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224