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V2 Rocket

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

9Records
1942–1943Date range
6Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1942

Werner von Braun3 October 1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd

1st successful test launching of of thew V2, liquid fuelled rocket

1943

Heinrich Himmler22 August 1943

Harz Mountains · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Proposes to setup a secret underground camp in the Harz Mountains to produce V2s

Hans Kammler22 August 1943

Harz Mountains · Warfare / World War, 2nd

In charge of secret underground camps in the Harz Mountains to produce V2 rockets

Hans Kammler23 August 1943

Buchenwald · Warfare / World War, 2nd

100 prisoners from Buchenwald in the Harz Mountains secretly produce V2 rockets

Adolf Hitler10 September 1943

Harz Mountains · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Approves the underground Harz Mountain site to produce V2 Rockets

Werner von Braun1943

Harz Mountains · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Placed in charge of the technical team of the V-2 underground concentration camp. Hitler orders the production of the Vergeltungswaffe V-2 rocket based on the A-4

Walter Dornberger1943

Harz Mountains · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Heads the team of the secret underground concentration camp to produce V2 rockets

Adolf Hitler1943

Harz Mountains · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Hitler orders the production of the Vergeltungswaffe V-2 rocket based on the A-4

Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer1943

Harz Mountains · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Placed in charge of financing the secret underground camps to produce V2 rockets

Names involved

Adolf HitlerBerthold Konrad Hermann Albert SpeerHans KammlerHeinrich HimmlerWalter DornbergerWerner von Braun

Provenance

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