Talk:Walter Dornberger
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[edit] Sources
I've now updated this article directly from information in Dornberger's book. The author appears to have been a fair and essentially reliable witness to the events of which he was (until the SS takeover) largely responsible, so I hope the absence of any additional references isn't too much of a disadvantage. Of course it is still desirable to have further references, if anyone can provide them. In particular, Dornberger doesn't give any personal details of his Army career prior to the establishment of liquid-fuelled rocket research at Kummersdorf (including the solid-fuelled rocket research I believe he was also involved with), and is also very sparse on his dealings in the late twenties/early thirties with the various independent rocket groups (including the VfR), so some further references here would be especially helpful. R J Sutherland 19:25, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sources?
Does anyone have references to add to this page. The article is interesting but the lack of citations weakens it. Thanks for your help. Skywriter 04:35, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] German Army vs. Nazi Army
Characterizing Dornberger as "a German Nazi army officer" is deceptive. Dornberger was a member of the (pre-Nazi) Reichswehr, later re-named the Wehrmacht, the German Regular Army. The German Nazi army was the SS.
The struggle for control of the Peenemunde group between the Army and the SS is a significant part of the historical record. The inaccuracy of the Nazi label should be self-evident from paragraph 5 of this article, which correctly states "Dornberger remained head of the V-2 project until August 1944 when it came under direct control of the SS, and Heinrich Himmler replaced him with Hans Kammler."
Burgeltz 23 December 2006, 23:09, (UTC)
