Operation crossbow

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Tells the story of the photographic intelligence work undertaken from a country house at Medmenham. This book presents the story of human endeavour and derring-do.

The story of the photographic intelligence work undertaken from a country house at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, is one of the great lost stories of the Second World War .

At its peak in 1944, almost 2,000 British and American men and women worked at the top-secret Danesfield House, interpreting photographs - the majority stereoscopic so they could be viewed in 3D - to unlock secrets of German military activity and weapons development. Millions of aerial photographs were taken by Allied pilots, flying unarmed modified Spitfires and Mosquitos on missions over Nazi Europe. it was said that an aircraft could land, the photographs be developed and initial interpretation completed within two hours - marking the culmination of years of experiments in aerial intelligence techniques.

Their finest hour began in 1943, during the planning stages of the Allied invasion of Europe, when Douglas Kendall, who masterminded the interpretation work at Medmenham, led the hunt for Hitler's secret weapons. Operation Crossbow would grow from a handful of photographic interpreters to the creation of a hand-picked team, and came to involve interpreters from across the Medmenham spectrum, including the team of aircraft specialists led by the redoubtable Constance Babington Smith. In November that year, whilst analysing photographs of Peenemunde in northern Germany, they spotted a small stunted aircraft on a ramp. This intelligence breakthrough linked the Nazi research station with a growing network of sites in northern France, where ramps were being constructed aligned not only with London, but targets throughout southern Britain.

Through the combined skill and dedication of the Crossbow team and the heroism of the Allied pilots, throughout late 1943 and 1944 V-weapon launch sites were located and through countermeasures destroyed, saving hundreds of thousands of lives, and changing the course of the war.

Operation Crossbow is a wonderful story of human endeavour and derring-do, told for the first time.

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Operation Crossbow 1944

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The little known story of how the raf and usaaf saved london from destruction at the hands of hitler s v 1 flying bombs and v 2 missiles by finding and bombing the hardened heavily defended fortresses that launched them into england the little known story of how the raf and usaaf saved london Uiterlijk 24 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Operation Crossbow (DVD)

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Deze dvd heeft geen nederlandstalige ondertiteling a fearsome rumor reaches britain s world war ii command the nazis are developing rocket technology that could rain death on london and then new york quickly england develops a plan to send saboteurs into the sites manufacturing the rockets ju Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

Operation Crossbow: The History of the Allied Bombing Missions against Nazi Germany’s V-2 Rocket Program during World War II

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the british were only too aware of the dangers and potential of the nazi rockets because the nazi v weapon bombardment of london and the south coast of england in 1944 and 1945 involved some of the most frightening attacks on civilians during the war not only did the v 1 missiles and v 2 rockets l Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 mei 2014

Aantal pagina's: 496

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Allan Williams

Hoofduitgeverij: Arrow Books Ltd

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 129 mm

Product hoogte: 30 mm

Product lengte: 198 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 198 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 29 mm

Verpakking lengte: 198 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 355 g

EAN: 9780099557333

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