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Silver Bird Bomber
Air superiority was one of the most important factors in the winning of the war. Being able to rain destruction down on your foes from the clouds completely changed the way we fought, and both sides worked tirelessly to develop new means of attack. One German concept that never saw active duty was the Silbervogel, or Silver Bird bomber.
Eschewing traditional means of liftoff, the Silver Bird was accelerated to up to 1200 miles per hour by means of a rail-mounted rocket sled. After launch, the bomber would rise above the stratosphere and glide halfway around the world to deliver a nuclear payload to America soil – an impossibility for current weapons of the era. Thankfully, the Germans could never get it functioning correctly and the project was scrapped.
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While Hitler was arguably one of the greatest politicians of modern times, he only rose to the rank of corporal while fighting in WW 1. Thankfully for the world Hitler had enough power to over rule his admirals and generals, Nazi Germany had the power and technology to win the war but Hitler made a couple of key blunders which is why his generals tried to have him killed. It all worked out for the best, the world and
February 20 2013 at 2:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyespecially the US did benefit from all the military advancements even getting the US to the moon with Verner von Braun and all his knowledge, prototypes, work and scientists. Braun eventually became head of NASA, not bad for a young German boy with a dream, he helped two countries become world super powers, actually three because many of his proteges went to Russia and helped them.
The scariest weapons were not the ones thought of. They were the ones built. Like the V-1 and the V-2. Could have been an entirely different war if they\'d been around in \'41.
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