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Operation Backfire was a military scientific operation of the Western Allies during and after the Second World War that was performed mainly by British personnel.[1] The operation was designed to completely evaluate the entire V-2 rocket assembly, interrogate German personnel specialized in all phases of it, and then to test and launch missiles across the North Sea.
- ^ Hall, Charlie (20 November 2019). "'The Other End of a Trajectory': Operation Backfire and the German Origins of Britain's Ballistic Missile Programme" (PDF). The International History Review. 42 (6): 1118–1136. doi:10.1080/07075332.2019.1690026. ISSN 0707-5332. S2CID 213143168.