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V-2 Rocket Campaign

1944–1945

The V-2 rocket campaign began in 1944 as Germany launched long-range ballistic missiles against Allied cities. Unlike bomber raids, the rockets arrived without warning, making civil defence and interception almost impossible.

The campaign mattered because it joined advanced engineering to forced labour, propaganda and strategic desperation. The weapons caused civilian casualties but could not change the military outcome of the war.

Robert Harris’s V2 uses the campaign from both the German rocket programme and the Allied effort to locate launch sites.

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Books

6 Best Novels About the V-2 Rocket Campaign

Non-Fiction

1 Best Non-Fiction Book About the V-2 Rocket Campaign

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