May 8 1945

From The Space Library

World War II ended in Europe.

At time of German collapse, more than 20,000 V-weapons, V-1's and V-2's had been fired. Although figures vary, best estimate is that 1,115 V-2 ballistic rockets had been successfully fired against England and 1,675 against continental targets. Great disparity between production figures and operational missions due to fact that series production and development testing were performed concurrently, there being as many as 12 major modifications in basic design features.