Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub Committee (15 results)

Condition: New. SB 14 pp. line drawings 2016 N&MP Reprint of 1945 Original Edition The Natter Interceptor - a forerunner of modern drones - was a pilotless German wooden aircraft designed to destroy Allied bombers at high altitudes. 150 were made, and were discovered at the end of the war together with the designers, engineers and workers who manufactured them. This brief volume was one of a series produced by the Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee (CIOS) Reports, in 1944 - 1945.This series consists of over 700 published accounts of specific German scientific, medical, and technological developments during World War II. Most reports are based on detailed interviews with several German scientists, doctors, technicians, or other officials, and they often incorporate copies of photographs, drawings, and German-language documents. The majority of the reports concern industrial processes and technological developments related to the German war effort. The development and production of aluminium, steel, fuels, ordnance, ammunition, tanks and other vehicles, chemical warfare, optical equipment, and pharmaceuticals all provide examples of these subjects.Luftwaffe-related topics include aviation medicine, aircraft maintenance, high-speed airplane design and development, and engine design and development. "The German Commercial Air Transport Industry and Related Aeronautical Activities and Developments" constitutes a massive study of the pre-war development of Lufthansa, German airports, and air traffic control, with specialized features on a typical wartime fighter control centre and specific types of large German aircraft.Most German Navy reports pertain to U-Boats, including studies of the Type XXI submarine, the rotary wing kite used by some U-Boats, submarine pens in France, and sound absorbent coatings for U-Boats. Book.…

Condition: New. SB 65pp. line drawings & B&W Illustrations throughout 2016 N&MP Reprint of 1945 Original EditionPublished Price £14.50 Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee (CIOS) Reports, 1944 - 1945BMW, the Bavarian car company now synonymous with high end motor cars, was involved in the Second World War with testing rocket motors near Dachau concentration camp outside Munich. This report into BMW's wartime activities is based on interviews with executives carried out on the spot at the war's end and is one of over 700 published accounts of specific German scientific, medical, and technological developments during World War II. Most reports are based on detailed interviews with several German scientists, doctors, technicians, or other officials, and they often incorporate copies of photographs, drawings, and German-language documents. The majority of the reports concern industrial processes and technological developments related to the German war effort. The development and production of aluminium, steel, fuels, ordnance, ammunition, tanks and other vehicles, chemical warfare, optical equipment, and pharmaceuticals all provide examples of these subjects.Luftwaffe-related topics include aviation medicine, aircraft maintenance, high-speed airplane design and development, and engine design and development. "The German Commercial Air Transport Industry and Related Aeronautical Activities and Developments" constitutes a massive study of the pre-war development of Lufthansa, German airports, and air traffic control, with specialized features on a typical wartime fighter control centre and specific types of large German aircraft.Most German Navy reports pertain to U-Boats, including studies of the Type XXI submarine, the rotary wing kite used by some U-Boats, submarine pens in France, and sound absorbent coatings for U-Boats. Book.…

Condition: New. SB 90pp line drawings 2016 N&MP Reprint of 1945 Original EditionPublished Price £14.50 Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee (CIOS) Reports, 1944 - 1945.Krupps, the giant arms manufacturer based at Essen in the Ruhr, is synonymous with German militarism. This report, one of 700 produced by the CIOS into Germany's war machine at the conflict's end, is based on interviews with Krupp executives at their HQ in Essen in April 1945.This, like most reports, are based on detailed interviews with several German scientists, doctors, technicians, or other officials, and they often incorporate copies of photographs, drawings, and German-language documents. The majority of the reports concern industrial processes and technological developments related to the German war effort. The development and production of aluminium, steel, fuels, ordnance, ammunition, tanks and other vehicles, chemical warfare, optical equipment, and pharmaceuticals all provide examples of these subjects.Luftwaffe-related topics include aviation medicine, aircraft maintenance, high-speed airplane design and development, and engine design and development. "The German Commercial Air Transport Industry and Related Aeronautical Activities and Developments" constitutes a massive study of the pre-war development of Lufthansa, German airports, and air traffic control, with specialized features on a typical wartime fighter control centre and specific types of large German aircraft.Most German Navy reports pertain to U-Boats, including studies of the Type XXI submarine, the rotary wing kite used by some U-Boats, submarine pens in France, andsound absorbent coatings for U-Boats. Book.…

