Sheffield’s Final Nazi Terror: New Book Chronicles Forgotten V1 Rocket Attack
It was four years after the Sheffield Blitz — the devastating December 1940 attacks that left thousands homeless — and the ...
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When Spitfires Wing Tipped Cruise Missiles
The notorious German Operation Eisbär is underway ... This sometimes resulted in debris from the exploding V1 flying into the Spitfire’s fuselage. To avoid the blast risk, some pilots figured ...
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V Weapons
Photo: A V-1 pilotless flying bomb on its launching platform, circa 1944. The background has been retouched by German censors. (Getty Images) Throughout the war, the Nazis were secretly developing ...
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Sheffield’s final Nazi terror: New book chronicles forgotten V1 rocket attack
On Christmas Eve 1944, a V1 rocket ... flying bombs, which typically hit London and the South East. However, this particular rocket was one of a number carried aboard a modified German bomber ...