I think of the V2 as a terror weapon, more designed and used to demoralize the British, than to inflict casualties.
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Eisenhower, among others, mentioned had they focused on V2 production just a slightly earlier in the timeframe, D-Day would have been a dicey affair.
Really? I dispute that! The V2 was far too inaccurate to effectively use against the amphibious landing forces of D-Day.
The V2's targeting inadequacies limited its use to striking cities.
Besides being inherently inaccurate, the V2 rocket needed navigation data; the kind that couldn't be obtained "on the fly" for newly-discovered and dynamic targets like advancing armies in the first days of D-Day. Everything had to be precisely calculated back at headquarters. The launch ramps were mobile, and their planned position likewise had to be known before-hand.
Can't find the actual numbers right now, but I don't think that more than TEN were ever launched on any given day (under the best of conditions). And ten V2 rockets would not have seriously impacted D-Day.
I seriously doubt that Ike said that.
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