V-weapons vast majority aimed at London; 2,515 reached the city, killing 6,184 civilians and injuring 17,981. Croydon to the south, on the flight path of the V1s suffered severely taking 142 hits. V-2 rocket launching sites were set up by the Germans around The Hague in the Netherlands on 6 September 1944. The first was launched from here against London on 8 September 1944 and took an estimated 5 minutes to fly the 200 miles from the Hague to London where it struck at 6.43pm on 8 September on Chiswick causing thirteen casualties. As the V2 explosions came without warning, the
Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II December 1943 21 January 1944 10 March 1944 12 June 1944 July to September 1944 8 September 1944 17 September 1944 22 September 1944 3 December 1944 1 February 1945 27 March 1945 29 March 1945 2 May 1945 8 May 1945 9 May 1945 23 May 1945 16 June 1945 18 June 1945 5 July 1945 26 July 1945 15 August 1945 Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II This is a Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II covering Britain 1939–45. For a brief narrative see United Kingdom home front