Peenemünde Army Research Center

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A WW2 collection on the Peenemünde Army Research Center, development location of the V1 missile, the V2 Rocket, the Rheintochter and other German missiles. Scientists like Werner von Braun, Dr. Max Kramer and Walter Dornberger worked on new technology.

V2 Rocket, Aggregat A4 – German Long-Range Guided Ballistic Missile

The V2 rocket's original designation was Aggregate A4. This long range ballistic missile was developed by Wernher von …

Posted February 5, 2024 (updated April 21, 2024) by Patrick

V1 Flying Bomb, Fieseler Fi 103 – German Cruise Missile

On 13 June 1944 an new weapon was launched again Britain. The Germans created the world’s first ever …

Posted April 8, 2023 by Patrick

The Meilerwagen – German Trailer for the V2 Rocket and V4 Rheinbote Rocket

The Meilerwagen trailer was developed by Peenemünde Army Research Center to transport the V2 rocket. It was assembled by …

Posted October 10, 2022 (updated April 22, 2023) by Patrick

Taifun – German Anti-Aircraft Rocket

The Taifun was an unguided rocket developed in 1944 by Flak-Versuchskommando Nord, EMW at Peenemünde. It had a …

Posted June 27, 2022 (updated April 22, 2023) by Patrick

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 May 14, 2024) by Pascal

Ehrenmal in 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 May 29, 2023) by Pascal

Das Sauerstoffwerk II – Peenemünde, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

In November 1938 Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch gave the green light for further development of the Peenemünde rocket …

Posted November 20, 2012 (updated May 29, 2023) by Pascal

Historisch- Technisches Museum Peenemünde, Germany

The Historisches Technisches Museum Peenemünde Im Kraftwerk is largely situated on the grounds of the power plant of …

Posted October 7, 2012 (updated May 29, 2023) by Pascal

V1 Katapult Prüfstände – Peenemünde, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

On June 1942, Hitler personally decided that both the V1 and V2 projects were of equal importance and …

Posted September 27, 2012 (updated April 1, 2024) by Pascal

Prüfstand VII, Peenemünde, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

On the 3rd of October 1942, for the first time in human history, a ballistic missile, the A4 …

Posted September 11, 2012 (updated February 12, 2024) by Pascal