WW2 German Amerikabombers | The Secret Aircraft That Aimed At Bombing The United States | PART 1

Amerikabombers. Nazi Germany plan to bomb the United States. Part 1
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The Amerikabomber (English: America bomber) project was an initiative of the German Ministry of Aviation (Reichsluftfahrtministerium) to obtain a long-range strategic bomber for the Luftwaffe that would be capable of striking the United States (specifically New York City) from Germany, a round-trip distance of about 11,600 km (7,200 mi). The concept was raised as early as 1938, but advanced plans for such a long-range strategic bomber design did not begin to appear before Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring until early 1942. Various proposals were put forward, but these plans were all eventually abandoned as they were too expensive, too reliant on rapidly diminishing materiel and production capacity, and/or technically infeasible.
According to Albert Speer's book, Spandau: The Secret Diaries, Adolf Hitler was fascinated with the idea of New York City in flames. In 1937, Willy Messerschmitt hoped to win a lucrative contract by showing Hitler a prototype of the Messerschmitt Me 264 that was being designed to reach North America from Europe. On 8 July 1938, barely two years after the death of Germany's main strategic bombing advocate, Generalleutnant Walter Wever, and eight months after the Reich Air Ministry awarded the contract for the design of the Heinkel He 177, Germany's only operational heavy bomber during the war years, the Luftwaffe's commander-in-chief Hermann Göring gave a speech saying, "I completely lack the bombers capable of round-trip flights to New York with a 4.5-tonne bomb load. I would be extremely happy to possess such a bomber, which would at last stuff the mouth of arrogance across the sea." Canadian historian Holger H. Herwig claims the plan started as a result of discussions by Hitler in November 1940 and May 1941 when he stated his need to "deploy long-range bombers against American cities from the Azores." Due to their location, he thought the Portuguese Azores islands were Germany's "only possibility of carrying out aerial attacks from a land base against the United States." At the time, Portuguese Prime Minister Salazar had allowed German U-boats and navy ships to refuel there, but from 1943 onwards, he leased bases in the Azores to the British, allowing the Allies to provide aerial coverage in the middle of the Atlantic.
Requests for designs, at various stages during the war, were made to the major German aircraft manufacturers (Messerschmitt, Junkers, Focke-Wulf, and the Horten Brothers) early in World War II, coinciding with the passage of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom in September 1940. Heinkel's bid for the project occurred sometime shortly after February 1943, by which time the RLM had issued the Heinkel firm the airframe type number 8-277 for what essentially became its entry.
The Amerikabomber project plan was completed on April 27, 1942, and submitted to Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring on May 12, 1942. The 33-page plan was discovered in Potsdam by Olaf Groehler, a German historian. Ten copies of the plan were made, with six going to different Luftwaffe offices and four held in reserve. The plan specifically mentions using the Azores as a transit airfield to reach the United States. If utilized, the Heinkel He 277, Junkers Ju 390, and the Messerschmitt Me 264 could reach American targets with a 3-tonne, 5-tonne, and 6.5-tonne payload, respectively. Although it is apparent that the plan itself deals only with an attack on American soil, it is possible the Nazis saw other interrelated strategic purposes for the Amerikabomber project. According to military historian James P. Duffy, Hitler "saw in the Azores the ... possibility for carrying out aerial attacks from a land base against the United States.
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[@joeblow6568]

20 ,minutes on U-boats, 10 on the actual title, then an hour on the B-29?

[@senormedia]

so, 30 minutes of what the video is titled, and then an hour on the 29?

[@briankistner4331]

It's amazing that Boeing, designer of the B-17 & B-29, has gone to shit in the last decade.

[@crazytrain7114]

They're trying to run a publically traded engineering company like a government contractor. Thank McDonald Douglas

[@larry648]

Don’t forget the B-47, the C/KC-135 series and, of course, the great B-52.

[@mikehart5619]

Well, IF they could have been produced in a significant number and IF there were pilots to fly them and IF there was fuel to keep them flying then maybe it would have made a difference in the war. But even if the bomber could have gotten off the drawing board and if it could have actually flown to New York and back, there are all the previous IFs. Besides, while bombing the east coast of the US would be tragic for those living there, it would have barely made a dent in US industrial capacity.

[@dwightparish7637]

Very good point

[@mauritsdonga7663]

Agreed.

[@BrettDei]

German insistence on quality over quantity, interservice rivalries, and the inefficiencies in all materials and production made German defeat inevitable.

[@joe2mercs]

In the ebb and flow of WW2, U.K. aircraft production migrated from making fighters to bombers as the need for defence swung toward going on the offence. The reverse happened in Germany. As the war progressed Germany’s aircraft production concentrated much more on developing fighters to defend against bomber raids. Bombers are much more resource intensive machines to develop, build, equip, man, operate and escort than fighters. So while some may have fantasised about bombing America, Germany did not have the resources for such a project.

