Disarming Hitler's V weapons : bomb disposal, the V1 and V2 rockets /
""In 1944, the V-1s and V-2s, Hitler''s ''vengeance'' weapons, were regarded by the British as the single greatest threat of the war. It was the job of the specialist bomb disposal teams to render the V-weapons safe and uncover their secrets. This is their sto...
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire :
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2013.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 June 1944: The First V1s; Chapter 2 More V1 'Duds'; Chapter 3 Unexploded V2s in England; Chapter 4 Europe; Chapter 5 Tools of the Trade; Chapter 6 Post-War Discoveries; Chapter 7 Fact or Fiction?; Epilogue; Notes and Sources; Appendix 1 George Medal Awards (V1 incidents); Appendix 2 V1 Disposal Instructions; Appendix 3 V1 Fuze Technical Information; Appendix 4 V2 Disposal Instructions and Nose Fuze; Technical Informatiown; Index of People, Places and Units. | |
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