Vengeance: Hitler's Nuclear Weapon : Fact or Fiction?

by Henshall, Philip

• ISBN13: 9780750920513
• ISBN10: 0750920513
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd

Summary

At the start of World War II, Germany led the field in nuclear physics, having confirmed the fission of uranium in 1938. From 1943 onwards, Hitler and the Nazi propaganda machine warned the Allies that vengeance and retribution were imminent. Until now, historians assumed that Hitler was referring to the V1 and V2. This book shows that the real vengeance weapon existed, not as a wild fantasy of Hider's imagination, but as a cargo of highly radioactive material carried in a modified V2 rocket, to be hunched dom special sites in France.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements	iv
Introduction to the 1998 Edition	v
Introduction	ix
The Birth of the Weapon	1	(4)
The First Rockets	5	(10)
Recognition -- the Reasons and the Cost	15	(6)
The Choice	21	(5)
The Miracle Weapon	26	(11)
The French Rocket Sites	37	(4)
The Simple Sites	41	(25)
The Allied Intelligence War	66	(8)
The Complex Sites	74	(43)
Predefin	117	(4)
The Voyage of U-234	121	(7)
The Nuclear Question	128	(11)
Gathering the Pieces	139	(9)
The Last Act	148	(11)
Appendix A -- Allied Photographic Interpretation Reports	159	(10)
Appendix B -- U-234 Cargo List	169	(2)
Glossary	171	(4)
Selected Bibliography	175	(1)
Relevant Archives	176	(1)
Index	177