How did Italian intelligence steal Hitler's "weapon of retaliation"?
How did Italian intelligence steal Hitler's "weapon of retaliation"?

Video: How did Italian intelligence steal Hitler's "weapon of retaliation"?

Video: How did Italian intelligence steal Hitler's "weapon of retaliation"?
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The Second World War actually split the world into two large camps - the countries of the Axis and the Allies. And although Axis lost the war, the fate of the Allies was no less sad. Almost immediately after the end of one war, another broke out - a cold one, which placed former comrades on opposite sides of the barricades. However, history shows that not everything went smoothly inside the "Axis" itself. This is indicated by the following precedent.

The same rocket
The same rocket

The same rocket.

Recently, a new book was published by researchers Steffano Sappino and David F. Jabes, who are engaged in the study of World War II and weapons. The title is Aircraft Carrier Impero: Axis Combat Power. Large ship with V-1 missiles on board. In their work, the researchers claim that Italian intelligence stole the blueprints of a V-1 cruise missile from its German ally during the war. At that time, this weapon was extremely secret. The Italians wanted to install missiles on their new supership.

The project was secret
The project was secret

The project was secret.

The authors of the book were able to get at their disposal a large number of previously inaccessible documents related to the Impero project, as well as the development of missile technology in the Axis countries. The Impero project referred to was to convert the 240-meter battleship into an aircraft carrier that would be armed with projectiles vaguely reminiscent of Japan's flying torpedoes. Work on the aircraft carrier began in 1941.

It was a huge battleship
It was a huge battleship

It was a huge battleship.

The Germans did not want to share technology with their allies, and therefore the Italians started espionage. There is information that the drawings of the "weapon of retaliation" came to the Italians through the engineer Secondo Campini, who for some time worked with the German company Argus, helping in the development of those very shells.

The missile blueprints were stolen
The missile blueprints were stolen

The missile blueprints were stolen.

The Impero project, like many other Axis super-projects, was never completed. The reason for this was the surrender of Rome. After that, the ship became a trophy of the German navy. I must admit, the acquisition was dubious, to put it mildly. At that time, only 28 percent of the work was completed.

Then the ship went to Germany
Then the ship went to Germany

Then the ship went to Germany.

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