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Me 264 Amerikabomber - Germany's Strategic Bomber Against The USA

-- Play War Thunder For Free: https://playwt.link/milaviationhistory The Messerschmitt Me 264 is popularly known as the Amerikabomber. Join me as I explore the history of this machine that was developed to allow Germany to strike the USA. I go into all the details, the history, purpose and the practical hurdles Germany would have had to overcome. Check out Dr. Klaus Schmider's book: Amazon [US] https://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-Fatal-Miscalculation-Cambridge-Histories/dp/1108834914 Amazon [UK] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitlers-Fatal-Miscalculation-Cambridge-Histories/dp/1108834914 Amazon [DE] https://www.amazon.de/Hitlers-Fatal-Miscalculation-Cambridge-Histories/dp/1108834914 - Check out my books - Ju 87 Stuka - http://stukabook.com STG-44 Assault Platoon - http://sturmzug.com German Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com/ Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de/ - Support - Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/MilAvHistory Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmpahmxWXajV0-tuMMzSzAg/join PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/MilAvHis - Partner Discounts - Naval Institute Press: 25% off with "MILAVHIS" at https://www.usni.org/press/books Mortons: 10% off with "MAH10" at https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/ AK Interactive: 10% off with "AK10MAH" at http://www.ak-interactive.com/ (ALL categories except 'LEGO/AK Deals') - Social Media - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MilAvHistory Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milaviationhistory/ - Sources - Calum, Douglas (2020) The Secret Horsepower Race: Western Fighter Engine Development , Mortons Book. - 10% off with "MAH10" at https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/ Griehl Manfred and Joachim Dressel (1993) Deutsche Fernkampfflugzeuge der Luftwaffe. Do 19 - Fw 200 - He 274 - Ju 89 - Ju 290 - Me 264 u.a, Waffen Arsenal Band 139. Lufttaktik, Kampfgeschwader United States Air Force Statistical Digest World War II, Dec. 1945 Neitzel, Sönke (1995). Der Einsatz der deutschen Luftwaffe über dem Atlantik und der Nordsee, 1939-1945. Bernard & Graefe Verlag Schmider, Klaus (2021). Hitler's Fatal Miscalculation: Why Germany Declared War on the United States. Cambridge University Press. - Timecodes - 00:00 - Me 264 "Amerikabomber" 01:39 - What was the Me 264 02:15 - What Is The Problem With The Me 264 03:52 - Germany's Plan With The Me 264 06:35 -Was The Me 264 A Realistic Project? 08:32 - The Luftwaffle "What-If" 10:32 - War Thunder [Sponsored Segment] 11:42 - Operational Strength 14:56 - Basing Requirements 18:30 - Fuel Situation 21:08 - The Amerikabomber - Audio - Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound