50. Rudolph OHI, 72; Reisig OHI, 31; WD correspondence on Schröder, 1962, in DM, Luftfahrt/Persönlichkeiten/Männer, Dornberger files.
51. WvB, “Behind the Scenes,” 24, SRCH, WvB Papers; Steinoff FOIA release, INSCOM; Steinhoff to Zanssen, 18.1.40, in DM, (FE 1821); Mueller OHI, 46–47; Haeussermann OHI, 18–22; Hoelzer OHI, 67–68.
52. “Nachweisung der am 1.1.40 für VP. eingesetzten Arbeitskräfte,” in NASM, FE349; Haeussermann OHI, 5–6; Rees OHI, 5–6.
53. Stegmaier minutes of 14.9.39 meeting at TH Dresden, in NASM file “Peenemünde #2”; Steinhoff 1940 BSM report, 10.1.41, NASM, FE769; Reisig OHI, 1989, 33–34, 42–46.
54. WvB Aktenvermerk, 8.7.39, on meeting with Kreiselgeräte, in NASM, FE119; Mueller OHI, 54–67; Gievers, “Erinnerungen,” 281, 284–85; Mueller, “A History.”
55. Steinhoff 1940 BSM report, 10.1.41, NASM, FE769; Reisig OHI, 1989, 34–37; Steinhoff, “Development,” 207–8; Haeussermann, “Developments,” 226–28; Moore, “German Missile Accelerometers.”
56. Steinhoff (?) to Banse/RLM/LC 4, 5.9.39, Günther/RLM/LC 4 memo, 24.9.39; WD to Peenemünde, 25.4.39, Wa Prüf 11 Stab Vortragsnotiz for Becker, 9.10.39, and WD to RLM, 15.11.39, re 21.10.39 meeting of Becker, Milch, and Udet, in NASM, FE746.
57. Hoelzer OHI, 8–10.
58. Steinhoff 1940 BSM report, 10.1.41, NASM, FE769; Hoelzer OHI, 14–21; Müller, “Control System,” in Benecke and Quick, History , 88–93.
59. Steinhoff 1940 BSM report, 10.1.41, NASM, FE769; WD, V-2 , 134–35; WvB dev. status report, 24.4.41, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1260; Ludewig memo on 4.12.41 meeting in NASM, FE727/a.
60. Steinhoff 1940 BSM report, 10.1.41, NASM, FE769; Hoelzer OHI, 28–39.
61. Hoelzer OHI, 28–39; Haeussermann, “Developments,” 229–30; Tomayko, “Helmut Hoelzer’s,” 230–32.
62. Hoelzer OHI, 41–42; Tomayko, “Helmut Hoelzer’s”; Haeussermann, “Developments,” 229–32.
63. Steinhoff 1940 BSM report, 10.1.41, NASM, FE769; WvB dev. status report, 24.4.41, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1260; WvB minutes of 4.8.41 meeting, in NASM, FE733; WvB minutes of 20.10.41 meeting in BA/MA, RH8/V.1954; Steinhoff minutes of 11.12.41 meeting in NASM, FE728/b.
64. Fieber, “Zur Geschichte,” 11, 29–30; Karner, “Steuerung,” 53; sources in note 63.
65. Dannenberg OHI, 42–43.
4. Peenemünde’s Time of Troubles
1. Rudolph OHI, 75–76; Franklin, American , 64.
2. Rudolph OHI, 76–78; WvB dev. report, 20.9.39, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1260; WD Vortragsnotiz, 14.12.39, in NASM, FE349.
3. Deutsch, Hitler , 220–30; Overy, Goering , 70–71.
4. Von Brauchitsch order to Becker, 21.11.38, in NASM, FE357; Reisig OHI, 1989, 64–65.
5. Schubert chronicle, 25.1.39, 20.2.39, and 20.5.39, and Schubert Vortrag, 7.6.39, BA/MA, RH8/v.1206; WD Vortragsnotiz, 14.12.39, in NASM, FE349; Rudolph OHI, 1989, 78, 81.
6. Schubert chronicle, 25.1.39, and Schubert Vortrag, 7.6.39, in BA/MA, RH8/V.1206; Schubert Aktennotiz, 18.10.41, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1208b.
7. WD Vortragsnotiz, 14.12.39, in NASM, FE349; Schubert chronicle, 25.1.39, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1206.
8. Nuss, “Einige Aspekte;” Leeb, Aus der Rüstung , 16–17.
9. Schubert Aktennotiz, 18.10.41, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1208b; Schubert chronicle of 10.2.39, and draft letter to Speer, 12.10.39, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1206.
10. Schubert chronicle, 25.1.39, and Schubert Vortrag, 7.6.39, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1206; WD draft Vortragsnotiz for Hitler, 5.7.41, in NASM, FE342; Overy, “Mobilization,” 636–37; Overy, Goering , 158–60.
11. Rudolph Vortrag, 1.3.43, and Schubert to WD, 21.6.43, in BA/MA, RH8/V.1210; Rudolph OHI, 76–78; WD Vortragsnotiz, 14.12.39, in NASM, FE349.
