Jabes, Davide F./Sappino, Stefano Aircraft Carrier Impero. The Axis Powers' V-1 carrying Capital Ship

Name: Jabes, Davide F./Sappino, Stefano: Aircraft Carrier Impero. The Axis Powers' V-1 carrying Capital Ship
Brand: Fonthill
SKU: 561/2787
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English text, many bw-photos and drawings, tables. 255 pages.

Manufacturer: Fonthill
Manufacturer No.: 9781781556771

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From late 1941 Italy had been developing a secret project with her German allies to move the V-1 "Wunderwaffen" aboard aircraft carriers. Hitler required one million victims to get the British and American governments on their knees and force them to sign an honourable ceasefire. The personal archives of Ansaldo's naval architect Lino Campagnoli (1911-1975), bring back to life the plans for a modern aircraft carrier, the unprecedented transformation of the "Impero" battleship into a fleet carrier. The new documentation reveals the draft terms of conversion of the last of the four "Littorio" class modern battleships which were in a state of advanced preparation (hull components and engines completed). In the period 1941-43 a series of plans was drawn for "Impero's" conversion to an aircraft carrier providing, inter alia, for the embarkation of Fi 103 (the German V-1), to provide substance to Italo-German cooperation in strategic military sectors. The Kriegsmarine's underwater tests on the protection of "Impero's" incomplete hull in 1944 put an end to the dream of using her as strategic weapons carrier.

Group: Books (first-hand)
Author: Jabes, Davide F./Sappino, Stefano
Title: Aircraft Carrier Impero. The Axis Powers' V-1 carrying Capital Ship
Details: English text, many bw-photos and drawings, tables. 255 pages.