- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: Midland Publishing; English Language Ed edition (17 Oct 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1857801504
- ISBN-13: 978-1857801507
- Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 21.6 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 440,243 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The two previous volumes in this hugely popular series have covered Fighters 1939-1945 and Strategic Bombers 1935-1945. This new addition takes a close look at a varied range of aircraft types, principally described as ground attack and special purpose types, but which includes Kampfzerstorer (multi-purpose combat aircraft), multi-purpose and fast bombers, explosive-carrying aircraft intended to attack other aircraft, air-to-air ramming vehicles, bomb-carrying gliders and towed fighters, and airborne weapons and special devices (rockets, cannon, flame-throwers etc). As before, the technical descriptions and histories of about 140 aircraft types are brought to life by many specially created full-colour artworks, showing the projects, often in unit markings, as they might have appeared if they had come to fruition and/or if the war had continued beyond 1945. This series has proved indispensible for historians and notably for modellers, whose imaginations are well fired-up by these revelations.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
High quality publication, paper and printing excellent. The range of subject within the remit of the title is both surprising and rewarding, from aircraft, their payloads etc. to electronic equipment for missile guidance etc.
Although containing artwork of the various projects as they might have been, there is a welcome lack of speculation as to how they might have performed in combat, or altered the course of the war.
Like suspense and horror stories, tales of Nazi wonder weapons thrill with their potential for success yet for all the imagination and in some cases remarkable effort in being realised, a few advanced aircraft would not have faired well against vast numbers and atom bombs.
"Quantity has a quality of its own."
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Pretty Pictures, but disappointing research
29 Dec 2004
Format:Hardcover
Page 7 of this book contains a remarkable Publisher's Note, in which the publisher acknowledges the efforts of translator Ted Oliver (for this book was originally written in German) for his efforts to improve on the original version and the addition of "commentary on the author's erroneous text repeated from sources known to be incorrect or speculative." It must be almost unique to have such a statement in the foreword of a book.
There still is a lot of interesting material in this book, including many fascinating reproductions of original German drawings. But the text is took skimpy, and too much space is devoted to often speculative artwork. This book creates an appetite for more, but one is left feeling dissatisfied and in doubt about the validity of what one has just read.
I don't regret buying this; it is a book worth having. But compared to Tony Buttler's really excellent series on British Secret Projects (which is, that is true, rather harder to digest) this is the work of a dilettante.
There still is a lot of interesting material in this book, including many fascinating reproductions of original German drawings. But the text is took skimpy, and too much space is devoted to often speculative artwork. This book creates an appetite for more, but one is left feeling dissatisfied and in doubt about the validity of what one has just read.
I don't regret buying this; it is a book worth having. But compared to Tony Buttler's really excellent series on British Secret Projects (which is, that is true, rather harder to digest) this is the work of a dilettante.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Super Work!
12 Jan 2004
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Mr's Herwig and Rode, an excellent work on the topic. I found this book to be very informative, had interesting and rare photos, the illustrations and line drawings were excellent, and it was easy to read. There were some items discussed that I had never heard of, namely the "Flammelwerfer" or flamethrower on the rear of an aircraft. All in all, I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the subject. A truly super job!
Luftwaffe Secret Porjects: Ground Attack and Special Projects
3 Oct 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
A beautiful, heavy, cofee-table volume with excellent format, text, and illustrations. A very useful and informative book on all sorts of "exotics" submitted to the Luftwaffe 1939-1945. A joy to own.
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