Operation Hydra

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Operation Hydra, conducted by the Royal Air Force in 1943, was a bombing raid targeting German V-2 rocket development sites in Peenemünde. The goal was to disrupt the Nazi rocket program, which had significant implications for future Allied air defense.

Remains of the former Fertigungshalle Peenemunde, Usedom, Germany

V2 Rocket Assembly Hall F1 of the Test Series Production Plant – Peenemünde, Usedom, Germany

At this site was the former "Fertigungshalle F1", or in English; final assembly hall, part of a test …

Posted February 17, 2026 (updated February 18, 2026) by Pascal

A memorial stone inscription commemorating the 2000 victims of the Peenemünde and Karlshagen air raids in Peenemünde, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

War Cemetery Karlshagen – Usedom, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

This cemetery is the final resting place of 2000 victims of World War Two who died in the …

Posted October 24, 2015 (updated February 13, 2026) by Pascal

KZ-Arbeitslager Karlshagen I – Usedom, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

To compensate the growing shortage of laborers to work in the Peenemünde test facilities, forced laborers were put …

Posted August 20, 2014 (updated January 6, 2026) by Pascal

Memorial for the victims of WWII in Karlshagen, Peenemunde, Usedom, Germany

War Memorial Karlshagen – Usedom, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

This is the memorial in Karlshagen. During the 60's, on the southside of this cemetery a mass grave …

Posted November 21, 2012 (updated February 13, 2026) by Pascal

Loading ramp foundations Peenemunde, Germany

Materials Warehouse and Loading Ramp – Peenemünde, Usedom, Germany

At this site are the remains of the materials warehouse of the former Peenemunde HVA production plant. [...]Read …

Posted October 8, 2012 (updated February 13, 2026) by Pascal