British Exploitation of German Science and Technology, 1943-1949

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-8153-5838-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 574 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Second World War History

At the end of the Second World War, Germany lay at the mercy of its occupiers, all of whom launched programmes of scientific and technological exploitation. Each occupying nation sought to bolster their own armouries and industries with the spoils of war, and Britain was no exception. Shrouded in secrecy yet directed at the top levels of government and driven by ingenuity from across the civil service and armed forces, Britain made exploitation a key priority. By examining factories and laboratories, confiscating prototypes and blueprints, and interrogating and even recruiting German experts, Britain sought to utilise the innovations of the last war to prepare for the next.

This ground-breaking book tells the full story of British exploitation for the first time, sheds new light on the legacies of the Second World War, and contributes to histories of intelligence, science, warfare and power in the midst of the twentieth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hall, Charlie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter One: The Scientific War

- Science and Strategy

- Spying on Science

- Forerunners to Exploitation

Chapter Two: The Origins of Exploitation

- The Exploitation Idea

- Wartime Deployment

- Into the Reich

Chapter Three: Exploitation in Earnest

- Committees and Agencies

- Investigators and Exploiters

- Competition and Co-operation

Chapter Four: The Spoils of War

- Material Spoils

- Chemical and Biological Warfare

- Rocketry and Aeronautics

Chapter Five: Exploiting Expertise

- Dustbin and Epsilon

- Detention and Interrogation in Germany

- Detention and Interrogation in Britain

Chapter Six: The Brain Drain

- Defence Recruitment

- Civil Recruitment

- The Émigrés

Chapter Seven: Allies and Rivals

- The United States

- Europe

- The Global Diaspora

Chapter Eight: A New Adversary

- Working with the Soviets

- ‘A Completely Open Race’

- Denial Policy

Chapter Nine: Exploitation and the Occupation

- The British Zone

- Control of Science

- Denazification and Demilitarisation

Chapter Ten: Exploitation in Context

- Reparations

- Legality and Morality

- The Public Domain

Conclusion

- Epilogue I: The End of Exploitation

- Epilogue II: Impacts and Legacies

- Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Charlie Hall is Associate Lecturer in History at the University of Kent.