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and the eastern Europeans, who were given especially punitive treatment due to their status as the most expendable members of the workforce. For the non-German workers, falling ill or being unable to work through injury was the equivalent of a death sentence, as they would either be left to die or be transported back to the concentration camps from which they had been brought. A German commission that inspected the labour camps in the area in late 1943 commented: "The Eastern worker is very tough. He works at his job until he falls flat on his face in the mire, and all that is left for the doctor to do is to issue the death certificate."
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the bunker's working levels descended 6 m (20 ft) below ground. The plant would house five Heylandt compressors, each capable of producing about 10 tons of LOX per day. About 150 tons of LOX were to be stored in insulated tanks on-site. The facility was intended to store up to 108 missiles and enough fuel to supply three days' worth of launches. The Germans planned to fire up to 36 rockets a day from the site.
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concrete hardened. After a few days the shelter was beyond saving. All we could do was roof in a part and use it for other work." The bombing killed and injured hundreds of the slave workers on site; although the Allies had sought to avoid casualties by timing the raid with what they thought was a change of shifts, the shift pattern had been changed by the Germans at the last minute to achieve the day's work quota.
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bunker. Here the rockets were to be assembled, raised into a vertical position and fuelled and armed. From the arming halls, they would be moved to either end of the building through pivoting doors 18 m (59 ft) high. They would exit through the south face of the building and would be moved on tracks to the launch pads. There were no doors on the exit portals so
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for use in the fuelling of V-1 and V-2 missiles. He ruled out the possibility that it could have been used for LOX production and concluded, erroneously, that "the site had no offensive role." He recommended that (unlike the Mimoyecques and Wizernes sites) the Watten bunker presented no threat to the
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The Watten site was captured on 4 September 1944 by Canadian forces. The Germans had evacuated it a few days earlier and removed the pumps which kept the cavernous basement free from water; not long afterwards it began to flood. This made a substantial amount of the bunker inaccessible to the Allies.
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On the north side of the building was a fortified standard gauge railway station, linked to the main Calais-Saint-Omer line at Watten via a 1.2 km (0.75 mi) spur line. Missiles, warheads and other components would be shipped to the station and transported on trucks into the main area of the
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that the main part of the bunker had not been significantly damaged by bombing and that although it was flooded, if it was patched and drained "the building could be quickly made ready to receive oxygen liquifying plant machinery, or for any other purpose requiring a large and practically bomb-proof
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on the Watten bunker and scored a hit over the wall section, but the results were inconclusive and the Air Force was not able to determine how well the bomb had penetrated the concrete. Although Disney bombs were used operationally on a number of occasions, the weapon's introduction came too late to
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In early April 1943, an Allied agent reported "enormous trenches" being excavated at the Watten site, and on 16 May 1943 an RAF reconnaissance mission led to Allied photographic interpreters noticing unidentified activity there. Other large facilities were observed to be under construction elsewhere
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The site was designed in January and February 1943 by engineers from the Peenemünde research facility and the Organisation Todt. On 25 March 1943 the construction plans were presented to Hitler, who immediately gave the go-ahead for the project to begin. The construction firm Holzman & Polanski
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then under construction in occupied France and Norway. The rockets could be stored in such sites, armed, fuelled from an on-site LOX production plant, and launched. This offered significant technical advantages; not only would the LOX loss be minimised, but the complex process of pre-launch testing
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against the German V-weapons programme. The attacks caused substantial damage and rendered the bunker unusable for its original purpose. Part of the bunker was subsequently completed for use as a liquid oxygen factory. It was captured by Allied forces at the start of September 1944, though its true
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The labourers worked in 12-hour shifts of 3,000–4,000 men, with three 20-minute breaks during each shift. The work continued around the clock, seven days a week, under giant floodlights during the night. The living and working conditions were extremely harsh, especially for the political prisoners
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The bunker consisted of three main elements. The main part of the building was a giant structure some 92 m (302 ft) wide and 28 m (92 ft) high, housing the LOX plant and a vault where missiles would be assembled and prepared. Its walls were up to 7 m (23 ft) thick and
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to fuel the missiles. LOX evaporates rapidly, necessitating a source reasonably close to the firing site in order to minimise loss through evaporation. Germany and the occupied countries did not at that time have sufficient manufacturing capacity for the amount of LOX required for a full-scale A-4
