At war's end the Allies seized tons of documents, hundreds of experts, and dozens of V-2 missiles. Unlike the atomic bomb, the V-2 was not a war-changing weapon, and the resources devoted to it undoubtedly hurt rather than helped the German war effort. Both were developed in enormous haste used the first technical solutions that worked consumed a considerable portion of the country's war budget and were only available in the last months of the war. The V-2 and the atomic bomb both were world-shifting technological quantum leaps. Later versions - the A6 through A12 - were planned to take the Third Reich to the planets.ĪKA: A4 Vergeltungswaffen-2. The A1, A2, A3, and A5 were steps in the development of the missile. Personnel and technology from the V-2 program formed the starting point for post-war rocketry development in America, Russia, and France. The British, Americans, and Russians launched a further 86 captured German V-2's in 1945-1952. Despite the scale of this effort, the inaccurate missile did not change the course of the war and proved to be an enormous waste of resources.
As many as 3,225 were launched in combat, primarily against Antwerp and London, and a further 1,000 to 1,750 were fired in tests and training. 6,084 V-2 missiles were built, 95% of them by 20,000 slave laborers in the last seven months of World War II at a unit price of $ 17,877. It represented an enormous quantum leap in technology, financed by Nazi Germany in a huge development program that cost at least $ 2 billion in 1944 dollars. The V-2 ballistic missile (known to its designers as the A4) was the world's first operational liquid fuel rocket. Scorched Earth tactics, floating harbors and special supply units added to the logistics system.ĭesign your own armored force using modules prioritizing speed, gun power, armor or even production cost.Ĭommission the grandest, most prestigious of artillery pieces, uniquely designed to deal with entrenched foes, and fortified positions.Home - Search - Browse - Alphabetic Index: 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9Ī- B- C- D- E- F- G- H- I- J- K- L- M- N- O- P- Q- R- S- T- U- V- W- X- Y- Z Shared alternate history paths for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as unique paths for each.īuild a general staff, drawing on the talents and expertise of available officers to take advantage of changes in technology and tactics.Įmphasize certain characteristics of your military arms, adding general bonuses to certain units types or even aiding division design. Write a new history of Poland, with options to reform the government, entrench the military rule, or support a popular pro-Soviet uprising. Communist Soviet rulers must also deal with a government system full of distrust and betrayal but players can lift up party opposition to its powerful leader, or even pursue a reactionary path of restored monarchy.
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