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Hitler’s “Miracle” Weapons ?
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The Vengeance Weapons
V - 1V - 2
V - 3
Hitler’s Vengeance Weapons
V – 1 = Cruise Missile
V – 2 = Ballistic Missile
V – 3 = Multi-Stage Artillery
German Army / Luftwaffe Missile Programs 1930’s
Werner von Braun Technical Director – Army Rocket Center
Test Facility – Peenemunde Isolated Peninsula – Baltic Sea
Once identified – frequently bombed targets!
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Peenemunde, Germany
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“Doodlebug” or “Buzz
bomb”
Fixed Firing Positions
Short Range
150 - 200 Mile Range
1,900 lbs. explosive
warhead
400 - mph
V – 1 = Cruise Missile(World’s First!)
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V – 1 = Cruise Missile
Close to English Channel
Frequent target – London 1st launched 13 June
1944 More than 100 per
day launched Over 9,500 launched
at S.E. England
Easily intercepted
Launch sites overrun by allies
Target switched to ports -Antwerp
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V – 1 Launch Site – Val Ygot, France
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V – 1 =Cruise
Missile
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11 November1944
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Antwerp, Belgium
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V – 2 = Ballistic Missile (Mobile Firing Positions)
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World’s 1st Ballistic Missile
Mobile firing platform
Longer Range
200 – 400 Mile Range
2,200 lbs. explosive warhead
3,580 – mph
Assembled by slave labor
Targeted London / Antwerp
8 September 1944
3,200 launched
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V – 3 = Multi-Stage Artillery (Fixed Firing Positions)
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Rocket assisted artillery
Fixed firing platform
100 Mile Range
300 lbs. explosive shell
1,500 – m/s
400’ in length
Targeted London
French coastline site
25 gun battery 6 July 1944 destroyed
Fired on Luxembourg
Dec ’44 – Feb ‘45 200 rounds
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End Result – Too Late!!
Nearly 22,000 “Vengeance” weapons fired
Random destruction Not significant
37,000 – 39,000 casualties
Fear from the uncertainty of the weapons V-1 = sound V-2 = silent
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Race for the German Scientists at wars end
Allies vs. Russians
Russians overrun Peenemunde
Many scientists flee west / south
Special units searching out the German scientists
Nuclear / Rockets / Aviation
Werner von Braun
Joined the SS in 1937 Controversial figure Captured by the Americans
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Werner von Braun
Father of the American Missile / Space Program!!
Background overlooked due to the “Cold War”
NASA – Director Marshall Space Flight Center
Saturn Booster rocket – 1969 – Lunar Landing
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Werner von Braun
Bomber Pilot??
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Psalms 19:1
“God’s Glory in the Heavens and in the Law
For the leader. A psalm of David.
The Heavens declare the glory of God; the sky proclaims its builder’s craft.”
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