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201147 min0documentary

8.0/ 10(2 ratings)• TMDB

World War Ii Technology Innovation

Hitler's Stealth Fighter

201147 min0documentary

8.0/ 10(2 ratings)• TMDB

American troops find a top-secret facility in Germany containing the Horten 229, an advanced batwing-shaped jet fighter, in the last months of World War II.

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Michael Jorgensen

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American troops find a top-secret facility in Germany containing the Horten 229, an advanced batwing-shaped jet fighter, in the last months of World War II.

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Bruce Greenwood

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Manuel Sinor

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American troops discovered a top-secret facility in Germany in 1945. Inside, they found the Horten 229, a batwing-shaped jet fighter designed by the Horten brothers. The documentary details the aircraft's engineering and its potential impact on World War II. It questions whether the Horten 229 could have changed the war's outcome if Nazi engineers had more time to develop it. Directed by Michael Jorgensen, this National Geographic production runs for 47 minutes.

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