The V-1 flying bomb (German: Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1" [a]) was an early cruise missile. Its official Reich Aviation Ministry (RLM) designation was Fieseler Fi 103[3] and its suggestive name was Höllenhund (hellhound). It was also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb or doodlebug[4][b] and Maikäfer (maybug). [c]

V-weapons, known in original German as Vergeltungswaffen (German pronunciation: [fɐˈgɛltʊŋsˌvafṇ], German: "retaliatory weapons", "reprisal weapons"), were a particular set of long-range artillery weapons designed for strategic bombing during World War II, particularly strategic bombing and aerial bombing of cities. [1][2] They were the V-1, a p...

2025年2月1日 · V-1 missile, German jet-propelled missile of World War II, the forerunner of modern cruise missiles. More than 8,000 V-1s were launched against London from June 13, 1944, to March 29, 1945, with about 2,400 hitting the target area. A …

To carry out the planned V-1 "flying bomb" attacks on the United Kingdom, Germany built a number of military installations including launching sites and depots. Some of the installations were huge concrete fortifications.

2015年2月6日 · On June 18, one struck the Guards Chapel near St. James Park (about 100 yards from Buckingham Palace) killing 141. In the wake of the tragedy, newspapers finally confirmed what many had already surmised: the British capital was under attack by guided rockets.

2017年4月12日 · The V1 and V2 missiles were not very accurate, but they had a terrorizing effect on civilian populations, which was part of the German strategy. After the war, the V2 rocket became the basis of space and missile programs in Great Britain, the …

The V1 flying bomb was one of the most fear-inducing terror weapons of the Second World War. Thousands were killed and wounded by its warhead, but alongside those civilians are the forgotten victims of the V1 the people who made them.

2019年12月10日 · The V-1 flying bomb was developed by Germany during World War II (1939-1945) as a vengeance weapon and was an early unguided cruise missile. Tested at Peenemünde-West facility, the V-1 was the only production aircraft to utilize a …

2015年8月24日 · V1 Cruise Missile V2 Rocket The well-known German vergeltungswaffen (vengeance or retaliation or revenge weapons) were a last-ditch stand to stave off defeat in 1944–1945 by means of pilotless bombs that could be …

In autumn 1943, the Germans began to build a launch base for their V-1 rocket in the woods near the town Ardouval, 20 km. south of Dieppe. There were countless such simple sites scattered across northern France.