This is the incredible story of the most incredible mission of World War II ... born in desperation ... carried out with foolhardy courage and at the cost of brave men's lives. Because it was so daring, so super secret -- many of the facts revealed here were designated highly classified until now -- all sorts of fantastic stories sprang up about what actually happened. Here, at long last, is the truth about Aphrodite. In late 1942 and 1943, reports (see back page) reached Allied intelligence that German super weapons of advanced design and terrifying power were being readied to snatch a Nazi victory from the jaws of defeat. Then, shortly after D-Day, the first V-1 burst over London. As death rained down, from the skies (more than 300 V-l's were fired in one, twenty-four-hour period), the Allies activated a desperate mission to stave off the threat of the dread German missiles ... and even deadlier rockets, known to be nearly operational, that threatened not only the British capital – but New York as well. Heroic and tragic, brilliant and stupid, the full story of Aphrodite – a real-life Catch-22 – is a powerful exposition of military thinking and the bravery (and lunacy) of war.