Stealing the V2 rocket: Britain’s secret WW2 intelligence coup
6/21/202632 min
In 1944, as Allied troops pushed across Europe after D-Day, the Allies faced a terrifying new threat: Hitler’s V2 weapons, striking without warning at supersonic speed. In this episode, Emily Briffett speaks to author, historian and journalist Guy Walters about his new book, Stealing Hitler's Rocket, which uncovers the extraordinary secret mission to smuggle parts of the Nazi 'vengeance weapon' out of occupied Europe and into British hands.
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[upbeat music] In nineteen forty-four, as Allied troops pushed across Europe after D-Day, the Allies faced a terrifying new threat, Hitler's V2 weapons striking without warning at supersonic speed. In this episode of the History Extra podcast, Emily Griffith speaks to author, historian, and journalist Guy Walters about his new book, Stealing Hitler's Rocket, which uncovers the extraordinary secret mission to smuggle parts of the Nazi vengeance weapon out of occupied Europe and into British hands. Guy starts by setting the scene.
Guy Walters· Guest1:09
If you lived on Staveley Road in Chiswick today, well, obviously you'd be very lucky because you'd probably be quite well off. Chiswick, as most people know, is a pretty posh area, and it's pretty nice. But one day in September nineteen forty-four, wow, bang. No one knew what had happened initially, and lots of people were killed,