On the 13th June 1944 the first German attack on Britain using the V-1 flying bomb, otherwise known as the ‘doodlebug’, took place.
Tag: V2
The First Ever V2 Rocket to be Dropped – 8th September 1944
The Doodlebug was a thing of nightmares, a pilotless weapon which droned ostentatiously overhead and, with its sudden silence, heralded disaster. The V2 was worse.
Doodlebugs: when silence meant catastrophe
The ‘Doodlebug’, or V1 flying bomb, was one of the most effective weapons the Germans came up with in the war, and in terms of morale, it was one of the most devastating. Just when people were starting to feel safe again after the Blitz, that hair raising