Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Rocket factory

German rocket development and testing took place on an eerie island, Uesedom, in the north sea. The V2s that bombarded the UK were constructed here by concentration camp labour and a huge power plant was constructed in the 40s to power hydrolysis to produce Oxygen to fuel the weapons. It is a desolate and fairly spooky area. The photo below shows the former control room turned into a museum.



This is the power station - the only one from that era remaining intact (though not operational).


Pre-war political campaign poster.



This is a V2. It looks Tin Tin esque to me.





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