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While it wasn't the first jet-engined aircraft that flew, the ME-262 was the first operational jet-fighter. So many technical and political troubles struck its development that it began its career as a fighter plane way too late to make a difference in WWII.
Top 25 places to see and experience in Washington before you die Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Mt. Constitution on Orcas Island (not on NYT list), the highest point in San Juan Islands, part of 5,000-acre Moran State Park. Accessible by road or trail, the summit offers vistas of the San Juans, Mt. Baker, and distant Coast Range and Tantalus Mountains in British Columbia. (Robin Layton/Seattle P-I)Robin Layton/Seattle P-IShow MoreShow Less 2of5 3of5 4of5 Olympic Peninsula, Olympic National Park, Hoh River Rain Forest, Roosevelt Elk At River. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty...
No amount of high-tech special systems could save Berlin from a two-front war. Key point: The Allies simply outproduced Germany and had more resources to use to win. In fact, some of Hitler's vanity wonder projects may have come at the cost of trying to win or come to a truce. During Germany’s early string of victories between 1939 and 1941, Hitler informed the members of the nation’s aerospace industry that he had decided to impose new restrictions on aircraft research and development. However, by 1942 the Führer and his Air Force High Command (Oberkommando der Luftwaffe) had recognize...