At 218 pages, one could just begin to scratch the surface of the secret weapons of Germany from 1939-1945. The book contained some photos and nice illustrations. Too many pages wasted on technical data on certain weapons for the size of this book. Too many pages wasted on weapons which never saw any combat. There is so much more to cover which was left untouched, the Goliath, Maus, Lichtenstein, and Puppchen not even mentioned. For the reader on page 152 the "Paris Gun" (WWI fame) and it's disappearance is discussed, the author states it is a mystery where it went. One needed to search Essen, and it would have been found in 1939 yet still hidden, in a false smokestack of the Krupp firm. The auther needed to just do a little more research.
This is a great book that covers all these secret missiles, both surface to air, surface to air, air to surface and air to air. It also uncovers the information on the jet planes, both fighters and bombers. The only rocket fighter in history, ME 263 is also one of them. I liked reading about the Natter, BA 349 which could have seen action but didn't. It would have been great if it did to see how well it would have done against enemy planes. Acoustic torpedoes was a great section to read
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