V-2 rocket

This was the type of rocket-propelled bomb that the Germans aimed at London in the latter stages of the war. After taking a long look at this nasty weapon I went through an exhibit entitled "The Children's War". It dealt with the story of how British families in the larger cities sent their kids off into the countryside or to Canada to live with host families while Hitler sent German bombers and rockets to destroy the urban population centers of the U.K. The parents had to survive almost constant bombings living in these target areas while also being separated from their own children. In the exhibit there were reconstructed homes and bomb shelters, photographs and recordings of the days' events and all kinds of memorabilia from the era. The most touching display was the letters that the displaced children wrote home to their parents. A great many kids were saved by this temporary division of families but many children were also left orphans.