David Irving recounts the development of Germany’s V-weapons and British intelligence efforts to discover and counter them during the Second World War. This hardback edition presents his history of the weapons programme and the intelligence campaign.
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By David Irving | First published 1964 | Hardcover edition
V-WEAPONS • 1943–45
First published in 1964, this study documents the British intelligence effort to understand and counter Germany's V-weapons programme. Irving gained access to classified British intelligence files and conducted interviews with the scientists and intelligence officers who assessed the threat.
The work examines how British intelligence detected the Peenemünde research establishment, assessed the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket programmes, and organised countermeasures including the bombing raids that attempted to disrupt German development. The study documents intelligence successes and failures with equal detail.
Research conducted in British intelligence archives with access to wartime assessment documents. Interviews with R.V. Jones and other scientific intelligence officers provide first-hand accounts of the analytical process.
Of particular interest to intelligence historians, V-weapons researchers, and scholars studying wartime scientific assessment. A primary reference for understanding the intelligence dimension of the secret weapons campaign.
Hardcover binding. Photographic plates and technical diagrams. Built for specialist library and private collection use.
Published by Focal Point Publications. Irving's first major work, returned to print in complete form.
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David Irving is a renowned British historian and author of over 30 books. Known for his meticulous primary source research, he has spent decades in archives across the globe, unearthing diaries, documents, and first-hand accounts that have reshaped our understanding of the Second World War and its key figures.
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