V1 was an incredible cost/effective weapon. It created as comparable damage to the Allies as the Blitz and ended out diverting more than 25 per cent of the allied bombs in July and August 1944.
Let us assume that the Germans had pushed development, and it was available in the Battle of Britain.
Okay, many changes now, the British are in a lot less of a position to shoot them down, which effectively doubles the damage plus the German pilots can report on the accuracy so the V1 will be much more accurate, which would increase the effect more.
Furthermore, there is no reason why something like the Blitz would slow down until late 1944 when the Allies finally overran much of the launch site assuming that ww2 continued as it did.
As a guesstimate assuming that the Germans put as much effort into V1 as they did ww2 and the allies did nothing we could be talking between half a million to two million British people plus a lot of damage. Of course, the Germans, if they saw it working, would do more and the Allies would do more to stop it too.
How do you think it would play out?
Let us assume that the Germans had pushed development, and it was available in the Battle of Britain.
Okay, many changes now, the British are in a lot less of a position to shoot them down, which effectively doubles the damage plus the German pilots can report on the accuracy so the V1 will be much more accurate, which would increase the effect more.
Furthermore, there is no reason why something like the Blitz would slow down until late 1944 when the Allies finally overran much of the launch site assuming that ww2 continued as it did.
As a guesstimate assuming that the Germans put as much effort into V1 as they did ww2 and the allies did nothing we could be talking between half a million to two million British people plus a lot of damage. Of course, the Germans, if they saw it working, would do more and the Allies would do more to stop it too.
How do you think it would play out?