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Despite the capture of Watten, it was still not known at this time what the site had been intended for. Sanders noted that "the purpose of the structures was never known throughout the period of intensive reconnaissance and attack". Based on the discovery of large aluminium tanks installed in the
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that brought down part of the roof. Finally, on 18 July 1944, Hitler decreed that plans for launching missiles from bunkers need no longer be pursued. Dornberger's staff subsequently decided to continue minor construction at Watten "for deception purposes". The site itself was now useless, as the
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The camps were guarded by the French civil police with the assistance of Belgian and Dutch Nazis and Russian POWs who had volunteered for guard duty. Although escape attempts were punished by immediate execution, there were up to three escapes daily with external assistance. The commandant of the
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accompanied by testing and fuelling equipment mounted on railway cars or trucks. Although this configuration was far less efficient and would have a much lower rate of fire, it would have the great advantage of presenting a much smaller target for the Allied air forces. The Army was not convinced
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One of OT's engineers, Werner Flos, came up with an idea to protect the bunker from bombardment by building it up from the roof first. This was done by initially constructing a concrete plate, flat on the ground, which was 5 m (16 ft) thick and weighed 37,000 tons. It was incrementally
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base which was capable of providing air defence for the area. There were existing gravel and sand quarries as well as cement works in the vicinity, which would help with the enormous amount of material that would be needed for the construction works. The quantities required were very substantial
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attacked the site with devastating effect. The fortified train station on the north side of the bunker was especially badly damaged, as concrete had just been poured there. Dornberger later wrote that following the attack the site was "a desolate heap of concrete, steel, props and planking. The
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To the north of the bunker, the Germans erected a bomb-proof power station with a 2,000 hp (1.5 MW) generating capacity. The site was initially powered from the main electricity grid, but it was intended that it would have its own independent power source to minimise the likelihood of
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discussed possible launch configurations and examined models and plans of the proposed bunkers and mobile launchers. Hitler strongly preferred the bunker option, though he also gave the go-ahead for the production of mobile launchers. Two different bunker designs had been prepared: the B.III-2a
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Only 35% of the Watten bunker had been completed by this time. It was clearly no longer possible to use it as a launch site, but the Germans still needed LOX production facilities to supply V-2 sites elsewhere. After surveying the site in September and October 1943, Organisation Todt engineers
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and then supported by walls which were built underneath it as it was raised, becoming the roof. The resulting concrete cavern was intended to be used by the Germans as a bombproof liquid oxygen factory. The thickness of the roof was chosen on the assumption that Allied bombs were incapable of
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on a launch ramp) are on display alongside paths around the site. An open-air trail leads to and around the bunker with interpretative signs posted at various points to tell the story of the site and the German V-weapons programme. In 2009, the museum welcomed 45,000 visitors.
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No further military use was made of the bunker and the land on which it stands reverted to private ownership. It was left abandoned for many years before the owners decided to redevelop the site. In 1973, the bunker was opened to the public for the first time under the name of
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A large supply dump was established at Watten next to the River Aa. This site was eventually used to store material required for all the V-weapon sites in the Saint-Omer area. Building materials were brought there by barges and trains where they were unloaded onto a
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factory and a bomb-proof train station to allow missiles and supplies to be delivered from production facilities in Germany. It was constructed using the labour of thousands of prisoners of war and forcibly conscripted workers used as slave labourers.
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medium bombers attacked Watten, described as an "ammunition dump at Éperlecques" at 1859 hours, dropping 49 tons of bombs. One No. 180 Squadron bomber was lost to flak with two of the crew killed. Fourteen other bombers were damaged by flak.
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500 heavy bombers of the 8th Air Force attacked a total of 16 V-weapon sites in northern France, including Watten, dropping 1,271 tons of bombs. Allied losses were four B-17s and one B-24; a further 236 bombers were damaged by enemy fire.
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The Watten bunker was inspected again on 20 June 1951 by an Anglo-French commission to determine whether it was capable of being reused for military purposes. The British Assistant Military Attaché, Major W.C. Morgan, reported to the
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design envisaged preparing the missile for launch inside the bunker, then transporting it outside to a launch pad, while the B.III-2b design would see the missile being elevated from within the bunker to a launch pad on the roof.
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were installed in the exit passage to deflect the blast of rockets being launched from outside. Launches would be overseen from a command tower located in the centre of the south side of the bunker, overlooking the launch pads.
