Operation Backfire

Wann

1945

Art

Militäroperation

Koordinaten

53.85° N, 8.59° E

Description

1945 British military scientific operation after World War II

British military scientific operation after World War II

Operation Backfire was a military scientific operation of the Western Allies during and after the Second World War that was performed mainly by British personnel. The operation was designed to completely evaluate the entire V-2 rocket assembly, interrogate German personnel specialized in all phases of it, and then to test and launch missiles across the North Sea.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Operation Backfire: Three captured V-2 rockets are launched under British control near Cuxhaven, as part of an Allied evaluation of the technology“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „In der Nähe von Cuxhaven wird Vertretern der alliierten Besatzungsmächte anhand von drei Versuchsstarts die Technik der „Vergeltungswaffe“ V2 demonstriert…“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite