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Penemuende, Germany
Updated 23 February 2012 08:00
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The A4 rocket, which was developed in Peenemünde can be considered the prototype of all later booster rockets, both military and civil. Both the architectural aesthetic and the operational details of the plant illustrate the totalitarian aims of the Nazi state. The building also demonstrates the massive scale and high technological standard of the testing facilities during the period. Page 2 - Outside Area Page 3 - Power Station and Inside Area Page 4 - Habour and Russian Submarine Page 5 - Nazi Propaganda Posters | Peenemünde - Secret of V 2 and V 1 ... - The Museum - The first launch of a missile into space took place here in October 1942. Nazi Germanys facilitiy for the V-1 flying bomb and the V-2. Peenemünde Airfield and Peenemünde German Nazi "Luftwaffer" Research Center. Peenemünde, now again a village with a seaport on the edge of a long sand-spit in the northwestern part of Usedom (an island) on the Baltic Sea coast of (East) Germany. 
Original V2 on its original place at Peenemuende. In World War II, the village's docks were used for the ships which recovered V-2 and V-1 wreckage from launches over the Baltic Sea. The entire island was captured on May 5, 1945. The gas plant for the production of liquid oxygen is now part of the "Peenemünde Historical Technical Museum", and was partley in use til 1991. The post-war port was a Soviet naval base until turned over to the armed forces of East Germany in 1952. The seaport facilities were used at first by the East German Seepolizei (sea police) after new facilities for police motorboats had been built. On December 1, 1956, the headquarters of the First Fleet of the East German "Volksmarine" (peoples navy) was established at Peenemünde. 
The control room inside this bunker, now part of the museum. The Peenemünde Historical and Technical Information Center, a World War II museum on the European Route of Industrial Heritage, opened in 1992 in the Bunker control room and the area of the WW 2 power station - exhibits include original V-1 and a V-2.
The Peenemünde Military Test Site was one of the most modern technological facilities in the world in the years between 1936 and 1945. In the nearby air force testing area, rocket engineers tested numerous flight objects equipped with revolutionary technology. From the start this research was directed toward one goal only: achieving military superiority through advanced technology Footage of a restored Messerschmitt 262 from the ILA ( Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung ; International Aerospace Exhibition ) 2006 in Berlin. take-off / flight / landing ( Me262 Me-262 Messerschmidt - World War 2 German Jet fighter) 
The engine of the ME 262 was based on the V1 engine from Peenemuende. Postwar image on US testing ground of a Me 262B-1a/U1 night fighter (converted trainer) (1945) Video - 46 min Luftwaffe training film (1944). The original audio is long since gone. However, the replaced narration is that of Franz Steigler, who flew the plane and watched the film during the war. Please visit again, for more infos and more pictures! This page was last modified on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 12:41:35 PM |