V-1 rockets
Nazi cruise missiles
V-1 rockets were German flying bombs used in World War II, launched primarily against London and other Allied targets in 1944-45.
The V-1 was an early cruise missile—a pilotless aircraft carrying explosives, powered by a pulse-jet engine that produced a distinctive buzzing sound.
Londoners called them "buzz bombs" or "doodlebugs." When the engine cut out, the bomb fell and exploded.
The V stood for Vergeltungswaffe, "vengeance weapon."
- buzz bombCruise missile precursor
- doodlebugPit-digging insect larva
- flying bombPilotless explosive aircraft
- BlitzSwift intensive attack
- LondonEngland's capital city
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