| V |
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| V-1 |
The
first of the operational German weapons of reprisal
or "Vergeltungswaffen" - the V-1 was a pilotless
flying bomb powered by a pulse-jet engine and
carried a 850kg (1875lb) high-explosive warhead,
and had a range of up to 200km |
| V-2 |
Also
known as the A4,
the successor to the V-1 was a long range rocket
powered by liquid oxygen and alcohol, it had a
975kg (2150lb) high-explosive warhead and a range
of 320km |
| V-3 |
Long-range
smooth-bore gun designed to fire shells with up
to 10kg (22lb) high-explosive warhead and a range
of 93km - never very successful as most
installations were destroyed by bombing before
they could be used |
| Valkyrie |
Operational
code name for the Schwarze
Kapelle plot to overthrow the Hitler regime
- July 1944 |
| Varsity |
Operational
code name for the Allied crossing of the Rhine
using airborne troops - March 1945 |
| V-E
Day |
Victory
in Europe Day - 8th May 1945 |
| Vichy
France |
French
regime set up in collaboration with the Germans
following the fall of France in 1940 - headed
by Marshal Petain and based in the city of Vichy
it governed the southern half of France until
its dissolution in 1944 |
| V-J
Day |
Victory
over Japan Day - 15th August 1945 |
| Volkssturm |
The
German Home Guard |
| Vulcan |
Operational
code name for the Allied offensive in Tunisia
- May 1943 |
