The documents contain the final reports on the tests carried out on the V2 missiles, the tested procedures and the damage caused by the carriers launched against the German population centers.
Evaluations were carried out by the SS who subsequently went to the affected cities to assess the damage.
The V2 missile was the precursor of long-range ballistic vectors and one of the most important technological innovations of the Second World War. The Germans launched V2 on allied targets, including London, starting in the fall of 1944 by killing around 9.000 people.
One of the main problems of the V2 missile was its driving system. The reports show the difficulties encountered in the initial tests and the continuous losses of control of the carrier.
Although the rocket was in operation since September of the 1944, the tests continued until February of the 1945.
The SS burned all V2 documents at the end of the war.
The scientists involved in Wunderwaffen projects, such as Wernher von Braun, pioneer of modern missile, have been over 1.500.
The Paperclip operation, the recruitment of Nazi scientists by the Office of Strategic Services, then allowed the United States to exploit the technological know-how acquired to contribute to NASA's projects, culminating with the lunar landings.
Franco Iacch
