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Operation Damocles

Name: Operation Damocles
Author: Roger Howard

Israel's Secret War Against Hitler's Scientists, 1951-1967

Roger Howard,

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Operation Damocles

Israel's Secret War Against Hitler's Scientists, 1951-1967

Roger Howard,

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The forgotten cloak-and-dagger history of the former Nazi scientists who were recruited by Egypt to develop long-range missiles capable of striking Israel. 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

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Publisher

Pegasus Books

Year

2021

ISBN

9781639360581

Topic

Geschichte

Subtopic

Geschichte des Nahen Ostens

Cover Page
Title Page
Contents
CHAPTER ONE: Striking the Sword
CHAPTER TWO: Building the Network
CHAPTER THREE: Sharpening the Sword
CHAPTER FOUR: Israel Prepares to Strike
CHAPTER FIVE: Tensions Grow
CHAPTER SIX: Killing Mustafa
CHAPTER SEVEN: Egypt Under Attack
CHAPTER EIGHT: The Frustrated Scientists
CHAPTER NINE: “Wanted: Specialist Engineers”
CHAPTER TEN: The Mossad Reaction
CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Scientists Get to Work
CHAPTER TWELVE: Mossad Watches the Egyptians
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Egyptians Press Ahead
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Celebrations in Cairo
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: “Little Isser” Raises the Alarm
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Operation Damocles
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Damocles Continues
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Hysteria in Israel
CHAPTER NINETEEN: Mossad Fights On
CHAPTER TWENTY: The Egyptians Fight Back
CHAPTER TWENTY–ONE: The Scientists Pull Out
Conclusion
Endnotes
Index
Copyright Page