Steel and Secrets: Interrogating German Tank Engineers 1945

By Andrew Hills

In Summer 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered and Allied intelligence actively sought targets of interest from industrialists to engineers. Three men, key to the development of German tanks and AFVs in WW2 were identified; Kurt Arnoldt - the Chief Technical Engineer for Henschel at Haustenbeck and the man primarily responsible for the 'King Tiger', Gerd Stieler von Heydekampf - Managing Director at Henschel und S hn and later to be the President of the Panzer Kommission, and Heinrich Ernst Kniepkamp as head of Waffen Prufamt 6 responsible for German armoured fighting vehicles.

Interrogated by Allied intelligence officers, their views, opinions, and insights into the reasons why German tanks and vehicles were developed the way they were, why they looked like they did, and why projects like the E100 and Maus were given the go-ahead were recorded.

These reports, just a few of hundreds conducted in 1945 provide a glimpse into tank development of interest to anyone in the organization of industry within NAZI Germany, tanks, and WW2 in general.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798367761696
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"