The V-2 Rocket - Wernher Von Braun

By 1934 Von Braun had a team of 80 engineers building rockets in Kummersdorf, about 60 miles south of Berlin. Von Braun's natural talents as a leader shone, as well as his ability to assimilate great quantities of data while keeping in mind the big picture. With the successful launch of two rockets, Max and Moritz, in 1934, Von Braun's proposal to work on a jet-assisted take-off device for heavy bombers and all-rocket fighters was granted.