From 1951 to 1967, Egypt pursued a secret program to build military rockets that could have conceivably posed a threat to neighboring Israel. Because such an ambitious project required Western expertise, the Egyptian leader president Nasser hired West German scientists, many of them veterans of the Nazi rocket program at Peenemünde and elsewhere. These covert plans soon came to the attention of Israel's legendary secret service, Mossad, and caused deep alarm in Tel Aviv.
Could the missiles be fitted with warheads filled with radiological, chemical, or even nuclear materials? Israel responded by using threats, intimidation, and brutal assassination squads to deter the German scientists from working on Nasser's behalf. Exactly half a century later, this book tells the gripping story of the mysterious arms dealers, Mossad assassins, scientific genii, and leading figures who all played their part in Operation Damocles.
| ISBN: | 9781605985657 |
| Publication date: | 15th June 2014 |
| Author: | Roger Howard |
| Publisher: | Pegasus Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 280 pages |
| Genres: |
Weapons and equipment European history Middle Eastern history The Holocaust Ordnance, weapons technology Military history |
From 1951 to 1967, Egypt pursued a secret program to build military rockets that could have conceivably posed a threat to neighboring Israel. Because such an ambitious project required Western expertise, the Egyptian leader president Nasser hired West German scientists, many of them veterans of the Nazi rocket program at Peenemünde and elsewhere.
Operation Damocles features in the following genres: Weapons and equipment, European history, Middle Eastern history, The Holocaust, Ordnance, weapons technology, Military history
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Operation Damocles was written by Roger Howard and published by Pegasus Books
Operation Damocles has 280 pages