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03-26-2012, 03:58 AM
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Ballistic Missiles of the Third Reich, Hitler's Last Hope: Wunderwaffe
In 1944, the defeat of Nazi Germany was already obvious. Hitler's last hope was Wunderwaffe "wonder-weapon", the newest military technology ahead of its time. Probably the most impressive success of the Reich engineers was the V-2 rocket (Vergeltungswaffe-2). Hitler sent his personal photographer Walter Frentzen to take photos on the underground military factory Dora, the place prisoners was putting together the very first missiles. Photos via fresher.ru  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  · |
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03-26-2012, 04:40 AM
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Re: Ballistic Missiles of the Third Reich, Hitler's Last Hope: Wunderwaffe
Incredible photos. I have never seen them before. |
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03-26-2012, 08:03 AM
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Re: Ballistic Missiles of the Third Reich, Hitler's Last Hope: Wunderwaffe
At least 20.000 prisoners died at concentration camp "Mittelbau Dora", where the "Vergeltungswaffe 2" (Vergeltung=vengeance) was put together. Hitler's admired architect Albert Speer was responsible for the "Third Reich"s war economy at that time. In the Nuremberg Trials, he could successfully pretend that he only was an architect and did not know anything about the Holocaust or the treatment of war prisoners. He stylized himself as a misguided artist and so could avoid the death penalty for himself. He only got 20 years in prison. In the years after the trials he was considered to be the "nice nazi" and also appreciated as a blue print for all the Germans that claimed to have known nothing of the Holocaust. He became notorious for the phrase: "I would have sold my soul for a great building. I had found my Mephisto (Hitler) eventually. He didn't seem to be less charming than Goethes Mephisto (Faust)". His responsibility for the "Third Reich"s late-war economy was uncovered in the last years. Good post btw  |
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03-29-2012, 04:57 PM
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Re: Ballistic Missiles of the Third Reich, Hitler's Last Hope: Wunderwaffe
I've never heard anything about these either... so if they were never used where are they now?
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03-30-2012, 05:41 PM
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Re: Ballistic Missiles of the Third Reich, Hitler's Last Hope: Wunderwaffe
very cool post here's a dora mittelbau post i made a few years ago http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...au-dora-19763/ |
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03-30-2012, 07:01 PM
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Re: Ballistic Missiles of the Third Reich, Hitler's Last Hope: Wunderwaffe
What amazing photos. I love WWII stuff.
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04-03-2017, 07:56 PM
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Re: Ballistic Missiles of the Third Reich, Hitler's Last Hope: Wunderwaffe
Nice photos hard to believe these slaves were forced to do work along this nature and complexity
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