Condition: New. SB 221pp. line drawings & B&W Illustrations throughout 2016 N&MP Reprint of 1945 Original EditionPublished Price £20 Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee (CIOS) Reports, 1944 - 1945This report, one of 700 produced at the war's end based on the immediate investigation of the Nazi war machine, details German research into guided missiles and gliders.This series consists of over 700 published accounts of specific German scientific, medical, and technological developments during World War II. Most reports are based on detailed interviews with several German scientists, doctors, technicians, or other officials, and they often incorporate copies of photographs, drawings, and German-language documents. The majority of the reports concern industrial processes and technological developments related to the German war effort. The development and production of aluminium, steel, fuels, ordnance, ammunition, tanks and other vehicles, chemical warfare, optical equipment, and pharmaceuticals all provide examples of these subjects.Luftwaffe-related topics include aviation medicine, aircraft maintenance, high-speed airplane design and development, and engine design and development. "The German Commercial Air Transport Industry and Related Aeronautical Activities and Developments" constitutes a massive study of the pre-war development of Lufthansa, German airports, and air traffic control, with specialized features on a typical wartime fighter control centre and specific types of large German aircraft.Most German Navy reports pertain to U-Boats, including studies of the Type XXI submarine, the rotary wing kite used by some U-Boats, submarine pens in France, and sound absorbent coatings for U-Boats. Book.…

Condition: New. SB 214pp. line diagrams 2016 N&MP Reprint of 1945 Original EditionPublished Price £20 This report, produced by the Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee (CIOS) in 1944 - 1945, is one of a series of over 700 published accounts of specific German scientific, medical, and technological developments during World War II. This volume concerns Germany's high frequency research and development, including cathode-ray tubes, television used by the military, and anti-submarine devices. This, like most reports in the series, is based on detailed interviews with German scientists, doctors, technicians, or other officials. The majority of the reports concern industrial processes and technological developments related to the German war effort. The development and production of aluminium, steel, fuels, ordnance, ammunition, tanks and other vehicles, chemical warfare, optical equipment, and pharmaceuticals all provide examples of these subjects.Luftwaffe-related topics include aviation medicine, aircraft maintenance, high-speed airplane design and development, and engine design and development. "The German Commercial Air Transport Industry and Related Aeronautical Activities and Developments" constitutes a massive study of the pre-war development of Lufthansa, German airports, and air traffic control, with specialized features on a typical wartime fighter control centre and specific types of large German aircraft.Most German Navy reports pertain to U-Boats, including studies of the Type XXI submarine, the rotary wing kite used by some U-Boats, submarine pens in France, and sound absorbent coatings for U-Boats. Book.…

Facsimile Edition. Fine paperback copy. Well-preserved overall. 1 Kg.

Facsimile Edition. Fine paperback copy. Well-preserved overall. 1 Kg.

Stapled wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 18.0 + 24.0 cm. 9 pp. including 2 pages graphs. Typewritten. A fine, unread and unmarked copy.

Stapled wraps. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 13 pp. 19.0 + 24.0 cm. Typewritten. An unread copy with darkened areas on the covers.

Stapled wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 19.0 + 25.0 cm 12 pp. Typewritten. An unread copy with age toning along the rim of the covers.

SOFT COVERS. Condition: Fair. No D/W. A BRIEF REPORT BY C. C. HALL ON BEHALF OF THE BRITISH MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER APRIL 1945. A REPORT ON THE FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS SMALL STAPLED BOOKLET. A TIDY COPY BUT THE STAPLES HAVE RUSTED. PAGE EDGES A LITTLE FOXED. PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME PRINTED NEATLY INSIDE FRONT COVER.…

SOFT COVERS. Condition: Fair. No D/W. A REPORT BY BOUNDY AND HASCHE ON BEHALF OF THE US TECHNICAL INDUSTRIAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE- MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICALS- 1ST JUNE 1945. THE GERMAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY WORLD WAR TWO. PAGES ARE FOXED ON THE VERY EDGE. STAPLES HAVE RUSTED. PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME PRINTED NEATLY INSIDE FRONT COVER.…

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 127p. Photos. Errasure on front. Near Fine Copy. Book.

orig. wrappers. 25x19cm, 34 pages., Series: Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee, G-2 Division, SHAEF (Rear) APO 413, Item no. 30, File No. XXX-18. Stencilled. Worn. Pencilling to cover. Rubberstamp. Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 50pp + 9 of photos. At the end of the Second World War The Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee (CIOS) and other Agency personnel inspected German factories, laboratories, industries, etc, to scrutinise documents and interrogate or interview the directors, scientists, engineers, etc to obtain technical information that might be of value to the allies. The resulting reports were published in very limited quantities for those that might find them useful. Interior good and clean.…