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Peenemünde

American  
[pey-nuh-myn-duh] / ˌpeɪ nəˈmün də /

noun

  1. a village in NE Germany: German center for missile and rocket research and manufacture in World War II.


Peenemünde British  
/ ˌpiːnəˈmʊndə /

noun

  1. a village in N Germany, in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania on the Baltic coast: site of a German rocket-development centre in World War II

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He also spent time in the subcamp of Mittelbau-Dora, as well as the infamous Bergen Belsen and Peenemünde camps.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2022

In answer to Jeannie’s seemingly innocent query, an officer showed her a drawing of a rocket and a testing station, on an island off the Baltic coast, Peenemünde.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2019

With Peenemünde largely out of commission, the Germans moved mass production of their V-2s to an abandoned gypsum mine under a mountain in central Germany.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2015

Peter Wegener, one of the 12 White Oak Germans, wrote “The Peenemünde Wind Tunnels, A Memoir” and emphasized the pure science, as opposed to the applied military side.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2015

"On the Peenemünde, I was talking about taking Mr. Murell for a trip in the Javelin," he said.

From Four-Day Planet by Piper, H. Beam

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