V-1 and V-2 Intelligence
on the V-1 and V-2 weapons developed by the Germans for attacks on the United Kingdom during the Second World War was important to countering them. Intelligence came from a number of sources and the Anglo-American intelligence agencies used it to assess the threat of the German V-weapons.
The activities included use of the Double Cross System for counter-intelligence and the British "Big Ben" project to reconstruct and evaluate German missile technology for which Denmark, Poland, Sweden, and the USSR provided assistance.
German counter-intelligence were used to mislead the Allies about V-1 launch sites and the Peenemünde Army Research Center which were targeted for attacks by the Allies.Timeline
PR — aerial photographic reconnaissance
- exchange of early stray V2 rocket.
— events regarding Nazi Germany V-weapon planning
— locations in Occupied France
— Polish reports of the Armia Krajowa
, — events regarding Anglo-American intelligence
,, — military operationsBig Ben
1945