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system was installed there to follow the trajectories of V-2s being launched from Watten. The intention was to follow the trajectory for as long as possible so that the accuracy of the missile launches could be determined.
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gave permission to stop construction at both sites, which had been so disrupted by bombing that work could no longer proceed. Three days later an Allied raid succeeded in wrecking the interior of the Watten bunker with a
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Constructions spéciales : histoire de la construction par l'"Organisation Todt", dans le Pas-de-Calais et la Cotentin, des neufs grands sites protégés pour le tir des V1, V2, V3, et la production d'oxygène liquide,
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Après plus d'une semaine de travaux, la bombe qui était fichée dans le toit du blockhaus d'Éperlecques a été déposée à terre, hier, dans un camion de la sécurité civile, avant d'être transportée au centre de stockage de
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that fixed bunkers could resist repeated air attacks and was particularly concerned about the vulnerability of the launch sites' road and rail links, which were essential for resupplying them with missiles and fuel.
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coasts, in northern France, Belgium or the western Netherlands. This was within easy reach of the Allied air forces, so any site would have to be able to resist or evade the expected aerial bombardments.
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inspected the site after it had been captured by the Allies, he described the bunker as "more extensive than any concrete constructions we have in the United States, with the possible exception of
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camp is said to have complained that it would have been easier to "guard a sack of fleas". Over 35,000 foreign workers passed through the camps during the period in which they were operational.
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As the missile was intended for use against London and southern England, its operational range of 320 km (200 mi) meant that the launch sites had to be located fairly close to the
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Mission 214: 110 B-24s bombed the V-weapon sites at Siracourt and Watten, dropping 364 tons of bombs. More than 200 B-26s returned during the morning to carry out follow-up attacks.
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More than 500 USAAF heavy bombers were sent to attack V-weapons sites in the Pas-de-Calais, but bad weather forced most to abort. 129 succeeded in attacking Watten and Mimoyecques.
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The bunker is preserved as part of a privately owned museum that presents the history of the site and the German V-weapons programme. It has been protected by the French state as a
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would be simplified. A high rate of fire could be sustained as the facility could effectively operate like a production line, sending a steady flow of missiles to the launch pads.
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provided preliminary marking. However, the weather conditions were too difficult for accurate bombing and the nearest Tallboy impact missed the target by 50 yd (46 m).
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facility at the time and crews were briefed on an 'aeronautical facilities' mission with instructions to bomb, from low level, the freshly poured concrete beginning to harden.
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The Watten bunker was to be built to a design based on the B.III-2a bunker, though substantially larger. The Germans had originally planned to build a separate LOX plant at
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in a Mustang fighter marking, attacked five V-weapon targets in the Pas-de-Calais, including Watten. The bunker was penetrated and severely damaged by a Tallboy bomb.
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fortifications had been built in 1940 and 1941, when the Germans had air superiority and could deter Allied air attacks. By 1942 this advantage had been lost to the
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Borel, Olivier; Droulier, Stéphane (2000). "Liste des principales désignations allemandes et alliées attribuées aux sites de tir allemands construits en France".
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narrow-gauge railway for transportation to the construction site, where concrete mixers operated day and night. A 90 kV power line running to a transformer at
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determined that the northern part of the facility was irretrievably damaged but decided to focus on completing the southern part to serve as a LOX factory.
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Construction works at the Watten site, as seen by an RAF ultra-low-level reconnaissance flight at an altitude of only 30 m (98 ft) on 23 July 1944
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The bombing caused the still-wet cement to solidify into a mess that was beyond repair. Allied losses were two Flying Fortresses lost to flak, one lost to
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77 B-24s were sent to attack Watten but equipment malfunctions and navigational problems meant that only 31 aircraft succeeded in bombing the target.
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be of any significance in the war effort. In January 2009 the body of the Disney bomb was extracted from the roof, where it had embedded itself.
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Investigation of the "Heavy" Crossbow Installations in Northern France. Report by the Sanders Mission to the Chairman of the Crossbow Committee
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region in northwest France and locate a suitable site for an A-4 launch facility. The site chosen was just to the west of the small town of
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but had then been interned by the invading Germans. The non-German workers lived in two camps officially known as Organisation Todt Watten
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to the launch pads. The floor level has been raised in recent years to prevent flooding; it would originally have held a railway line.
