Britain faced a new terror as Hitler unleashed his V-weapons—unstoppable flying bombs and rockets. In response, the Allies ...

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 ...

A German crew prepares a V-1 for launch in 1944. Initially, the British mistook the automated weapons for piloted aircraft. Germany started launching V-1s against London one week after D-Day.

My grandfather was a Nazi. The U.S. may have absolved him as a fellow traveler, but I'm still left to wrestle with generational guilt.

(Medmenham Collection) Aerial intelligence experts reveal how difficult it was to defend England from the V-2 supersonic rockets. Aerial intelligence experts reveal how it was impossible to defend ...