"It was an unforgettable sight. In the full glare of the sunlight the rocket rose higher and higher. The flame from the stern was almost as long as the rocket itself."



"We have invaded space with our rocket and for the first time. We have used space as a bridge between two points on the earth; we have proved rocket propulsion practicable for space travel. This third day of October, 1942, is the first of a new era, one of new transportation—that of space travel."



—General Walter Dornberger



German General Walter Dornberger and German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun were two men with a vision. The drive, energy and resourcefulness of Dornberger, mated with the ingenuity and passion of von Braun, created one of the greatest technological achievements of the last 100 years. The fact that this achievement was the product of the ruthless regime of Nazi Germany—and the fact that many thousands of people died as a result of its production and deployment—skews the image of what otherwise would be considered a monumental technological triumph.



This is the A-4/V-2 Resource Site. It is devoted to one of the most awesome weapons of WWII, the V-2 rocket. The V-2 or "Aggregat 4" was the first long-range ballistic missile to actively be used in combat. This huge German missile hurtled a one-ton warhead 50 miles high and hundreds of miles down range to its target. This site will try to give you an accurate account of the design, production and combat deployment of this weapon during World War 2. The legacy of the German V-2 ballistic missile represents the best and worst of humankind’s endeavors in the twentieth century. As fascinating as it was horrific, historians and scholars have been debating the real consequences of Germany’s rocket weapon development program for the better part of 70 years. Even today we are living in the V-2 era.

In an attempt to build a historical record, this website will exclude any political agendas. This website does not support ideology of National Socialism. This website does promote the education of many to the events of the past and strives to balance the rhetoric of the far right and far left on this particular subject.

