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• catalog abstract ""At the close of World War II, Allied forces faced frightening new German secret weapons - buzz bombs, V-2s, and the first jet fighters. When Hitler's war machine began to collapse, the race was on to snatch these secrets before the Soviet Red Army found them." "The last battle of World War II, then, was not for military victory but for the technology of the Third Reich. In American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets, Wolfgang Samuel assembles from official Air Force records and survivors' interviews the largely untold stories of the disarmament of the once mighty Luftwaffe and of Operation Lusty - the hunt for Nazi Technologies." "In April 1945 American armies were on the brink of winning their greatest military victory, yet America's technological backwardness was shocking when measured against that of the retreating enemy. Senior officers, including the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces Henry "Hap" Arnold, knew all too well the seemingly overwhelming victory was less than it appeared. There was just too much luck involved in its outcome." "Two intrepid American Army Air Forces colonels set out to regain America's technological edge. One, Harold E. Watson, went after the German jets; the other, Donald L. Putt, went after the Nazis' intellectual capital - their world-class scientists." "With the help of German and American pilots, Watson brought the jets to America; Putt persevered as well and succeeded in bringing the German scientists to the Army Air Forces' aircraft test and evaluation center at Wright Field. A young P-38 fighter pilot, Lloyd Wenzel, a Texan of German descent then turned these enemy aliens into productive American citizens men who built the rockets that took America to the moon, conquered the sound barrier with their swept wing aircraft designs, and laid the foundation for America's civil and military aviation of the future." "American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets details the contest won, a triumph that shaped America's victories in the cold war."--Jacket.".
• catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
• catalog contributor b13244303.
• catalog created "c2004.".
• catalog date "2004".
• catalog date "c2004.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
• catalog description ""At the close of World War II, Allied forces faced frightening new German secret weapons - buzz bombs, V-2s, and the first jet fighters. When Hitler's war machine began to collapse, the race was on to snatch these secrets before the Soviet Red Army found them." "The last battle of World War II, then, was not for military victory but for the technology of the Third Reich. In American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets, Wolfgang Samuel assembles from official Air Force records and survivors' interviews the largely untold stories of the disarmament of the once mighty Luftwaffe and of Operation Lusty - the hunt for Nazi Technologies."".
• catalog description ""In April 1945 American armies were on the brink of winning their greatest military victory, yet America's technological backwardness was shocking when measured against that of the retreating enemy. Senior officers, including the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces Henry "Hap" Arnold, knew all too well the seemingly overwhelming victory was less than it appeared. There was just too much luck involved in its outcome." "Two intrepid American Army Air Forces colonels set out to regain America's technological edge. One, Harold E. Watson, went after the German jets; the other, Donald L. Putt, went after the Nazis' intellectual capital - their world-class scientists."".
• catalog description ""With the help of German and American pilots, Watson brought the jets to America; Putt persevered as well and succeeded in bringing the German scientists to the Army Air Forces' aircraft test and evaluation center at Wright Field. A young P-38 fighter pilot, Lloyd Wenzel, a Texan of German descent then turned these enemy aliens into productive American citizens men who built the rockets that took America to the moon, conquered the sound barrier with their swept wing aircraft designs, and laid the foundation for America's civil and military aviation of the future." "American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets details the contest won, a triumph that shaped America's victories in the cold war."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 479-484) and index.".
• catalog description "The Way Things Were 1945 -- The German Jets -- Jet Encounters -- The Defiant Few -- Colonel Harold E. Watson -- The 1st Tactical Air Force (Provisional) -- Organizing to Disarm the Luftwaffe -- Operation Lusty -- Solving the Japanese Riddle -- A Mother Lode of Aviation Technology -- The Secrets of Völkenrode and Kochel -- The Feudin' 54th -- Watson Picks His Team -- Lager Lechfeld -- P-47 Jug Pilots -- Watson's Whizzers -- The Merseburg Fan Club -- Project Seahorse -- Melun-Villaroche -- Roast Duck at Aalborg -- The Arado 234 Caper -- So Far, So Good -- The Conquering Hero -- The Focke-Wulf 190 Tragedy -- Air Shows and Air Races -- The Birth of Project Overcast -- Project Overcast and One Man's Experience -- From Overcast to Paperclip -- How Captain Wenzel Made American Citizens Out of Enemy Aliens -- The Way Things Changed -- Afterword -- What Became of All These Good Men?".
• catalog extent "xvii, 493 p. :".
• catalog identifier "1578066492 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "2004".
• catalog issued "c2004.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Jackson : University Press of Mississippi,".
• catalog spatial "Germany".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "940.54/8673 22".
• catalog subject "Aeronautics, Military Research United States History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Technology transfer Germany History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Technology transfer United States History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "UG643 .S36 2004".
• catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Science.".
• catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Technology.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The Way Things Were 1945 -- The German Jets -- Jet Encounters -- The Defiant Few -- Colonel Harold E. Watson -- The 1st Tactical Air Force (Provisional) -- Organizing to Disarm the Luftwaffe -- Operation Lusty -- Solving the Japanese Riddle -- A Mother Lode of Aviation Technology -- The Secrets of Völkenrode and Kochel -- The Feudin' 54th -- Watson Picks His Team -- Lager Lechfeld -- P-47 Jug Pilots -- Watson's Whizzers -- The Merseburg Fan Club -- Project Seahorse -- Melun-Villaroche -- Roast Duck at Aalborg -- The Arado 234 Caper -- So Far, So Good -- The Conquering Hero -- The Focke-Wulf 190 Tragedy -- Air Shows and Air Races -- The Birth of Project Overcast -- Project Overcast and One Man's Experience -- From Overcast to Paperclip -- How Captain Wenzel Made American Citizens Out of Enemy Aliens -- The Way Things Changed -- Afterword -- What Became of All These Good Men?".
• catalog title "American raiders : the race to capture the Luftwaffe's secrets / Wolfgang W.E. Samuel.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".