The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine, was developed during the Second World War in Nazi Germany as a "vengeance weapon" and assigned to attack Allied cities as …

V-2 rocket, German ballistic missile of World War II, the forerunner of modern space rockets and long-range missiles. After the war, both the United States and the Soviet Union captured large …

Launched from mobile platforms, the missile had a maximum range of about 320 km (200 miles) and a one-ton warhead. At least 10,000 concentration camp workers died in the process of …

In September 1944, Germany launched its brand-new wonder weapon for the first time – the V2. Designed to destroy the morale of the Allies, the so-called vengeance weapon was an …

Unlike the V-1 flying bomb operated by the Luftwaffe, the German army operated the V-2 rocket. Erecting, servicing and launching a V-2 took from four to six hours and required some 32 …

Nov 8, 2025 · The missile with a liquid-propellant rocket engine was developed during the Second World War in Germany as a “vengeance weapon”, assigned to attack Allied cities as retaliation …

Oct 23, 2025 · The Dawn of Terror: Introducing the V1 Flying Bomb The V1 flying bomb, codenamed "buzz bomb" or "doodlebug" by the British, was a truly terrifying piece of …

Over 5,000 V-2s were fired on Britain. However, only 1,100 reached Britain. These rockets killed 2,724 people and badly injured 6,000. After the D-Day landings, Allied troops were on …

As what many historians regard as the world’s first operational long-range ballistic missile, the V -2 introduced a terrifying method of attack that relied on speed and height, combined with total …

The V2 was developed at the Army Research Centre at Peenemünde on the German Baltic Coast, led by the aerospace engineer and Nazi party member, Wernher von Braun. The site …