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The race for Hitler's X-planes : Britain's 1945 mission to capture secret Luftwaffe technology

Christopher, John, 1956-2023
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John Christopher tells the story of the 1945 British mission to Germany to capture the Nazis' secret advanced aviation technology ahead of the Americans and Russians, a technology that would define the balance of power in the phoney peace of the Cold War, launching an arms race that shaped the modern world for decades to come.
Author:
Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2023.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2013.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781803995649 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2673007
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