During World War II, Nazi Germany developed some of the most bizarre and ambitious inventions in history. Some were dangerously ahead of their time, while others were pure madness. They created the V-2 rocket, the world’s first long-range ballistic missile, and experimented with flying wings that inspired modern stealth bombers. The Landkreuzer P.1000 Ratte, a 1,000-ton “super tank,” was planned but never built. Scientists even designed sun guns—giant space mirrors to burn cities. There were projects for jet packs, death rays, submarine aircraft carriers, and anti-gravity UFO-style craft like the Haunebu. Many ideas were futuristic—others were just insane.
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