What medal did Oberth receive in 1943?
Iron Cross
Victoria Cross
War Merit Cross
Nobel Prize
Answer
In 1943, Wernher von Braun's superior at the Peenemünde Army Research Center received the War Merit Cross for his contribution to the development and production of the V-2 rocket. The recipient was Walter Robert Dornberger, a German military officer and engineer who played a key role in the rocket program.
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