USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The V-2 was to be an even more decisive terror weapon, but the rocket was neither accurate, reliable, nor cost effective. On 7 September 1944 the first two operational rockets were fired against Paris, but both failed due to premature cutoffs.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to a 2011 BBC documentary, the attacks from V-2s resulted in the deaths of an estimated 9, 000 civilians and military personnel, and a further 12, 000 forced laborers and Nazi concentration camps prisoners died as a result of their forced participation with the production of the weapons.

Detailed explanation-3: -The V2 rocket was the world’s first large-scale liquid-propellant rocket, developed between 1936 and 1942 in Nazi Germany. It is regarded as a revolutionary breakthrough in rocket technology, with the use of liquid fuel increasing its thrust capabilities and making it the first artificial object to enter space.

Detailed explanation-4: -The V1 missile, once launched, flew without a pilot until it ran out of fuel and came crashing down, blowing up. The V2 rocket was a long distance weapon that could travel at the speed of sound. They were known as ‘revenge weapons’ used by Germany to terrorise British civilians and undermine morale.