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Giffard, Hermoine (2016) Making Jet Engines in World War II – Britain, Germany, and the United States, University of Chicago Press

Mahnkopf, Gisela, ed. ‘Blechschmiede’ Horgau - KZ-Außenlager und Waldfabrik für die NS-Rüstungsproduktion: Sonderband zum 32. Jahresbericht des Heimatvereins für den Landkreis Augsburg e.V. Augsburg: Heimatverein für den Landkreis Augsburg, 2010.

Radinger, Will and Walter Schick (1996). Me 262 – Entwicklung, Erporobung und Fertigung des ersten einsatzfähigen Düsenjägers der Welt.. Aviatic Verlag, 3rd Ed

Tooze, Adam (2007). The Wages of Destruction – The Making & Breaking of the Nazi economy. Penguin Books

Sharp, Dan (2022) Messerschmitt Me 262 – Development and Politics, Mortons

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- Timecodes -
00:00 - Jet Fighters
00:26 - Going For Jets
02:42 - Decentralized Production of Jet Fighters
04:12 - Forest Factories
08:22 - Mortons/AK [Sponsored Segment]
09:52 - Number Game: Building Enough Jets
12:19 - Impact of Jet Fighters

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