In the crucible of world war ii Germany's most brilliant scientists raced to create an arsenal of terrifying new weapons of mass destruction a stealth-like transatlantic spacecraft called the silver bird an invisible death ray straight out of science fiction rockets flying saucers even an atomic bomb seventy years later long secret Nazi files reveal the classified blueprints for these and many other devastating wonder weapons they are the masterworks of a desperate quest to terrify America and their allies win the war and rule the world for a thousand years April 1945 the war against Germany is at an end and the third Reich emerges victorious Hitler’s flight to new york is escorted by supersonic jets and greeted with German victory celebrations like those in occupied France state ceremonies are staged theatrically to heighten the historic moment a Nazi salute from the statue of liberty new york is in ruins with only just enough left standing for a victory parade to wall street it is the ultimate nightmare of how world war ii could have ended thanks to Hitler’s own dream team of hundreds of scientific masterminds rocket science superstar verner von Braun engineer mathematician and physicist Irene breth aerospace engineer oygan zanga even a Nobel prize winning nuclear physicist werner heisenberg through the 20s and 30s the Germans technologically were very interested in rocket development