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The Father of Space Travel

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

CHAPTER

The a Series Weapon

The V2 was developed by the German Geltungswaffe as a weapon of retaliation. It would burrow itself into the ground and cause huge damage to foundations for absolute destroy buildings in a way that conventional bombs didn't do. Because it was so random, there wasn't anything they could do about it. They couldn't go to a bombshell. You knew you had some warning the bombers were coming but this would just be like queuing for rabbits.

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