Arguments Against The V-Two Attacks

One of the main countermeasures used against the V-2 attacks was the misinformation campaign used by the British. In this case, the British would turn German spies against the Nazis and would have false information given to the launch teams . One commonly used piece of misinformation was that the rockets were overshooting the launch target of London by between 20 to 30 miles. As a result of this, rockets would fall short of the larger built up areas of London and impact in much more rural areas, unknown to the launch teams who believed that they were now hitting the target. This misinformation was used as a result of decisions by the Crossbow Committee, who had decided that this would be a better alternative than any other suggestions put …show more content…
The fact that the Second World War for Germany was a war on multiple fronts meant that the countries resources would need to be allocated extremely carefully, and this allocation was greatly disturbed in 1942 when Hitler learnt of equipment and personnel losses in the east, meaning that what was lost needed to be replaced. It is possible to believe that situations such as these may have vastly overshadowed the situation concerning the V2 as if issues such as these in the East were not solved then it could have huge impacts on the war, possibly making the V2 a much lower priority for the German Government. It was even said by Albert Speer, Germany’s Minister of Armaments during the Second World War said that “in the late fall of 1939 Hitler crossed off the rocket project off his list of urgent undertakings and thus automatically cut off its labour and materials.” It was only in fact thanks to Speer that the building of the Peenemunde installations were …show more content…
The V2 was developed with a purpose far from that of the Atomic bomb. As mentioned earlier, the V2 was developed with the purpose of demoralizing the civilian populations in allied countries, possibly helping with the war effort. The atomic bomb, on the other hand, was developed in large as a weapon to end the war between the USA and Japan. While the atomic bomb is known to be a large cause for the Japanese surrender in 1945, given that the surrender came only 6 days after the second bomb was dropped , the V2 was not nearly as successful in fulfilling its purpose in the war. During a radio broadcast from London on 12/10/1944, Edward Murrow, a radio presenter, observed that “these rockets have not been arriving in any considerable quantity, and they have not noticeably affected the nerves or the determination of British