V2-transport via Broekheurne in 1945 - Modeling website showing V-2 rocket rail transport in WWII. Raketenspezialisten - The website of Dr. Olaf Przybilski of Dresden (Deutsch). German historical website about the work of German rocket specialists, especially their roles after World War II and in the Soviet Union, with articles and documents on rocket history and key figures like Wernher von Braun. Raketenflugplatz-Berlin (Deutsch) – Website of Uwe Jack about the early Berlin rocket airfield in Tegel, where pioneers like Oberth, Nebel, and Winkler conducted liquid-fuel rocket tests in the 1930s. It covers the field’s history, technology, and its role as a precursor to Germany’s later V-2 program. V-1 V-2 Impacts Map Netherlands - Dutch language website by Thierry van den Berg and Henk Koopman. Nice site about V-Weapons sites and impacts in the Netherlands made by Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945 (SGLO). Collected info on more than 2000 v-weapon impacts in the Netherlands. BUNKERPICTURES - On this website you can find pictures, locations, information about bunkers from WW2, The Atlantikwall and the Cold War. Frank Leuband's visit to
Peenemünde - Frank Leuband's photo
collection of photos during his visit to the
Usedom and Peenemünde area in September of 2002. Imperial War Museum
(IWM) - V-2 objects & photo collections —
IWM’s V-2 photographs and displayed artifacts
(good images and accession details). CollectSpace Huntsville,
Redstone Discussions - Enthusiast
Forum with in-depth discussions, artifact
photos, and research threads about, Redstone
Arsenal, Wernher von Braun, and early U.S.
missile hardware. WW2Talk Forum, V-2
Discussion Threads - UK-based WWII history forum
with very high-quality V-2 research threads,
often citing original UK documents and impact
maps. Smithsonian National Air
and Space Museum - V-2 holdings
& restoration coverage — Museum object pages
and restoration stories about V-2 artifacts in
the NASM collection. WELT - V2-Rakete
Themenseite (Deutsch) – A maintained
news/feature topic directory for V-2 related
articles. A-4 LAUNCHERS -
Detailed A-4/V-2 launch information compiled by
David Howard remains on the Internet Archive.
A-4/V-2 crashes in Sweden - Linus Walleij's site dealing with the impact of a stray V-1 & V-2 missiles on Swedish soil in 1943-44. He also visits the impact crater near Bäckebo. Relikte in Niedersachsen und Bremen - From Germany, Manfred Tegge's look at old depots, airfields, and other WWII relics in Lower Saxony and Bremen, Germany. Usedom
Peenemünde
V2RAKETE.DE - Michael Keuer's site is
in German with some English, but has many great
photos and movies of Peenemünde as it looks today.
The makeup and layout of the huge research
facility is the main subject of this website. Gedenkstätte Laura -
Link to the memorial site of KZ Außenkommando
"Laura", where they did V2 engine tests. CriticalPast is an
archive for royalty-free, public domain vintage
stock footage, available in HD video formats for
immediate download (expensive). Clips are
organized by decade, with a many from WWII
including captured German V-2 reels. Early Rocketry in Huntsville,
Alabama Department of Archives - State-level
historical articles and scanned documents relating
to Redstone Arsenal Army missile programs, and
early U.S. rocket tests. KZ-Gedenkstätte
Mittelbau-Dora - Verlagerung der Raketenproduktion –
Context about how production moved from Peenemünde
and the connection with forced labor in
Mittelbau-Dora. Archive.org -
Captured V-2 footage & historic film / Public
domain / archive film and footage collections of
V-2 tests and wartime imagery. London Remembers, V-2
Memorials & Impact Sites -
Enthusiast-maintained memorial database
identifying V-2 impact locations, plaques, and
commemorations. The National Archives
(UK) – V-2 / Rockets / Flying Bombs, Britain’s
primary archive for wartime intelligence reports,
damage assessments, countermeasures, and postwar
V-2 analysis. Begg's Aerospace V-2 Postwar
- Site created by V-2 enthusiast, Bill Beggs, has
a very comprehensive listing of post-war V-2 test
flights with many pictures and information.
Me 163B Komet - The rocket powered fighter - Messerschmitt 163 B Komet. This web site by Rob de Bie is dedicated to the Messerschmitt Me 163B Komet, the only operational rocket-powered aircraft of the second world war. Lost Places -
Forgotten wartime places in and around Germany. Russian Space Web,
Historical information covering a multitude of
space history subjects, including the A-4/V-2. Rijsterbos,
Friesland - Tourist board
informational page about a V-2 launch site and
memorial near Rijs in Friesland. Huntsville History
Collection (HHC) - Local archival
collection documenting the arrival of German
scientists in Huntsville, their early missile
work, and Huntsville’s transformation into
“Rocket City.” After the Battle Magazine
(V-2 & London strikes). Articles and archive
references widely used by V-weapon researchers
and enthusiasts with site-specific photography. Huntsville Rewound
- Memories, photos, and historical features
about Huntsville from a grassroots perspective.
It covers broad city history including aspects
of Huntsville’s transformation into Rocket City,
includes a lot of local visual and textual
history. Liberation Route, V2 Launch
Site on the Eelerberg - A landmark
page describing one of the actual V-2 launch
sites used in the Netherlands, including
historical context and location details. STIWOT – Stichting Informatie Wereldoorlog Twee - Dutch WWII information foundation. HeroicRelics – The missiles page on HeroicRelics.org is a gallery-style collection showing photographs of missile relics preserved in museums and other displays. Bombardment of Bezuidenhout,
V-2 Offensive - Local history/impact page for
V‑2 artillery in the Netherlands - March 3, 1945, a
major disaster in the Bezuidenhout district Porta Polonica - Peenemünde: Polen und
Hitler's Wunderwaffe – Die V2-Rakete
– A German historical article with photos and
narrative about the V-2 rocket and its history
at Peenemünde. Deutsches Historisches
Museum - Die „Wunderwaffen“ V1 und
V2 – A well-organized historical overview in
German about Germany’s V weapons within the
context of WWII. National Archives
(NARA) - Project Paperclip / V-2 / WWII film and
record holdings — Catalogs, declassified records
and film holdings related to captured V-2
material and personnel. Operation Paperclip, NASA
History - NASA’s biographical and
historical coverage of von Braun and the
Paperclip scientists, emphasizing their
technical contributions after WWII. Peenemuende-West.de
- Das Aggregat 4 (V2) Geschichte – Enthusiast
site focused on the V-1 & V-2
technical and development history in Peenemünde. ASTRONAUTIX.COM -
Encyclopedia Astronautica; people, rockets,
spacecraft, programs. An incredible website
filled with loads of data. U.S. Space & Rocket
Center - The central public resource
for Huntsville’s rocket heritage, including V-2
artifacts, Redstone rockets, and early U.S.
missile development tied directly to German
scientists.
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