Operation Damocles
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Operation Damocles

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

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Operation Damocles

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

About this book

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 PeenemĂźnde 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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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. CHAPTER ONE: Striking the Sword
  5. CHAPTER TWO: Building the Network
  6. CHAPTER THREE: Sharpening the Sword
  7. CHAPTER FOUR: Israel Prepares to Strike
  8. CHAPTER FIVE: Tensions Grow
  9. CHAPTER SIX: Killing Mustafa
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN: Egypt Under Attack
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT: The Frustrated Scientists
  12. CHAPTER NINE: “Wanted: Specialist Engineers”
  13. CHAPTER TEN: The Mossad Reaction
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Scientists Get to Work
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE: Mossad Watches the Egyptians
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Egyptians Press Ahead
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Celebrations in Cairo
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN: “Little Isser” Raises the Alarm
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Operation Damocles
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Damocles Continues
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Hysteria in Israel
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN: Mossad Fights On
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY: The Egyptians Fight Back
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY–ONE: The Scientists Pull Out
  25. Conclusion
  26. Endnotes
  27. Index
  28. Copyright Page