HITLER’S Wonder WEAPONS | Could they have turned the tide of the War?
Hitler's "Wunderwaffen" or "wonder weapons" were a series of advanced and experimental weapons developed by Nazi Germany during World War II in a desperate attempt to turn the tide of the war in their favor. These projects were pushed forward with significant resources despite the increasingly dire wartime situation for Germany. The term encompasses a wide range of technologies, including missiles, aircraft, and other weaponry, some of which were innovative for their time, while others were overly ambitious and never progressed beyond the experimental stages. These included the V-1 Flying Bomb; the V-2 Rocket; the Me 262 jet fighter; the Panzer VIII "Maus"; as well as many other projects which we cover in this video. In the late stages of World War Two, some of these weapons saw action - with different degrees of success.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:30 P.1000 "Ratte"
1:30 Amerikabomber Project
2:13 Me 262 "Schwalbe"
3:14 Me 163 "Komet"
3:50 Fritz X Guided Bomb
4:23 Arado 234 "Blitz"
5:18 "Vergeltungswaffen" Program
6:34 Fliegerfaust
7:10 Panzerkampfwagen VIII "Maus"
8:37 H-Class Battleships
9:20 Conclusion - Could they have turned the tide?
Sources:
Anthony Beevor - "The Second World War"
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/...
Credits for the footage:
Wikimedia Commons;
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