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Secret Wings of World War II: Nazi Technology and the Allied Arms Race Kindle Edition

by Lance Cole (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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There are many myths and legends surrounding the advanced German aeronautical technology of the Second World War. There are also facts and proven events. Yet within these stories and behind these facts lie conspiracy theories, mistaken assumptions and denials that seem to contradict the evidence. So what really happened? How far ahead were the German scientists? And, of even greater interest, why and how?There have been other books about advanced German wartime aeronautics, yet few authors have fully examined the detail of the designs and their relevance to the fighter and bomber legends of the 1950s and '60s, let alone the current crop of military and civil all-wing or blended-wing aircraft. This book charts the story from it origins, through current-day innovations and beyond, into the all-wing future of tomorrow.
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    418 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Pen & Sword Aviation
  4. Publication date
    June 30, 2015
  5. File size
    18.8 MB
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Lance Cole has been an automotive and aviation writer for over 25 years and is internationally published and syndicated. A former Sir William Lyons Scholar, and national press columnist, Lance is the author of over a dozen books and is also a trained designer, photographer and illustrator.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0108SGZMU
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Aviation (June 30, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 30, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 18.8 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 418 pages
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  • grigore caragacianu
    5.0 out of 5 stars Germany is the greatest nation !
    Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2017
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    FANTASTIC book.
    Without war booty, USA would be today 50 years behind.
    Thank you Germany! Thanks you 1000 over !
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  • Jack Douglas
    1.0 out of 5 stars Technical and dull. Rread like a PHd
    Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2016
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    Technical and dull. Rread like a PHd. thesis for and aeronautical engineer. Very dull even to someone who is interested in the subject.
    3 people found this helpful
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  • Gordon Meads
    1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
    Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2015
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    Rubbish...
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  • Amazon Customer
    1.0 out of 5 stars A dreck of a book not worth purchasing
    Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2022
    I just got a copy of this dreck of a book. For the low price, I could afford to take a chance.

    What a completely one-sided Nazi fanboi, or complete ignoring of Allied records, it is. There is so much stuff wrong in it it'd take writing another book to fully cover all the misinformation, wrong opinions, and other mistakes in it. Some of the mistakes and stuff are massively egregious, and so obvious the author should have known better.

    On flying wings, seemingly a favorite topic of Cole's, he all but ignores Jack Northrop's contributions and never even mentions Chyeranovskii's bureau's contributions in Russia.

    On lots of other stuff he's just plain wrong, like jet engines. His lists on pgs 187 to 190 are rife with massive, undocumented, and likely undocumentable conclusions about the influence of German technology on postwar developments. The opinions he foists there are completely unsupportable.

    Not worth paying for it.
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  • Walter J. Maslowski
    1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your time
    Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2016
    This book consists mainly of the author's assertions that the Allies appropriated technology from defeated Nazi Germany.
    This is certainly no secret.
    Don't waste your time.
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  • Roderick I. MacDonald
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on July 9, 2016
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    Items were as described
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  • claudio lamas de farias
    3.0 out of 5 stars Poorly illustrated
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2015
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    Although packed with interesting information, the book should have included many more images and the hand made illustrations are simply atrocious.
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  • Gigant
    1.0 out of 5 stars Mehr erhofft als bekomme
    Reviewed in Germany on April 14, 2017
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    Habe mir das Buch zugelegt, um mehr von der Komet und der Horten zu erfahren, aber wurde leider enttäuscht.
    Der Autor verliert sich im Belanglosen. Zudem ist die technische Dokumentation, wie Fotos, Zeichnungen dürftig.
    Die Qualität der Abbildungen ist grausig und sieht selbst gezeichnet aus.
    Würde es nicht besser kaufen. Wer mehr von der Horten erwartet hat, wird bitter enttäuscht.
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