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campaign; the total production capacity in 1941 and 1942 was about 215 tons daily, but each A-4 launch required about 15 tons.
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10 Mosquitos attacked Watten in a period of bad weather. 9 dropped bombs, but the results are unclear. No aircraft were lost.
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The timing of the first raid was influenced by advice given by Sir Malcolm McAlpine, the chairman of the construction company
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indeed; 200,000 tons of concrete and 20,000 tons of steel would be required to build the facility. When US Army Major General
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was awarded the contract and 6,000 workers from Building Battalion 434 started construction that same month using plans by
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ordered that aerial attacks be carried out against the so-called "heavy sites" being built by the Germans. On 6 August,
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Map of the Pas-de-Calais and south-eastern England showing the location of Éperlecques and other major V-weapons sites
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carried out an attack against Watten but bad weather prevented all but 12 aircraft from carrying out their attack.
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UK's security and "there is thus no imperative need, on that account, to ensure the destruction of the workings."
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62 (Forced Labour Camp 62) about 2 km (1.2 mi) distant from the site, near the village of Éperlecques.
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VIII Bomber Command Mission 92: 58 B-17s bombed Watten, dropping 116 tons of bombs between 0820 and 0854 hours.
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bombed Watten at 1846–1941 hours, dropping 368 2,000 lb (910 kg) bombs. The site was thought to be a
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11 Group Operations Record Book (ORB) Appendix, 27 August 1943, The National Archives, London, TNA AIR 25/206.
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main part of the bunker, he opined that the Germans had intended to use it as a factory for the production of
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The bunker was targeted again by the Allies in February 1945, this time to test the newly developed CP/RA
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but this option was abandoned in favour of installing a LOX production facility within the Watten bunker.
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Comparative Test of the Effectiveness of Large Bombs against Reinforced Concrete Structures (Report) 1946
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penetrating such a depth of concrete; the Germans, however, were unaware of the British development of
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The workforce consisted of a mixture of German specialists and forcibly conscripted Frenchmen from the
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Interior of the 16 m (52 ft)-high servicing hall. V-2s would have been moved through here
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marking (having succeeded Cheshire), attacked Watten and two other launch sites with Tallboy bombs.
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transit halls lined with anti-blast chicanes, where missiles would be transported to the launch pads
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56 B-24s bombed Watten, but bad weather forced the recall of all the B-26s sent to join the raid.
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Mission 266: 117 of 129 B-17s bombed Watten, Wizernes and Mimoyecques. A follow-up attack by 65
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preferred an alternative approach which would use trailer-style mobile launch platforms called
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purpose was not discovered by the Allies until after the war. V-2s were instead launched from
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of France, and only some 14.4 kilometers (8.9 miles) north-northwest from the more developed
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fighters, one damaged by flak crash-landed in the UK. From the escorting force, one USAAF
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attacked V-weapon sites in the Pas-de-Calais, including Watten, which was attacked with
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bomb to the roof on the south side of the bunker, photographed after the war in 1951
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disruption. Also associated with the Watten complex was a radar tracking site at
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Various concepts were mooted for the A-4's deployment in a March 1942 study by
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in the Pas-de-Calais. The purpose of the construction works was very unclear;
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The bunker was inspected on 10 September 1944 by the French atomic scientist
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The bunker was never completed as a result of the repeated bombing by the
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The wrecked fortified train station on the north side of the bunker, 2011
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The location was conveniently close to the main railway line between
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Two more BQ-7s were launched against Watten but had little effect.
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V-2 factory in central Germany, well away from Allied bombers.
