Riza Sembrano De Borja
Britain and the United States repeatedly opened a campaign to hunt for German weapons to research, find weaknesses to counter the enemy in World War II.
During World War II, Nazi Germany possessed many high-tech weapons and ahead of their time, making them the top hunting target of the Allies to find exploitable weaknesses, while improving
German tanks on the island of Sicily, Italy, 1943 Photo: US Army
During the North African campaign of 1943, a group of four British mechanics with no combat experience was directly assigned by Prime Minister Winston Churchill to a dangerous task: the capture of intact German Tiger tanks.
The hunt met a series of difficulties from the beginning.
However, luck appeared on April 21, 1943, when they discovered a Tiger had a turret stuck.
Bob Hoover is one of the legendary pilots in American aviation history, flying on hundreds of different types of aircraft.
Hoover is an ace-class pilot with 59 missions before being shot down.
The American pilot escaped from prison after staging a fight, then obtained food and guns from a German farmer.
During World War II, the British Air Force routinely carried out bombing campaigns, but their bombers were always in danger and suffered many losses due to advanced German air defense systems.
Reconnaissance images show that Germany has a sophisticated air defense system with high-precision long-range radar and short-range radar, which effectively guides the interceptors day and night.
The British army discovered a strange disc-shaped, suspected German short-range radar "Wurzburg" next to the rocky cliff in the village of Bruneval in northern France in early 1942. The radar theft campaign, codenamed "Biting" began.
German radar station near the town of Bruneval Photo: RAF
The British commando group attacked the radar guard, then provided support for the technician to remove the key parts of the security system.
The US Air Force Intelligence Agency has repeatedly sent experts to Europe to access aircraft, technical and scientific reports, research facilities and enemy weapons for research.
In 1944, the US Air Force began Operation Lusty to exploit scientific documents, research facilities and seized German aircraft.
Colonel Watson's team stole design documents, drawings and many German aircraft.
In August 1944, the Germans began to withdraw from the town of Soissons, in northern France, when the US 3rd Armored Division entered the area.
The Americans tried to destroy the enemy tanks with 37 mm anti-tank guns, but with no success.
The Fw 190 is arguably one of the best fighters of World War II.
On the evening of June 23, 1942, a German pilot accidentally landed on a British base after losing his way in the air battle in the south of the country.
