![]() ![]() ![]() Although difficult to calculate the exact number of casualties attributed to V-2 rocket attacks, it is thought that at least 9,000 civilians and military personnel were killed by the rocket attacks with more than 12,000 concentration camp and forced labor persons deaths attributed to the production of the missiles. The rockets would start to be launched in greater numbers starting in September 1944 (more than 3,000) against various Allied targets by the German Wehrmacht to include Liege, London, and Antwerp. The V2 rocket was heavily leveraged by Nazi propaganda efforts as a “more severe” retaliation for the bombing of German cities by the Allies from 1942 until the end of World War 2. After World War 2, the U.K, Soviet, and American governments would obtain access to the V2 rocket designs as well as various German scientists who worked on the project through Operation Backfire, Operation Osoaviakhim, and Operation Paperclip. The V2 rocket was also thought to be the first known human created artifact or structure to enter space. ![]() The missile used liquid propellant and was the first long-range missile developed to strike at both London and Antwerp during the war. The German name for the rocket is: Vergeltungswaffe 2, translating to retaliation weapon 2 which also had the more technical name of the Aggregat-4 (A4). The V2 rocket was a short-range rocket or ballistic missile developed by the Nazi regime during World War 2 in Germany. Map of V2 Rocket Use in and Near London. ![]()
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