According to legend, Die Glocke was one of the “wonder weapons” that German dictator Adolf Hitler developed in hopes to reverse the tide of World War II.

According to reviewer Julian Strube, Kurlander "cites from the reservoir of post-war conspiracy theories" and "heavily relies on sensationalist accounts. Its bell-like shape gave it the nickname “die Glocke,” or “the Bell,” but the purpose of “Project Lantern-Bearer” remains a mystery to this day.We have but one chance to change the outcome of this war, though it may very well be over before we can deploy the device. It is written in the style of conversation, make of it what you will but with out a doubt the Nazis were up to all sorts of things, a lot of which us mere mortals will most never likely ever even hear of.

That Something had the form of a large metal Bell (Glocke in German), and it could have won the War, but the Allies closed in. Facing the overwhelming power and equipment of the Allies, Hitler authorized the construction of Wunderwaffe (wonder weapons). Its powers were believed to be so staggering that at the end of World War II, all of the scientists and laborers working on "Die Glocke" were murdered. Kleiner criticized Cook's work as "ferreting out minor inconsistencies and odd, ambiguous details which he tries to puff up into proof", characterized the process of evaluating Cook's claims as "untangling science from pseudo-science", and concluded that "what is instructive about the book is the insight we get into how conspiracy theories seduce otherwise reasonable people". Even though the Nazis lost World War II, they emerged from the war with an almost mythical reputation for high-tech weapons.Former journalist Steve Diamond is diagnosed with terminal leukaemia just as his closest friend, Toby, is sent to work at an above-top-secret government facility in Wiltshire. We pay respects to all First Nations people of Australia, and recognise their connection to the land. The effort, known as Project Paperclip, secured V-2 missiles and important figures like Wernher von Braun, the infamous aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun who invented the V-2 and later designed the Saturn V rocket for NASA’s Apollo program. If we fail, the American or British airplanes will no doubt spot the U-boats before we can get underway, and all will be lost.