Hidden along Germany’s Baltic coast, Peenemünde served as the birthplace of the V-2 rocket and the world’s first long range ballistic missile. Cloaked in secrecy, the base housed scientists racing to ...

During World War II, Nazi Germany introduced the V-2 rocket, the world’s first operational ballistic missile. Designed under the direction of Wernher von Braun, the V-2 was presented as a ...