Crossbow was a World War II Anglo-American military operation to defeat Nazi German long V-1 flying bombs and V-2 rockets launched against Britain from continental Europe. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1943/00/00 | In early 1943, two Polish janitors at Peenemunde's Camp Trassenheide in Nazi Germany provide drawings and other information to Polish Home Army Intelligence. | |
| 1943/06/00 | British intelligence obtain reports on a "rocket assembly hall", "experimental pit" and "launching tower" at Peenemunde's Camp Trassenheide in Nazi Germany. | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany |
| 1944/01/00 | United States Army Air Force Gen Grandison Gardner orders the rapid construction of copies of German V-1 flying bomb launch structures to determine the best method of attacking the real "buzz bomb" sites along the French and Dutch coast. | Operation Crossbow Site, Eglin Air Force Base EOD Range |
| 1944/02/15 | Gen Hap Arnold, Chief of the United States Army Air Forces, observes an Operation CROSSBOW test at Eglin Field. | Operation Crossbow Site, Eglin Air Force Base EOD Range |
| 1944/06/13 | The first German V-1 flying bomb hits next to the railway bridge near 77 Grove Road in Bow, London. | Bow, Greater London |
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| Motif: | War |
| Historic Event: | World War II |
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