Post on 09-Aug-2015
SPECIAL WEAPONS
OF WORLD WAR TWO
By Charlie Simon
The V2 Rocket
Most V2’s were launched at London.The V2 was a rocket developed by the Germans.It was the worlds first long range combat ballistic missile.Over 3, 000 V2’s were launched.Only 68% of the launches were successful.However, the rocket was still devastating.
Ant- Air Missiles
• Enzian- The enzian was a German infrared missile that’s experimenting got cancelled before it was operational.
• Stinger- The stinger was a portable surface- to- air (SAM) developed by the U.S.
• Wasserfall- The wasserfall was an anti- aircraft missile that had the same layout as the V2 rocket that was near success until the experimenting got cancelled.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• On August 6, 1945 the Enola Gay dropped the “Little Boy”, an atomic bomb, on Hiroshima.
• Three days later Bock’s Car dropped the “Fat Man” on Nagasaki.
• A combined 240, 000 people were killed in the two bombings by America.
Sniper Rifles
• Mosin-Nagant M91/30 used by the Soviet Union and Finland
• Mauser K98k used by Germany• Springfield M1903A4 used by the United
States• Arisaka Type 97 used by Japan
WORKS CITED
• http://hubpages.com/hub/World-War-II-Snipers_strategies
• http://www.hiroshima-remembered.com/• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
The V2 Rocket