Operation Lusty - eBook

9781473847385
1-4738-4738-9

A fascinating overview of the Allies post-WWII program to gain access to advanced Nazi war machines and the technology they ultimately recovered.Prior to the Allied D-Day assault on Normandy, France, rumors.

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had already been circulating that high-tech Nazi super-weapons (wunderwaffe) had reached or were near completion. At the wars end, a mad scramble ensued to discover the enemys secrets, fueled in large part by a US desire to regain its technological edge and to keep these weapons out of Soviet hands. Operation Lusty (LUftwaffe Secret TechnologY) was in full swing.In Operation Lusty, aviation historian Graham M. Simons delivers a comprehensive and detailed history of the program while cataloging the advanced war equipment that was ultimately discoveredfrom U-boats, carriers, and battleships to radar equipment and operating systems, to fighters, bombers, rockets, and other V-weapons. With access to previously unreleased documentation and wide-ranging archival materials, Simons distinguishes what was fact in the Nazi arsenal from what was pure fantasy, dreamed up by Joseph Goebbelss powerful propaganda machine.Operation Lusty sheds new light on the furious race for postwar technological superiority, and offers an insiders look at the full spectrum of military spoils that were gained.