Hey, it's Suzanne. I created this bonus episode to investigate the three-month stretch in 1944,

when the Germans launched the most V-1 flying bombs at England.

How did the Brits defend themselves, and what was it like for people on the ground?

Take a listen to Doodlebug Summer.

There's the V2 rocket right there. Where's the V1?

The green.

See it?

The little green guy on its catapult?

There are geltungs-waffe.

The revenge weapons.

In 2016, at Germany's former Pinnemundit Army research base, Stephanie and I saw our grandfather's

flying bomb for the first time.

Because we're going to level Britain and force them to surrender.

They were serious about it. Back then, the way this early cruise missile worked was a mystery.

A new chapter opens the battle of the flying bombs.

The number of people it killed, just a cold, stark fact.

Over 5,000 lives lost.

Over 16,000 broken.

And how great Britain fought back against the V1 attack?

The new attack imposes upon the British people a staggering bird.

Was information shrouded in history?

Dawn brought no relief and cloud no comfort against the blind and personal enemy that dropped from the sky.

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