London hit by a V-2 rocket for first time 70 years ago today (Sep 8 1944)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'WW2 - V2 "A4 Vengeance Weapon 2"'

(Friday, September 8, 1944; during World War II) — Nazi Germany today fired the first V-2 rocket, the world’s first long-range ballistic missile, into London.


Video: 'Blitzkrieg to the Bomb' (Germans launch V-2 flying bomb at 51:36)