This country is at war with Germany. We shall go on to the end. I remember the sheets of

plane which came up and almost blinded us for my guns.

Hello and welcome to another episode of the World War II podcast. I'm Angus Wallace as

the course of the Second World War turned against the Third Reich. Some radical proposals and

inventive designs will put forward by armaments, manufacturers, scientists, technicians, air crew,

and even private individuals to the German air ministry for consideration as weapons to be

utilised by the Luftwaffe. Some proposals were destined to never leave the drawing board while

others not only underwent trials but were issued to operational units and used in action.

In this episode I'm joined by Robert Forsyth. Robert is an aviation historian who,

some of you may recall, I chatted to an episode 52 when we looked at the Luftwaffe units working

with U-boats. Robert has a sumptuous new book available from Osprey. Luftwaffe special weapons

1942-45. But just before we get started, I thought I'd remind patrons that from my chat with

Jonathan Trigg, I made available an extra 30 minutes of John and I talking about the eastern front.

So if you've not already had a listen, go back and give it a go. It's interesting stuff. If you're

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to find the time to put the shirt together. So that's patreon.com slash www to podcast.

Robert, thanks for joining me. So let's start with the Luftwaffe developing special weapons.

Why do the Luftwaffe feel they need to develop special weapons? Is it response to something?

I guess Britain does the bouncing bomb because we think we have a special mission in mind.

Are the Luftwaffe doing it for those kind of raisins? First of all, special weapons covers

a multitude of sins or a multitude of weapons and each weapon is designed for a specific task.

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