Hitler's Rockets: The Story of the V-2s
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sees rockets as uneconomic
on Watten
churches
East Ham
Essex
Norfolk
West Norwood
Churchill, Sir Winston
announces cessation of attacks
and bombing of launch sites
and Lord Cherwell
and proof of the rocket
public references to the rocket
raid on Peenemünde
and the rocket threat
support for
cinemas
Civil Defence
Civil Defence Committee
Congreve’s Rockets
Cook, Dr
Cox, Gwladys
cranes, rescue work
craters
Cripps, Sir Stafford
‘Crossbar’
‘Crossbow’ Committee
Crow, Dr, A. D. (later Sir Alwyn)
Crüwell, General
damage industrial
defence, against V-2s, see also warning systems
Degenkolb, Gerhard
dimensions
‘Diver’, codename
docks, damage to
dogs, rescue work
Dönitz, Grand Admiral
Dornberger, Walter
A-4 moves into production
attitude to V-2s,
audience with Hitler
background
and Degenkolb
development of V-2s
final test flight
first tests
and Kammler
launch sites
launch tests
meets von Braun
modifications
as a perfectionist
raid on Pennemünde
and rocket failures
selects Peenemünde
sets up team
surrender
test flights
and von Braun’s arrest
Dorsch, Xavier
earthquake effect
Eastern Works
Eden, Sir Anthony
Eisenhower, General
Ellis, Professor Sir Charles
engines see also fuel system
evacuation
Evans, Admiral Sir Edward
exchange rates
factories, damage to
Fauner, Professor
Felkin, Squadron Leader S. D.
Fighter Command
fire-fighting
firing procedures
flying-bombs (V-1s)
Förschern, Major
Fowler, Sir Ralph
Frank, Sir Charles
Fritsch, General Wenher von
Fromm, Colonel-General Friedrich
Fuel Panel
fuel supplies
fuel systems
funding of research
Gammans, Captain
‘gas main explosion’ explanation
Gaulle, General Charles de
Gerhold, Major
German Army
444 (Training and Experimental) Battery
485 (Mobile) Artillery Detachment
Air Signal Experimental Regiment
65 Army Corps
Flakregiment 155 (W)
Weapons Department
German News Agency
German Telegraph Service
Gestapo
Goebbels, Dr Josef
Gollin, Geoffrey
Gommorah, Operation
Goring, Hermann
Gowers, Sir Ernest
Great Western Railway
Grenoff, Mary
guidance systems
gyroscopes
Hamburg
Harris, Sir Arthur ‘Bomber’
Harris, Miss
Harrison, Mrs
Hartley, Major
Hawkey, Sir James
Heinemann, Lieutenant-General Erich
Herbert, Peter
Heydrich, Reinhardt
Hill, Air Marshal Sir Roderic
Himmler, Heinrich
Hitler, Adolf
assassination attempt
bombardment starting date
death
and development of new weapons
Dornberger has audience with
increases flying-bomb production
launching sites
lukewarm about rocket
orders concentration on London
pleased with opening of rocket offensive
and production of V-2s,
start of bombardment
and stray rocket to Sweden
visits Kummersdorf
hoaxes, possible
Hodgson, Vere
Hohmann, Colonel
Hollis, Sir Leslie
Houses, damage to
Houston, Renee
Hutchinson, Major Geoffrey
Hydra, Operation
ice stories
incident inquiry points (IIPs)
incident officers
industrial damage
intelligence reports
Irving, David
Ismay, Major General Sir Hastings (‘Pug’)
Jacob, Ian
Jeschonnek, General Hans
Jodl, General Alfred
Joint ‘Crossbow’ Priorities Committee
Joint Intelligence Committee
Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Jones, Dr R. V.
