Disarming Hitler’s V Weapons: Bomb Disposal – The V1 & V2 Rockets

In 1944 the V-1s and V-2s, Hitler’s vengeance weapons, have been regarded by the Allied leaders in London as the only best menace that they had confronted. It was feared that these flying bombs and rockets would possibly flip the tide of battle as soon as once more in Germany’s favor. But, little greater than half of those missiles hit their targets, some failing to blow up. Their wreckage lay throughout the southern half of England or in Europe, with contents liable to sudden and lethal ignition. It was the job of specialist Bomb Disposal groups to render the V-weapons secure and uncover their secrets and techniques. That is their story. On this distinctive e book Chris Ransted has investigated the work of those unsung heroes who risked their lives each time they have been referred to as into motion and, in the middle of his analysis he has positioned the websites of lots of the unexploded V-weapons, revealed right here for the primary time. Mr Ransted additionally particulars the strategies utilized by the Bomb Disposal males and the tools they used. The e book is richly illustrated with 266 images and diagrams, a lot of which have by no means beforehand been revealed. In finishing this, essentially the most complete research of its sort, the creator describes the deeds of these gallant Bomb Disposal males that have been awarded one of many highest honors which may have been bestowed upon them by their nation the George Medal.