Wernher von Braun

Wernher von Braun

Surname	Braun
Given Name	Wernher
Born	23 Mar 1912
Died	16 Jun 1977
Country	Germany, United States
Category	Science-Engineering
Gender	Male

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General Emil Leeb, Wernher von Braun, and Fritz Todt at Peenemünde, Germany, spring 1941

Walter Dornberger and Wernher von Braun, Germany, circa 1940s

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1 Oct 1932	Wernher von Braun, a precocious young Prussian student, was appointed to the German Army Ordnance Department's ballistics section under Captain Walter R. Dornberger, an artillery specialist.
21 Dec 1932	Wernher von Braun attempted to light a rocket with a four meter long pole at Kummersdorf weapons research center south of Berlin, Germany; the rocket's motor exploded.
16 Apr 1934	Wernher von Braun completed his thesis "Solution to the Problem of the Liquid Propellant Rocket", but it was kept a secret by the German Army. It would not be published until 1960.
8 Jan 1943	Walter Dornberger and Werhner von Braun met with Albert Speer. During the meeting, Speer informed the rocket research leaders that construction of a rocket launching site along the English Channel coast would soon commence.
7 Jul 1943	At the Wolfsschanze headquarters in Rastenburg, Germany, Werhner von Braun and Walter Dornberger presented Adolf Hitler a film of a V-2 rocket launch.
7 Jul 1943	Walter Dornberger, Werhner von Braun, and Ernst Steinhof met with Adolf Hitler, Albert Speer, Wilhelm Keitel, and Alfred Jodl at the Wolf's Lair (Wolfsschanze) in Rastenburg, Germany (now Kętrzyn, Poland). Hitler was thoroughly impressed with the progress of rocket research.
2 May 1945	Werhner von Braun departed Haus Ingeborg in Oberjoch in the Allgäu mountains in southern Germany for Austria; his group ran into American troops after passing through Adolf-Hitler-Pass (now Oberjoch Pass).
3 May 1945	Werhner von Braun, having already been detained by American troops on the previous day in Austria, was officially listed as under arrest.

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