SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - V2: The Nazi rocket that launched the space age

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Originally Posted by vanjast (Post 2241574)

I read (or saw) somewhere that von Braun 'technically sabotaged' the V2 program, thus delaying it's deployment. IIRC he purposely was slow in solving the problems, until he was threatened with a firing squad. What choice could anyone have ?

As I recall, there is some controversy about that. Von Braun after the war downplayed his role, not unlike a lot of other former Nazis, but most of the historical evidence supports the thesis that he was a diligent supporter of the regime.

Yes, he was arrested by Himmler, but there was a lot of that going on in the final years as all the top Nazis were trying to expand their power base.