[@adriancash7063]

@@joe2mercs not sure it’s true to say that production migrated from fighters to bombers as the war progressed. What evidence have you seen for this? The preeminent bombers and fighters of the early part of the war continued in production throughout the campaign - arguably when you consider the development of the Tempest and Fury line together with the evolution of the Spitfire there was as much if not more fighter development than bomber - the Warwick was low volume whilst the Lincoln arrived too late.

[@rustycann6887]

i thought this was about german bombers not the B29

[@Thumpalumpacus]

19 miles away in fifty seconds (timestamp @:1:11:03) is almost a mile every 2.7 seconds, which is Concorde-level speeds -- over 1200 mph. That was some B-29, had no idea Silverplates were such hot shops.

[@Ma007rk]

Perhaps if Germany would have produced such bombers in the mid to late 30s, then they might have made a difference. Nazi Germany just had too many things going against them. No doubt they produced exquisite airplanes, tanks, etc. It just took way too much in the way of specialized labor to produce what they produced. And it costs too much per item.

[@trinovantian1]

Anymore about the Amerikabomber ?

[@josephd6203]

Such good information. I thought I knew a lot about WW2, but I was wrong, I learned a lot today!

[@farmrrick]

Raiding New York wouldn't have done much strategically. US industry is very spread out. Especially once you get us on a war footing .

[@Kirkee7]

YES WE GET , it the distance.

[@benjaminrapp7418]

"Boeing... shortcuts had to be taken..." Oh boy, that sure hits differently in 2024.

[@richardcalda3187]

I've forgotten what we started with

[@ArmyVet82ndAbn]

To make a dull long story short: America kicked Germanys ass, end of story.

[@davemcinnes7886]

Even Hitler knew Germany could never hang with America!

[@GeorgeRuffner-iy7bm]

As a subscriber, I suggest you could take the B-29 stuff and make a separate video. There were things mentioned and shown I never was aware of, and I'm 79 years old! Thanks for sharing. 🙈🙉🙊 😎 🇺🇸

[@iluvledzepp]

39:38 Shanghai Shek lol? You mean Chang Kai Shek... For the amount of time it must take to make these documentaries you'd think they'd do some fact checking, just saying...

[@ianbeedles1329]

Careful, the content creator is very sensitive when he gets criticism about how pronounces well known names, especially British county, city and town names😉

[@GoodAtheistAlway]

6:36 No need for capitalism to get the Usa out of the crisis

[@Sugarmountaincondo]

@22:00 a complete list of the 20+ factories in America the Germans wanted to bomb would have been more useful to us historians than just naming 3 and following with "and many others" This video lost track of it's Title and became a story about the B-29. You lost my subscription over this fact.

[@richardcaves3601]

Never got off the drawing board. So, like all Nazis fantasy machines, remains a pipe dream. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@carlhull8276]

Stubborn Brits Screwed up a lot of other stuff too

[@henrycorvinus4045]

If William Boeing was still with us, Boeing would still be outstanding.

[@davemcinnes7886]

Still are! Most folks are totally ignorant of what it really takes to design and build a plane that’s not aluminum, but all composites! Ahead of its time!

[@espenbjerke665]

whats a Bollem &vos? ;)))

[@Dronescapes]

Auto-generated subtitles. You can always turn them off...

[@adriancash7063]

@@Dronescapesmaybe he was referring to the pronunciation which was slightly less than accurate 😉

[@Dronescapes]

Who knows…We manually fixed the English subtitles (which were wrong). In another year or so AI is going to be perfect, so this will not happen anymore (but so many other things will happen)

[@Vanilla-jd1ez]

What democracy? The US has officially not been a democracy ever. Lindon Johnson ended any semblance of a government answerable to it's citizens.

[@Dronescapes]

You have a very odd way of labeling a democracy, especially considering the many examples of huge countries (and not) that are definitively not a democracy, but are outright dictatorships, or resemble one.

[@bettinaripperger4159]

It is so sad to see what America has become. We have no production ability. Our workers have become lazy and soft. We have worked hard to stop producing oil domestically. We have drained our strategic oils reserves.

[@jasonwood6570]

What are you whining about. There is still plenty of industry. And I'm not sure where you work, but as a machinist in the oil industry, I don't agree with your soft and lazy assessment. And by the way, there is more oil production going on now than ever. I work in the industry, and what you said is unequivocally false. If you want to do something to change these so called problems, then buy American. And send your kids to work in the oil fields ,because there are tons of good paying jobs to be had, and it's cheaper than sending your kids to college. Don't complain if you are not willing to spend your money on American made products( and our allies) . The real problem is lazy complainers that don't back up there talk with money

[@mauritsdonga7663]

Ah, need a safe space? The United States are doing fine.

[@BrettDei]

Workers aren't soft or lazy. Corporations are entirely responsible for shipping manufacturing overseas, and pay and benefits haven't kept pace with management compensation.

[@peekaboopeekaboo1165]

​@@jasonwood6570 Your "spend money on American products (and our allies)" ... does your "allies" include Commie Vietnam too ? Why spend on stuff from your "allies" when they've took away American jobs .

[@trueTrumper]

Yeah, So secret, they never used it. 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