V-1 flying bombs and V-2 supersonic missiles rained down on the south of England during 1944 and 1945, killing almost 9,000 people. These 'Vengeance Weapons' were seen by Hitler as a way of ...

The V1s were pilotless flying bombs with a ... an even more advanced V-Weapon was deployed against London: the V2. The world's first ballistic missile, the V2 Long Range Rocket carried a one ...