Rocketoid bomb shelters

[Tore Rye Andersen]

Monte (replying to musings on dragon's teeth and muffins):

>-- think of the "loaves of bread" that will be lined up in a dark Berlin 
>street, when spring and Rokossovsky have warmed the _ofen_.

>Pynchon at work in the night kitchen

And while we're on the topic of sinister baked goods, check out this bit of 
information about the production and distribution of the V-2:

"Logistic changes under code name 'warme Semmel' (English: hot cakes) 
resulted in movement of V-2 trains directly from the Nordhausen plant to 
firing-unit railheads for field storage until operational batteries needed 
resupplied."

The detail derives from Dornberger's book on the V-2 (one of Pynchon's major 
sources for GR), but I stole it from Wikipedia's excellent article on the 
Mittelwerke:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelwerk

Turns out Wikipedia has a number of interesting pages on the V-2 and related 
topics, with plenty of pictures. I just finished rereading GR together with 
the updated Weisenburger Companion, and Wikipedia proved to be a very 
valuable companion as well, particularly the many images to be found in the 
articles. See for instance the shocking color photo in this article on the 
Dora camp, as well as the B/W image of the tunnel entrance to the 
Mittelwerke:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelbau-Dora

And see also this article on the V-2 itself:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket#Photo_gallery

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