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When Desperation Outweighs Everything Else: Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg

In this video, we take a look at the Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg, a late-World War II German jet-powered kamikaze aircraft. We first talk about why Kamikazes and "self-sacrifice" planes and actions happen, from individuals making decisions to countries and entities having doctrines that promote "self-sacrifice" actions, and how Germany was far from having such a doctrine. We then talk about the creation of Germany's Fieseler Fi 103 V-1 Rocket superweapon, their initial research into pulsejet technology, and why something like the V-1 was made in the first place. We talk about the deteriorating war situation Germany found itself in, and how that made them start considering Kamikaze aircraft. We talk about how the Fi 103 was, for some reason, not initially selected for the project, despite being a clear choice. We then talk about why it was finally selected, how it rapidly started testing, how it worked as a manned aircraft, and we end by talking about how the project ended just as quickly as it started, due to political and leadership decisions.