Koopman, Henk Vergeltungswaffen in Nederland

Inzet van de V.1, V.2 en V.4 vanaf Nederlands grondgebied 1944-1945

On September 8, 1944, the inhabitants of The Hague were startled by the deafening roar of a launching V-2 rocketfired at London to unleash death and destruction upon the city. This marked the beginning of a storypartly familiar, partly untoldregarding the deployment of the notorious German "V-weapons" (V-1, V-2, and V-4) from the occupied Netherlands. *Vergeltungswaffen in Nederland* examines the development of these V-weapons as well as their deployment in France. These developments exerted a decisive influence on the subsequent use of V-weapons launched from Dutch territory. The result is a comprehensive and clearly organized reference work that also sheds light on the human aspects of the story. Hundreds of photographsincluding many previously unpublishedlend exceptional value to this study. Featuring an extensive bibliography and a complete index, this publication serves as an encyclopedia for any researcher or enthusiast of the Second World War.