Missiles for the fatherland
Subtitle: Peenemunde, national socialism, and the forging of the V-2 missile
By: Michael B. Petersen.
Series: Cambridge centennial of flight
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780521882705
Subjects: Germany. -- Heer. -- Heeresversuchstelle Peenemünde -- History; V-2 rocket -- History; Rocketry -- Germany -- Peenemünde -- History -- 20th century; National socialism and technology
Description: Examines the lives of the men and women who worked at Peenem?nde and later at the underground slave labor complex called Mittelbau-Dora. Details the German missile research and development program and displays the complex interactions of many forces which ultimately led to the V-2 missile.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.