Peenemünde Army Research Center

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The Peenemünde Army Research Center was a German World War II military research facility on the Baltic coast that served as the primary development site for advanced rockets and missiles, including the V-2.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military research center
rocket research facility
bombedBy Royal Air Force
capturedBy Soviet armed forces
surface form: Soviet forces
chiefEngineer Wernher von Braun
country Nazi Germany
dateOfEvent 1943-08-17
director Wernher von Braun
endDate 1945
hasPart Peenemünde Army Research Center self-linksurface differs
surface form: Peenemünde Army Experimental Station

launch pads
production facilities
research laboratories
test stands for rocket engines
wind tunnels
heritageStatus museum site
influenced Soviet space program
surface form: Soviet rocket program

postwar American rocketry
inUseDuring World War II
keyPerson Arthur Rudolph
Helmut Gröttrup
Kurt Debus
Walter Dornberger
Walter Thiel
locatedIn Peenemünde Army Research Center self-linksurface differs
surface form: Peenemünde

Province of Pomerania
Island of Usedom
surface form: Usedom Island
locatedOn Baltic Sea coast region
surface form: Baltic Sea coast
notableEvent Operation Hydra
notableFor pioneering large-scale liquid-fueled rocket development
world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile
notableProject A-series rockets
A3 rocket
V-2 rocket
surface form: A4 rocket

A5 rocket
A9/A10 rocket concepts
V-1 flying bomb
V-2 rocket
operatedBy German Army
German Army Weapons Office
surface form: Heereswaffenamt
partOf German Army Weapons Office
presentUse Historical Technical Museum Peenemünde
primaryFunction development of guided missiles
development of rockets
resultOfBombing disruption of V-2 development
relocation of V-2 production to Mittelwerk
startDate 1937
usedFor testing of ballistic missiles
training of technical personnel

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V-2 rocket developedAt Peenemünde Army Research Center
V-2 rocket designedBy Peenemünde Army Research Center
this entity surface form: Peenemünde research team
Operation Crossbow notableTarget Peenemünde Army Research Center
Hans-Dietrich Genscher placeOfDeath Peenemünde Army Research Center
this entity surface form: Peenemünde
Würzburg radar notableLocation Peenemünde Army Research Center
this entity surface form: Peenemünde test range
Island of Usedom hasPart Peenemünde Army Research Center
this entity surface form: Peenemünde
Aggregat 4 developedAt Peenemünde Army Research Center
Aggregat 4 firstSuccessfulTestLaunchSite Peenemünde Army Research Center
this entity surface form: Peenemünde
Peenemünde Army Research Center locatedIn Peenemünde Army Research Center self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Peenemünde
Peenemünde Army Research Center hasPart Peenemünde Army Research Center self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Peenemünde Army Experimental Station
Wernher von Braun employer Peenemünde Army Research Center
Operation Hydra location Peenemünde Army Research Center
this entity surface form: Peenemünde, Germany
Operation Hydra target Peenemünde Army Research Center
Operation Hydra primaryOpponent Peenemünde Army Research Center
this entity surface form: German Army Research Center Peenemünde
Walter Dornberger workLocation Peenemünde Army Research Center
this entity surface form: Peenemünde
Volksmarine notableBase Peenemünde Army Research Center
this entity surface form: Peenemünde
East German Air Force garrison Peenemünde Army Research Center
this entity surface form: Peenemünde Air Base
Heinkel He 176 testLocation Peenemünde Army Research Center
this entity surface form: Peenemünde
Vergeltungswaffe 2 (Vengeance Weapon 2) developedAt Peenemünde Army Research Center
subject surface form: Vergeltungswaffe 2
German Army Weapons Office oversaw Peenemünde Army Research Center
this entity surface form: Army Research Center Peenemünde
Arthur Rudolph employer Peenemünde Army Research Center
this entity surface form: Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde
Arthur Rudolph associatedWith Peenemünde Army Research Center
Operation Paperclip recruitedFrom Peenemünde Army Research Center
Franz Pökler associatedWith Peenemünde Army Research Center
A3 rocket developer Peenemünde Army Research Center
this entity surface form: Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde
A5 rocket developedAt Peenemünde Army Research Center
A5 rocket testSite Peenemünde Army Research Center
this entity surface form: Peenemünde test range
Kurt Debus employer Peenemünde Army Research Center
A-4 rocket developedAt Peenemünde Army Research Center
bombing of Peenemünde target Peenemünde Army Research Center
V-weapons program notableSite Peenemünde Army Research Center