THIS WEEK IN...1944

摘要

On 13 June 1944, with war going badly for Germany, Hitler took his last throw of the dice and began a wave of attacks with flying bombs whose sinister rasping sound struck terror into the hearts of those living in southern England. Initially, it was unclear what these so-called 'doodle-bugs' were, but within two weeks of the first launch, the V1 had given up its secrets, and The Engineer, so tight-lipped on details of British military hardware, was delighted to share the missile's vital statistics with its readers.