Fortress of Mimoyecques

The Fortress of Mimoyecques is the modern name for a Second World War underground military complex built by the forces of Nazi Germany between 1943 and 1944. It was intended to house a battery of fixed V-3 cannons permanently aimed at London, 165 kilometres (103 mi) away. Originally codenamed Wiese ("Meadow") or Bauvorhaben 711, it is located in the commune of Landrethun-le-Nord in the Pas-de-Calais region of northern France, near the hamlet of Mimoyecques about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Boulogne-sur-Mer. It was constructed by a mostly German workforce recruited from major engineering and mining concerns, augmented by prisoner-of-war slave labour.

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1943 Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Bauvorhaben 711; Marquise-Mimoyecques; Wiese
military installation, military museum, launch pad, 

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Location: 50.8531, 1.7589, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Blockhaus d'Éperlecques ⓘ
  Second World War bunker complex in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, built by Nazi Germany between March 1943 and July 1944 to serve as a launch base for V-2 rockets directed against London and southern England

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  Fortress of Mimoyecques ⓘ
  Second World War underground military complex built by Nazi Germany between 1943 and 1944 to house a battery of V-3 cannons aimed at London, 165 kilometres (103 mi) away.

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1943 Blockhaus d'Éperlecques

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CL2731

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Mimoyecques railway tunnel

Mimoyecques local map

Mimoyecques concrete slab

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	launch pad	1943	Blockhaus d'Éperlecques	bunker, factory, military museum, launch pad	Wikidata
site	launch pad	1943	Fortress of Mimoyecques	military museum, launch pad, military installation	Wikidata
commons	image		Mimoyecques6		Commons
commons	image		Mimoyecques5		Commons
commons	image		Mimoyecques3		Commons
commons	image		Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CL2731		Commons
commons	image		Mimoyecques2		Commons
commons	image		Mimoyecques6 b		Commons
commons	image		Mimoyecques1		Commons
commons	image		Mimoyecques railway tunnel		Commons
commons	image		Mimoyecques local map		Commons
commons	image		Mimoyecques concrete slab		Commons