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The V-2 rocket (Vergeltungswaffe 2) was the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile, developed by Nazi Germany during World War II. Powered by a liquid-fuel engine, it reached supersonic speeds and delivered a one-ton warhead over 300 km. Launched against targets like London and Antwerp from 1944, it caused significant destruction and civilian casualties. The V-2 marked a major advancement in missile technology and influenced postwar rocket development globally.

Kraftwerk Nord West, V2 Rocket Bunker, Blockhaus d’ Éperlecques – Watten, France

Trains with V2 rockets rolled into the bomb proof station next to the main bunker. The V2 rocket …

Posted April 12, 2024 (updated March 12, 2025) by Patrick

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 29, 2025) by Patrick

Strabokran, 16 ton – German Mobile Gantry Crane

During the war Germany developed bigger tanks and more heavy equipment. The Panther and Tiger and King Tiger …

Posted October 22, 2022 (updated February 23, 2025) by Patrick

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

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

Posted October 10, 2022 (updated February 23, 2025) by Patrick

Fortress Hook of Holland: Artillery Stand Kormoran – Staelduinse Bos, s-Gravenzande, Netherlands

On the West side of the Staelduinse Forest lies Artillery Stand "Kormoran". This was an open firing position …

Posted February 11, 2016 (updated February 16, 2025) by Pascal

Fortress Hook of Holland: Stp. XIX – Staelduinse Bos, s-Gravenzande, Netherlands

Situated at a safe distance from the coast in the Staelduinse Forest area at 's-Gravenzande, Stp. XIX was …

Posted February 2, 2016 (updated February 16, 2025) 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 March 3, 2025) by Pascal

La Coupole V-2 museum – Helfaut-Wizernes, France

This is one of the "Sonderbauten" which was planned to be built by organisation Todt between 1943 and …

Posted September 7, 2013 (updated February 14, 2025) by Pascal

V3 Cannon Test Ramps at former Laatziger Ablage, Misdroy – Zalesie, Poland

The development of the V-3 weapon, was yet another Third Reich Vengeance project aiming to unleish it's reign …

Posted March 27, 2013 (updated February 13, 2025) 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 February 13, 2025) 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 February 17, 2025) 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 April 21, 2025) 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 February 13, 2025) 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 13, 2025) by Pascal