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192 TURNING THE TIDE 1943–1944

NETHERLANDS

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LUXEMBOURG

London

Paris

Brussels

Amsterdam

Munich

G R E A T E R G E R M A N Y

U N I T E D K I N G D O M

Siracourt

Lottinghen

Saint Omer

Renescure

Domléger

Neuville-aux-Bois

Saint Martin-l'Hortier

Biennais

Rilly-la-Montagne

Nucourt Saint Leu-d'Esserent

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93

10

13

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412

2,420

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295

1,444

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Maisons-Latte
Darfeld
Berg-en-Dal
Hopton
Greyfriars
Wiener Neustadt
Nordhausen
Friedrichshafen
Remagen
Cambrai
Arras
Tournai
Antwerp
Mons
Diest
Liège
Maastricht
Hasselt
Lille
Tourcoing
Leicester
Lincoln
Norwich
Cambridge
Southampton
Le Havre
Dover
Ipswich
Zwolle
Rotterdam
The Hague
Leiden
Bruges
Stavoren
Sneek
Birmingham
Manchester
Leeds
Chester
Stralsund
Berlin
Lübeck
Bremen
Rostock
Leipzig
Magdeburg
Dortmund
Strasbourg
Frankfurt
Mannheim
Nuremberg
Augsburg
Salzburg
Vienna
Middlesbrough
Peenemünde
Bristol
Bath
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◁ The failure of the flying bomb
This poster is for a British propaganda
film, made for distribution in France,
about the ineffectiveness of the
German V-1 flying bomb in breaking
the spirit of the British public.
Mar 3, 1945 An Allied attempt
to bomb V-2 launch sites near
the Hague ends in the death
of 511 Dutch civilians.
Jan–Jun 1944 A sustained
bombing campaign against
V-1 facilities in France
destroys 73 out of 96
V-1 launch sites.
Oct 1944–Mar 1945 The
Germans attempt to destroy
Antwerp with more than
1,500 V-2s.
Aug 27, 1943–Aug 6,
1944 Extensive bombing of
the Watten bunker near
Saint Omer stops it being
used as a V-2 launch site.
DEFENDING AGAINST THE DOODLEBUGS
JUNE 13, 1944–OCTOBER 31, 1944
Operation Diver began as soon as the first V-1s hit
Britain. Barrage balloons were floated along the south
coast and around London, and Spitfire aircraft were
deployed over the Channel to shoot down the V-1s
or disrupt their trajectories. Government agents
planted information suggesting that the bombs were
overshooting, prompting the Germans to wrongly
adjust their trajectories. By the end of August 1944,
antiaircraft guns in the coastal “gun belt” were
bringing down 74 percent of the bombs.
Operation Diver gun belts
Operation Diver barrage
balloons
Limit of
Spitfire range
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Dec 24, 1944 German aircraft
flying over the North Sea launch
45 V-1s on northern England;
only 31 reach land.
Sep 8, 1944
The first V-2 missile
hits London, having
been launched from
the Hague.
V-2 ATTACKS
SEPTEMBER 8, 1944–MARCH 30, 1945
In September 1944, the V-1 threat in Britain abated as
the Allies took launch sites in France, and the Germans
began to attack targets in Europe. However, V-2
attacks on Britain began on September 8. Impossible
to see coming, and with a larger payload, the V-2s killed
more than 2,500 by the time the V-weapons offensive
ended on March 30, 1945.
5
European V-weapon
targets
Number of V-2 incidents
Sep 8, 1944–Mar 27, 1945
AXIS TERRITORIAL LOSSES, 1944
Range of V-2s
launched
from Europe
V-2 path
By Aug 25 By Sep 14 By Dec 15
V-1 ATTACKS JUNE 13, 1944–DECEMBER 1944
V-1s, nicknamed “doodlebugs,” first struck Britain
on June 13. Soon more than 100 bombs per day fell on
London and south-eastern England. With the Allies in
control of the V-1 launch sites in Europe by the end
of October, at Christmas the Germans attacked
Manchester and the north of England with V-1s
launched from bombers over the North Sea. Other
European cities were then targeted with V-1s.
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Range of V-1s
launched from
Europe
Main V-1 paths
Number of V-1 incidents
Jun 13, 1944–Oct 31, 1944
V-1 incidents from
North Sea
North Sea
launch site
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