Rouen France to London UK

The V2 was the first rocket that could travel without an astronaut. Cruising at 4 times the speed of sound it was undetectable. Its initial vertical climb allowed a 360 degree range of target. It reached an 85km ceiling, weighing 12.5 tonnes but hit the ground with 1000000 tons thrust! The first V2 was launched towards Paris in Sept 1944. Then followed over 3000 more V2s towards London and Anvers. Eventually the allies managed to bomb this site with 'Tallboys' sufficently enough to make it an unsafe site to create and launch further V2s.

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