accuracy of V-2s,
after the war
background
and the fuel system
and future of rockets
and Lord Cherwell (Lindemann)
opens investigation
outlines probable rocket
and Peenemünde photographs
and the possibility of a hoax
raid on Peenemünde
and Sandys’s appointment
sees wooden replica
spots rocket on photograph
and the warhead
Jordan, Mr and Mrs
Kammler, General Hans
Keitel, General Wilhelm
Kendall, Wing Commander
Kenny, Flight-Lieutenant
Kesselring, General
Kettler, Dr
Knight, Dr
Krupps
Kummersdorf West Experimental Station
launching bunkers
launching procedures
launching sites
launching techniques
Lee, Warden
Leeb, General
Lees-Milne, James
libraries, damage to
Lindemann, Professor Frederick see Cherwell, Lord
liquid fuel see fuel supplies
London and North-Eastern Railway (LNER)
London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS)
London Repairs Executive
London Underground
Long-Range Bombardment Commission
Lubbock, Isaac
Luftwaffe
MacAlpine, Sir Malcolm
manufacture see production
Market Garden, Operation
Mary, Queen
Meillerwagen
Metz, Major-General Richard
Milch, Field Marshal
misfires
mobile units
mobility
Montgomery, Field Marshal
morale
Morrison, Herbert
and arrival of first rocket
and existence of the rockets
falsely predicts danger over
and the policy of silence
and possible effect of V-2s
precautions against attack
urges action against the V-2s
motors see engines
Neison, H. Douglas
noise
zone of silence
Nye, General Archibald
Oberth, Professor
Orwell, George
Oslo Report
Overlord, Operation
Packard factory
Panter-Dow
nes, Mollie
Paris Gun
Peck, J. H.
Petersen, Professor
pets
Pile, General Sir Frederick
police, at incidents
Polish Home Army
Portal, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles
Post, Colonel Kenneth
power supplies, rocket hits on
press reports
censorship
silence broken
production
propaganda reports
public houses, damage to
Pyrene factory
radar
railways
damage to
stations
Charlton Junction
Chislehurst
Clapham Junction
Deptford
Elephant and Castle
Euston
Farringdon Street
King’s Cross
Palmers Green
St Mary’s Cray
Upper Sydenham
range
reconnaissance flights
Reitsch, Hanna
repair work
rescue work
Rhorne, Mr
Rieck, Heinz
Riedel, Walter
‘Rocket Alley’
Rocket Consequences Committee
Roosevelt, President
Royal Air Force (RAF)
bombing raids
reconnaissance
Rundstedt, Field Marshal von
Russian Army
Sandys, Duncan
and arrival of first rocket
counter-measures against rockets
falsely predicts danger over
first report
and raid on Peenemünde
reports on possible casualties
and the scale of casualties
searches for evidence of rocket
Sansom, William
Saukel, Fritz
Saur, Karl Otto
Sawatzki, Alben
schools, damage to
Searby, John
searchlights
Second Tactical Air Force
Secret Intelligence Service (SIS)
Selfridges
shell-shocked casualties
shelters
shops, damage to
Woolworths, New Cross
Sidney, William P.
Siemens
silence, zone of
Sinclair, Sir Archibald
Skinner, Mr
slave-labour
Smith, Sir Frank
Smuts, Field Marshal
solid-fuel rockets
Southern Railway
Southern Works
Speer, Albert
appoints Degenkolb
authorizes mass production
and flying-bomb programme
and Himmler
and Hitler’s attitude to the V-2
and Kammler
and launching sites
and Nordhausen
production rate advocated by
and the value of V-2s
SS
Stahlknecht, Detmar
Stalin, Joseph
Steinhoff, Dr
Stewart, Donald
Stewart, Sir Findlater
Stuart-Jekyll, Mrs
Szenassi, Stefan
Szrajer, Flight Lieutenant
Taylor, Professor Geoffrey
test flights
theatres, damage to
Thiel, Dr Walter
Thoma, General von
Thompson, Admiral
Tizard, Henry
trails, left by
transportation of
V-2s disruption of
Ultra intercepts
underground railways, damage to
unexploded
Unwin, Philip
Upton, Mr
US 8th Air Force
US 9th Air Force
US Army
Wachtel, Colonel
Walter, Colonel Eugen
Walwyn, Mrs
War Cabinet Defence Committee
War Cabinet Defence Committee (Operations)
warheads
unexploded
warning systems
Wasserfall
Watson-Watt, Sir Robert
weight
Wilkinson, Ellen
Will, Mr
Willink, Mr
Women’s Voluntary Services (WVS)
Wood, Kingsley
Woolton, Lord
Wyld, Ross
‘Y’ Service
Zanssen, Colonel Leo
Zeppelin works
zone of silence
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