V2 rocket

V2 rockets were used by Nazi Germany during the Second World War, mainly during 1944. Following the V1 flying bomb, they acted as an "improved" replacement for the Luftwaffe's Blitz campaign to bomb Great Britain's cities, primarily London. (PROSE: Illegal Alien) In practice though, this was contentious notably because they failed to cause the mass scaled damage many Germans thought them capable of doing. St. Joseph's Church in Holborn, for instance, was hit by a V2 rocket, but it failed to destroy it. (AUDIO: The Fifth Citadel)

The Seventh Doctor reflected that, having endured the V1 and V2 attacks, the city of London remained mostly intact until the 22nd century Dalek invasion. (PROSE: Illegal Alien)