The Peenemunde Raid: 17/18 August 1943 - Middlebrook, Martin

Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; On a night in August 1943 R.A.F. Bomber Command launched a unique operation to destroy a secret research establishment located at a remote place in Germany. That place of Peenemunde, the cradle of the space age. Here Germany's most brilliant scientists were developing an advanced form of rocket projectile, known as the V-2, which Hitler hoped would reverse the course of the war and bring him victory. The secret raid prepared for this small target was one of the most sophisticated and successful undertaken by the R.A.F. during the Second World War. Drawing on the memories of over 400 people involved int he bombing, Martin Middlebrook re-creates the operation and the events surrounding it - the experiments of Peenemunde, the lifestyle of the German community, the Intelligence hunt and the fortunes of the British and Luftwaffe aircrews and of the people on the ground during the raid. It is an authoritative and meticulously researched book, bringing all the action and drama of the event vividly alive.
Near Fine
Soft cover
Penguin
1988
London, UK