The Peenemünde Army Research Center, on the northern peninsula of the Baltic island of Usedom, was founded in 1937 as one of five military proving grounds under the German Army Weapons Office. It is widely regarded as the birthplace of modern rocketry and spaceflight. In 1940 the offices of the Waffen-SS ordered Lange & Söhne to develop an observation watch for measuring purposes, with hacking ...