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Adolf Hitler changed the world. He was a messiah to his people and the Antichrist to the rest of the world. Responsible for the deaths of millions of people around the globe, he is the greatest war criminal in history. The Nazi's rose to power possessing the most advanced technology on earth, decades ahead of other nations, and years before being exhibited publicly by military and private sectors. From flying wings, super tanks, suicidal rocket bombs to huge orbital solar mirrors and flying saucers, explore the bizarre super weapons and prophecy of the Third Reich.

On August 9, 1945, on the tiny island of Tinian in the South Pacific, a 25-year-old American Army Air Corps major named Charles W. Sweeney climbed aboard a B-29 Superfortress in command of his first combat mission, one devised specifically to bring a long and terrible war to a necessary conclusion.... The last military officer to command an atomic mission, Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney has the unique distinction of having been an integral part of both the Hiroshima and the Nagasaki bombing runs.