Hitler's Secret Space Program. The Third Reich Obscure Programs Of WW2

Hitler's Secret Space Program. The Third Reich Obscure Programs Of WW2
Dive into the dark, enigmatic world of Nazi Germany's secret space ambitions! Discover the covert projects that aimed for the stars while the world was engulfed in war.
From Wernher von Braun, The mastermind behind the V-2 rocket and later a key figure in the American space program, to the less-known Eugen Sänger, the visionary behind the Silbervogel, a revolutionary spaceplane concept that could have changed the course of aviation. Uncover the secrets of this ambitious project and explore the origins of his work under Hitler's regime.
During World War II, Sänger worked with the German air force on rocket and ramjet technology.
Project Silbervogel: Delve into the technical details of this audacious spaceplane design. How close did the Nazis come to realizing their dream of spaceflight?
In this video, we'll uncover declassified documents, rare footage, and expert analysis to reveal the truth behind Hitler's obsession with space and its potential impact on the war and the world.
In 1932, Sänger began testing rocket engines at the University of Technology in Vienna, where he was an assistant researcher, developing different designs of combustion chambers. Sänger’s influential book Raketenflugtechnik (Rocket Flight Engineering) was published in 1933. This was the first treatise on rocketry by an academic professional and the first scientific study of the concept of space planes. In October 1933, Sänger proposed the development of a rocket-powered hypersonic bomber to the Austrian army, and later that year, he began rocket engine tests, exploring various propellants and additives. On February 3, 1934, however, the Austrian Defense Ministry rejected Sänger’s proposed rocket bomber due to their mistaken belief that liquid rocket engines would never be feasible due to the explosive nature of the chemical reactions involved.

Undeterred, he continued his experiments and by 1935, Eugen Sänger perfected a “regeneratively cooled” liquid-fueled rocket engine that used its own fuel, circulating around the combustion chamber, to control engine temperatures. This engine eventually produced an astounding 10,000 feet per second exhaust velocity, as compared to the later V-2 rocket’s thrust of only 6560 feet per second. In June 1935 and February 1936, Sänger’s articles in the Austrian aviation magazine Flug (Flight) on rocket-powered aircraft attracted wide attention.

In 1936, Sänger accepted a position from the German High Command to be head of the development center for jet engines in Trauen, Germany. The Germans set up a secret aerospace research institute for Sänger to develop and build his “Silverbird,” a manned, winged vehicle that could reach orbit and then descend back into the atmosphere. As its proposed range would enable it to reach the United States, it was also known as the “Amerika Bomber.” Sänger had been working on this concept for years and had already begun designing liquid-fuel rocket engines for his proposed space plane.

During World War II, Sänger designed combustion chambers providing a thrust of up to 100 tons as well as working on jet propulsion. He also constructed ramjet engines, which he tested on a Dornier 217 heavy bomber in April 1942. Assisted by physicist Irene Bredt, Sänger continued his research on the Amerika Bomber. The final design of what they called the “Sänger-Bredt Antipodal Bomber” was produced in August 1944, fortunately too late to play a role in World War II.

After the war, with captured designs of the Sänger-Bredt bomber as their starting point, the American government developed the X-15 rocket plane, the X-20 Dynasoar space plane, and the Space Shuttle, while the Soviet Union used Sänger’s data for their Burya and Buran intercontinental cruise missiles. With the exception of the X-15 and the Shuttle, however, all of these projects were eventually canceled.

After the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945, Sänger refused to work for the Americans or the British, and in 1946 he and Irene Bredt moved to France. For the next eight years, they worked for the French government as consultants to what would later be Nord Aviation at Chatillon. Sänger studied problems connected with rockets and large ramjet engines. He and Bredt married in 1951 and continued their work on several French missile programs until the mid-1950s.

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