The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine, was developed during the Second World War in Nazi Germany as a "vengeance weapon" and assigned to attack Allied cities as retaliation for the …

V-2 rocket, German ballistic missile of World War II, the forerunner of modern space rockets and long-range missiles. After the war, both the United States and the Soviet Union captured large numbers of …

The V-2 rocket, developed and used by the Germans during World War II, was the world's first large-scale liquid-propellant rocket vehicle, the first modern long-range ballistic missile, and the ancestor of …

The German V‑2 rocket was one of the most significant—and controversial—technological developments of World War II. It was the world’s first long‑range guided ballistic missile and the first …

Unlike the V-1 flying bomb operated by the Luftwaffe, the German army operated the V-2 rocket. Erecting, servicing and launching a V-2 took from four to six hours and required some 32 different …

The V-2 rocket, developed by Nazi Germany, was the world’s first long-range ballistic missile and first object to reach space.

Jul 25, 2025 · How women played a crucial role in halting Hitler’s terrorizing V2 rockets, the weapons that reshaped modern warfare.

Feb 22, 2025 · In 1944, Nazi Germany tested the V-2 rocket in Cuxhaven, marking the dawn of ballistic missile warfare. As the world’s first long-range guided missile, the V-2 struck its targets at supersonic …

Aug 24, 2015 · The V-2 rocket grew out of German experimentation and civilian rocket clubs in the 1930s. Active development of what became the V-2 weapon began in late 1938 after testing was …

The V-2 (German language: Vergeltungswaffe 2, "Vengeance Weapon 2"), technical name Aggregat-4 (A4), was a short-range ballistic missile that was developed during the Second World War in …