INTERVIEW: The Nazi Who Built the First Cruise Missile

Before the Cold War missiles, there was a Nazi engineer who changed everything.

Jon Cryer joins Why Wars Happened to talk about Robert Lusser, the man behind Germany’s V1 flying bomb, and how one family uncovered their dark Nazi past in The Man Who Calculated Death.

⏱ Timestamps

00:00 – Welcome & guest intro

00:51 – Origin of The Man Who Calculated Death

01:58 – Suzanne Rico’s family revelation

03:28 – Facing a dark Nazi past

05:33 – Historical context & moral dilemmas

08:19 – Robert Lusser’s life & motivations

13:32 – Producing the podcast

15:48 – The impact of Lusser’s work

29:10 – Closing thoughts

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