V-2 before the start. The rocket is 46 ft (ca. 14 m) long, has a diameter of 5.4 ft (1.65 m) and weighs 8,800 lb (ca. 4 t) empty. Ready for launching the weight with fuel is increasing to 28,380 lb (ca. 13 t), of which the explosive charge accounts for 2,145 lb (ca. 1 t).War Diary for Saturday, November 11, 1944:
China
Japanese capture Kweilin and Liuchow air bases; Americans have previously rendered Liuchow unusable.
Home Fronts
France: Churchill and Eden attend Armistice Day ceremonies in Paris. Britain: Newspaper reports about the previously unknown V-2 rocket attacks on London.
My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design.
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All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.
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