Message 1 - The V-2 Long range Rocket Posted on: 26 November 2004 by Peter - WW2 Site Helper. Dear Len. Fortunately, the V2 wasn't a 'long-range' missile, its maximum range was around 250 miles.

The use of slave labour from the Dora concentration camp in the production of V-2 rockets at Mittelwerk would haunt the rocket programme's legacy long after the war had ended. The V-2 campaign was a ...

Britain faced a new terror as Hitler unleashed his V-weapons—unstoppable flying bombs and rockets. In response, the Allies ...

The V-2 rockets — and the V-1 flying bombs — were built in underground factories by concentration camp laborers. An estimated 10,000 prisoner slaves died while making them.

Now, 80 years to the week since the last V-2 launch of World War II, Germany again has a homegrown liquid-fueled rocket on the launch pad. This time, it's for a much different purpose.

🚀 History of Space Travel: Kill Devil to V-2 - Early flight started as a utopian dream but quickly became the military's top priority: first as reconnaissance vehicles, and then as weapons in ...