Here's the story of the V2: The V2 was the world's first ballistic missile & the first man-made object 2 go into space. Carrying a 1-ton warhead in the nosecone, this was a terror weapon of WWII. It was also the first mass-produced long-range rocket. The first V2s were delivered in September 1944, then were immediately launched toward London. 2000 V2s were demanded per month. That was 4X what the factory could produce.
They were only able 2 manufacture 500 a month. @ the last minute, V2s appeared in the London skies as glowing red darts in the sky.
Raining death & destruction down upon it's victims! Thousands of people were killed & so many buildings were destroyed. In total, 6,000 V2s were made during the war. Of those 6,000, 3000 were blasted across the English Channel. Designed by the Germans 4 use against the Allies during WWII, the V2 Rocket was powered by liquid fuel, & had an internal Guidance System. After the war, the V2 technology was further developed in the US for Space Exploration. The rocket's designer, Wernher Von Braun, would later work 4 NASA on the Apollo project, including building the Saturn V rocket that would take the first men to the moon.