12. Germany, Das Deutsche Reich , 1:470–72, 529–32; Overy, “Hitler’s War,” 274–75, 280–81; Schubert chronicle, 25.1. and 3.5.39, in BA/MA, RH8/V.1206; Heeresneubauleitung to Wa Stab, 28.3., and WD to W Rü, 31.3.39, in NASM, FE342.
13. WD, V-2 , 64–66; Bergaust, Wernher von Braun , 55–60.
14. WD, V-2 , 65–66; WD to W Rü, 31.3.39, in NASM, FE342; Schubert chronicle, 3–5.7.39, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1206.
15. WD, V-2 , 63; Von Brauchitsch order, 5.9.39, and Burdach/Allgem. Heeresamt, “Zusatzbefehl,” 8.9.39, in NASM, FE342; WvB, “Rundschreiben,” 30.8.39, in NASM, FE750.
16. WD, V-2 , 63; Schubert chronicle, 6.9.39, in BA/MA, RH8/V.1206.
17. Thomas to Funk and Todt, 15.9.39, in NASM, FE342.
18. Carroll, Design , 194–96; Overy, “Mobilization,” 623, 637.
19. Draft order, 11.10.39, in NA, T-77/201/937537–38; Germany, Das Deutsche Reich , 5/1:370; Carroll, Design , 201; WD chronology, 5.7.41, in NASM, FE342; Schubert Aktennotiz, 16.11.39, in BA/MA, RH8/V.1206; Hölsken, V-Waffen , 21–22.
20. Udet to Jeschonnek, 12.9.39, in BA/MA, RL3/352; Schabel, “Wunderwaffen?” 151–52, 180–81; Heinkel, Stürmisches Leben , 464–73; Hüter Aktenvermerk, 15.6.39, Udet to Becker, 24.10.39, and WvB to WD, 22.6.40, in NASM, FE746; WvB dev. report, 20.9.39, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1260.
21. WD to Peenemünde and Kummersdorf, 3.10.39, in SRCH, Tschinkel Papers; Schubert Aktenvermerk, 16.11.39, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1206.
22. Becker Aktenvermerk, 21.11.39, on 20.11. meeting with Hitler, and WD to Wa I Rü 8, 17.1.40, both in NASM, FE342.
23. Quotes from WD, “The German V-2,” 401; WD Statement in Benecke and Quick, History , 296. See also WD, V-2 , 69; WvB, “Reminiscences,” 138, 140; Ordway and Sharpe, Rocket Team , 28–29; Irving, Mare’s Nest , 18; McDougall, Heavens, 43. As result of Dornberger’s memoirs, Hitler’s role in the A-4 priority battle has been greatly distorted and mythologized. Only Hölsken’s V-Waffen has given a more complete (if error-prone) account. For a fuller examination of the historiography, see Neufeld, “Hitler.”
24. Hoffmann, History , 129.
25. Germany, Das Deutsche Reich , 5/1:409–26; Overy, “Hitler’s War,” 275–77; Murray, German Military Effectiveness , 229–43.
26. Schubert Aktennotiz, 1.12.39, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1206; Dornberger to Koch/Chef Wa Prüf, 2.12.39, in NASM, FE342; Dornberger Vortragsnotizen, 12.12. and 14.12.39, in NASM, FE349.
27. WD Vortragsnotiz, 14.12.39, and Schubert to WD, 6.1.40, in NASM, FE349; Becker to Koch, 20.12.39, in NASM, FE342.
28. WD to Zanssen, Schubert, and Heeresneubauamt, 8.1.40, and WD to Wa I Rü 8, 17.1.40, in NASM, FE342; Germany, Das Deutsche Reich , 5/1:423–46. Whether or not Hitler was involved in these discussions is unknown.
29. Dornberger Vortragsnotiz, 14.12.39, in NASM, FE349.
30. On decisiveness, see Dornberger, V-2 , 104–6; on targeting, WD (WvB) to Wa Prüf 1, 20.1.40, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1260; on accuracy, WD Vortragsnotiz, 14.12.39, in NASM, FE349.
31. Schubert chronicle, 28.2.39, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1206; Schubert chronicle, 7.2.40 and 8.3.40, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1207; Schubert Aktennotiz, 18.10.41, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1208b; Rudolph Vortrag, 1.3.43, and Schubert to WD, 21.6.43, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1210.
32. WD (WvB) to KG, 19.2.40, in NASM, FE119; Germany, Das Deutsche Reich , 5/1: 446; Schubert chronicle, 19.2. and 21.2.40, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1207.
33. Speer, Inside , 469; Schubert chronicle, 13.2.39 and 6.9.39, and minutes of 3–5.10.39 meetings, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1206; Zanssen program for 19.1.40 Speer visit in BA/MA, RH8/v.1207; OKW/WiRüAmt armaments inspectors meeting, 8.1.40, in NA, T-77/85/808733–34. On falsifications in Speer’s memoirs, see Schmidt, Albert Speer . Speer’s memories of the rocket program appear to have been influenced by Dornberger’s account.
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