Hitler's Vengeance Weapons: V-1, V-2 and V-3 Launch Sites

When Nazi Germany invented long-range missiles, the world entered a new era of warfare.In a desperate bid to turn the tide of the Second World War, Hitler pinned his hopes on a terrifying arsenal of so-called Wunderwaffe - ‘wonder weapons’ - designed for mass destruction and psychological terror. This richly illustrated Images of War book offers a comprehensive look at the V-1 flying bomb and the V-2 ballistic missile, known collectively as the Vergeltungswaffen or ‘retaliatory weapons’.With 150 rare and previously unpublished photographs, alongside in-depth analysis through supplementary text and detailed captions, it chronicles the development of these groundbreaking weapons, the construction of launch sites and missile manufacturing with the use of slave labour from concentration camps like Mittelbau-Dora. From the initial V-1 static launch sites of northern France, particularly in the Pas-de-Calais region, to the shift toward mobile V-2 launchers that rained destruction not only on