The V2 and the German, Russian and American Rocket Program

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Contents

Congreve Schuhmacher and Hall
2
World War I
3
Siemens
4
The Early Rocket Development
5
The A4 V2
16
The radio range control of the V2
31
The Discovery through the British High Command
44
The Attack on Peenemünde
46
X 4 and X 7
128
Other projects in Thuringia
129
V2 rocket launches
132
American Occupation
134
German Developments under Soviet Control
135
R7
142
Backfire
148
The American Rocket Program
149

A 4 Production
49
Predefin
53
The Fi103 Flying Bomb
56
Course and range corrector for the V1
64
The Fi103 and A4 in Service
78
The use of Undergroundfacilities
99
KOHNSTEIN Mountain
101
He 162 Salamander
112
Lehesten Oertelsbruch Rotbutt Laura
114
Bleicherode and Kleinbodungen
115
C2 Wasserfall
116
Design for the construction of Wasserfall Missile Bases
121
Other German Projects
123
Hs 294
126
The First Flights
150
Bumper
153
Redstone Chrysler
154
SM 78 Jupiter
156
US Space Program
159
Other Developments
163
MGM1 Matador
166
SM65 Atlas
170
European Program
179
Veronique
180
Veronique 61
181
Diamant
182
Appendix
184

Common terms and phrases

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Bibliographic information

TitleThe V2 and the German, Russian and American Rocket Program
PublisherGerman Canadian Museum of
ISBN1894643054, 9781894643054
  
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