As World War II drew to a close, U.S. Navy intelligence suspected German U-boats equipped to launch V-1 rockets were preparing to hit New York City. The War Department dismissed the threat. The Navy ...
A close-up view of the V-1 "flying bomb" used by Germany during World War II. It packed over 1,800 pounds of explosives in its warhead. (Polish State Archive) On June 13, 1944, a strange new aircraft ...