From the Nazi side, Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels stoked fear with claims, beginning in 1943, of coming Wunderwaffen (wonder or miracle weapons) that would turn the tide and exact Vergeltung (vengeance or revenge) for the indiscriminate Allied bombing of German cities. Dwight Eisenhower and Prime Minister Winston Churchill had discussed those very scenarios. If the Nazis had begun firing V-1 cruise missiles and V-2 rockets at Britain earlier, could they have disrupted the D-Day invasion preparations or caused mass panic, derailing the British war economy? Key Allied leaders like Gen. Army Air Forces (USAAF) leadership certainly were concerned.
Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet on display at the Steven F.
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