The Deadly Truth Behind the V-1 and V-2: More Died Building Them Than From the Attacks

Описание: Germany’s V-1 flying bombs and V-2 rockets were promoted as advanced “wonder weapons” meant to change the course of World War II.
But behind the technology was a grim reality:
far more people died building the weapons than were killed by the missiles themselves.

These rockets were produced in harsh underground factories such as Mittelwerk, where forced laborers worked in brutal, exhausting conditions.
Illness, starvation, and unsafe environments led to catastrophic mortality rates — making the production lines deadlier than the V-1 and V-2 strikes on cities like London and Antwerp.

This little-known fact exposes the tragic human cost hidden behind Germany’s high-tech wartime ambitions.
The V-weapons were not just tools of destruction — they were the result of a system that sacrificed countless innocent lives to build them.