Military Model Scene

Title: Hitler's Miracle Weapons Vol 1
Author: Friedrich Georg
Publisher: Helion & Co
ISBN: 978-1-804517-26-0

'Secret nuclear weapons of the Third Reich and their carrier systems: The Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine'. A 127-page soft-cover book from Helion & Co.
Following the introduction, this first volume is divided into 3 parts. It begins with some background and development history, with different centres around Germany working on the nuclear sciences, but as so often in the story of Hitler's Germany, with more competition between them rather than cooperation it seems. Part 2 goes on to look at the potential weapons themselves along with the possible Luftwaffe aircraft that might carry them as far as America. These include aircraft such as the Me 264, the Junkers 390, a long-range He 177 or some other potential designs, including Mistel style piggyback options. Then there are the Kriegsmarine options, and new versions of the A4 missile (the V2). This leaves us with part 3 and consideration of why Germany did not use these weapons, even when they were in desperate straits at the end of the war, along with them sharing their development with Japan. Few archive images in this one, though the remains of the long range He 177 is seen in Prague at the end of the war. There are however some neat artwork colour profiles and pictures of a number of models which the author had made of some of these wonder weapon designs.
Over the years there have been plenty of questions and speculation about the development of a nuclear bomb by Germany during WW2. In this case the author has put a lot of elements together to give us an interesting look at what the German scientists actually were working on, and questions why Hitler never used their developments in action, and asks why he chose not to. Having read it, I am fairly sure that there is much more information still hidden away in the archives, maybe in the UK, USA, Russia, possibly France, but they have never been released to the public, for whatever reason(s). An intriguing read I thought.
Thanks to Helion & Co for the review copy.

Robin