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Devereaux, Sam

Incredible Weapons

Devereaux, Sam - Incredible Weapons, audiobook

13,85€

Audiobook
ISBN: 9788726626155

Luftwaffe pilots fear one weapon more than any other: British Spitfires. Powerful Rolls Royce engines and an ingenious design make the plane fast and manoeuvrable. In 1940, Spitfires and their fearless pilots resist Hitler's attempts to bomb Britain to submission. The fighter's success forces Germany's leaders to develop even more powerful weapons. London is targeted by V-1 and V-2 bombs, forerunners of the Saturn V moon rocket. Meanwhile, on the Eastern Front the supergun Schwerer Gustav fires shells at targets 47 kilometres away. It's the heaviest gun in history at over 1,300 tonnes.
Nevertheless, the juggernauts cannot prevent the Nazis' defeat. With new weapons like the Mosquito bomber, designed to be built from a kit, the Allies slowly crush the Third Reich. In 1945, the atomic bomb also forces Japan to raise the white flag. Incredible Weapons explores the war's wildest weapons -including crazy projects like an aircraft carrier built from ice that came close to becoming a reality.

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Publisher
Saga Egmont
Publication year
2020
Language
en
Edition
1
Series
A World at War - Stories from WWII
Category
History
Format
Audiobook
Duration
03:18:00
Tracks
12

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