The V-2 official designation A 4 is often called a "Wunderwaffe" although it was a major breakthrough in rocket technology, its suitability for a weapon in World War 2 is limited. This video takes a look at its development, technical specifications, history and especially on its effectiveness nothing several factors. Military History Visualized provides a series of short narrative and visual presentations like documentaries based on academic literature or sometimes primary sources. Videos are intended as introduction to military history, but also contain a lot of details for history buffs. Since the aim is to keep the episodes short and comprehensive some details are often cut. » HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT MILITARY HISTORY VISUALIZED « (A) You can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv (B) You can also buy "Spoils of War" (merchandise) in the online shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop » SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS « facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ twitter: https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized tumblr: http://militaryhistoryvisualized.tumblr.com/ » SOURCES « Hahn, Fritz: Waffen und Geheimwaffen des deutschen Heeres 1933-1945 Germany and the Second World War – Volume 5 / 2: Germany and the Second World War – Volume 7 Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg – Band 5 / 2 Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg – Band 7 Zaloga, Steven J.: V-2 Ballistic Missile 1942-52 Zaloga, Steven J.: V-1 Flying Bomb 1942-52 – Hitler’s infamous “doodlebug” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockhaus_d%27%C3%89perlecques https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossbow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kummersdorf » TOOL CHAIN « PowerPoint 2016, Word, Excel, Tile Mill, QGIS, Processing 3, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Audition, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Animate.