Flying Bombs
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The V1 Flying Bomb Campaign 1944-1945
Analyzes the V1 campaign's development and impact, detailing its strategic bombing efforts, terror tactics, and phases of escalation during World War II. In this new study, Jan Gore assesses the success of the V1 campaign. The background to the development of the V1 will be examined, from the initial references to a mystery weapon to the gradual realisation by the British that the Germans were planning both a flying bomb (V1) and a long range rocket (V2). Once the first V1 sites were identified, the British began a strategic bombing campaign, later joined by the Americans. However, as the Normandy landings became imminent in June 1944, Hitler realised he had nothing to lose by delaying his vengeance attacks. A week after D-Day, the first V1s began to reach England. The attacks swiftly intensified. It was a very different campaign from those before. The pilotless planes could be produced cheaply and there was no need to put expensively-trained pilots at risk. The planes could be launched by day or night, whatever the weather. They were true terror weapons, as the first-hand accounts of those who lived through the attacks make clear; there was very little notice that a doodlebug explosion was imminent and so it was almost impossible to take cover. The book describes the first weekend of the attacks with the bombing of the Guards’ Chapel, the evacuation program which followed, and the UK's defense strategies. It goes on to discuss the second phase of the attacks, including the planned bombing of Manchester, and the third phase of the campaign, where V1s were ground-launched from the Netherlands.
Flying Bombs Over England
Recreates the atmosphere of life 50 years ago when Germany let loose its V1s and V2s. The book explains the brilliant German engineering skills behind this last-ditch orgy of terror, and describes how they were finally repulsed by the front-line boys and girls in this new Battle of Britain.
V1 Flying Bomb Aces
Author: Andrew Thomas
language: en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date: 2013-09-20
Although pilotless, the V1 flying bomb was a deadly and unpredictable adversary that could explode at any point. Flying at high speeds, they could only be intercepted by the fastest Allied fighters – Tempests, Griffon Spitfires, Mosquitos and USAAF Mustangs.