Peenemünde Army Research Center

For the village and the World War II Luftwaffe airfield that tested the V-1 flying bomb, see Peenemünde and Peenemünde Airfield.

Peenemünde Army Research Center
Peenemünde, Germany
1943 RAF photo-recon of Test Stand VII at the Peenemünde Army Research Center
Location
Coordinates54°09′N 13°48′E / 54.15°N 13.80°E / 54.15; 13.80
Site history
Built1937
In useWorld War II
Battles/warsOperation Crossbow (Bombing of Peenemünde in World War II)

The Peenemünde Army Research Center (German: Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde, HVP) was founded in 1937 as one of five military proving grounds under the German Army Weapons Office (Heereswaffenamt). Several German guided missiles and rockets of World War II were developed by the HVP, including the V-2 rocket. The works were attacked by the British in Operation Crossbow from August 1943, before falling to the Soviets in May 1945.


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