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Tag Archives: V-2
This week in the War, 4–10 Sept 1944: First V-2 rockets are launched
This week in the war saw the first V-2 rockets launched against Paris and London and, soon after, Antwerp. Unlike the much slower V-1 flying ‘bombs,’ which RAF Spitfires could sometimes chase and shoot down, the liquid-oxygen powered V-2 was capable of exceeding … Continue reading
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This week in the War, 16–22 August 1943: The Peenemunde raid
This week in the war, on the night of 17/18 August 1943, planes from RAF Bomber Command attacked the German Army Research Centre at Peenemünde on Germany’s Baltic coast. The aim of the attack, which involved almost 600 planes, was … Continue reading
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