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Servicing hall where the missiles would be prepared for launch
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Diagram of the original planned layout of the Watten bunker:
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officers and engineers (including Colonel Gerhard Stegmair,
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London: H.M.S.O. p. 380. 2487: 2343:"Rocket-Assisted Bomb Found at French Museum" 2209: 1844: 1842: 1840: 1653: 1651: 1649: 1515: 2988: 2740:British Intelligence in the Second World War 2681: 1994: 1926: 1815: 1813: 1811: 1798: 1796: 1794: 1748: 1746: 1687: 1681: 1444: 1366: 709: 352: 3010: 2667:. Pacifica, CA: Pacifica Military History. 2170: 2123: 2015: 1616:57:49–53. London: After the Battle Magazine 1340:Impression of a V2 in the assembly hall at 208:March–September 1943 (major work completed) 4187:Military installations established in 1943 3740: 3726: 3148: 3134: 3077:. University of Chicago Press. p. 90. 2791:King, Benjamin; Kutta, Timothy J. (2003). 2707:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 2597: 2113: 2111: 2109: 2107: 2105: 1837: 1765: 1763: 1761: 1657: 1646: 1636: 1634: 1619: 1461: 1459: 1457: 1455: 1453: 3155: 2790: 2640: 2393:(in French). 19 July 2010. Archived from 2335: 2075: 2069: 1952: 1878: 1866: 1854: 1808: 1791: 1743: 1704: 1496: 1494: 1264:Subsequent investigations and utilisation 2885: 2847: 2773: 2715: 2578: 2304: 2292: 2051: 2045: 2039: 2003: 1964: 1937: 1848: 1698: 1669: 1593: 1564: 1492: 1490: 1488: 1486: 1484: 1482: 1480: 1478: 1476: 1474: 1465: 1440: 1438: 1436: 1434: 1335: 1307: 1267: 1037:Five B-24 Liberator groups of the USAAF 911:Mission 38/11 Group RAF Ramrod S.14: 24 865:Mission 87/11 Group RAF Ramrod S.8: 187 769: 722: 681: 640: 563: 548:At nearby Saint-Omer, there was a major 490: 482: 226:never completed, captured September 1944 3048: 2946: 2927: 2906: 2761:. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. 2734: 2559: 2305:Lavenant, Gwénaëlle (28 January 2009). 2264: 2248: 2232: 2117: 2102: 2063: 2057: 2027: 1908: 1769: 1758: 1733: 1731: 1640: 1631: 1591: 1589: 1587: 1585: 1583: 1581: 1579: 1577: 1575: 1573: 1526: 1524: 1511: 1509: 1450: 841:Éperlecque/Watten World War II attacks 686:Aerial view of the bunker, 1944 or 1945 321:The facility would have incorporated a 4222:Monuments historiques of Pas-de-Calais 4159: 3747: 3702:Peenemünde Historical Technical Museum 3081: 3060: 3029: 3015:. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. 2852:. Barnsley, England: Frontline Books. 2662: 2621: 2564:. Morley, England: The Emfield Press. 2562:The Battle of the V-Weapons, 1944–1945 2449: 2379: 2377: 2221: 2203: 2095: 2093: 1988: 1976: 1896: 1884: 1872: 1860: 1819: 1802: 1785: 1752: 1710: 1625: 1608: 1606: 1597: 1500: 478: 3721: 3129: 2866: 2811:from the original on 16 February 2023 2756: 2626:. Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing. 2583:. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 2164: 1948: 1946: 1530: 1471: 1431: 1139:Mission 421: 58 B-17s bombed Watten. 1126:earthquake bombs for the first time. 1054:USAAF heavy bombers attacked Watten. 4202:World War II strategic bombing lists 2968:Nichol, John; Rennell, Tony (2006). 2526: 2468: 1920: 1737: 1728: 1663: 1570: 1552:, Ministère français de la Culture. 1541: 1539: 1521: 1506: 541:and Saint-Omer, the canalised river 4192:Protected areas established in 1986 2823: 2530:The Army Air Forces in World War II 2374: 2090: 1831: 1825: 1603: 1415:. French Government. Archived from 13: 3122:(requires Google SketchUp to view) 2831:Rockets, Missiles and Space Travel 1943: 883:failed to return, two pilots from 14: 4233: 3115:German bunkers in Northern France 3102: 3073:USAF Historical Division (1951). 2687:(in French) (2 ed.). Paris. 2547:from the original on 13 July 2011 2187:. Royal Air Force. Archived from 2142:. Royal Air Force. Archived from 1536: 1350:Director of Military Intelligence 530:. It was given the cover name of 3858:Blockhaus d'Éperlecques (Watten) 3374:Blockhaus d'Éperlecques (Watten) 2974:. New York: St. Martin's Press. 2774:Klee, Ernst; Merk, Otto (1963). 2603:V2 – Der Schuss ins Weltall 1252: 1239: 1218: 1201: 1184: 1160: 1147: 1134: 1101: 1088: 1075: 1062: 1049: 1032: 1019: 1005: 992: 975: 962: 945: 932: 903: 857: 499:In December 1942, Speer ordered 72: 65: 49: 3563:Upper Atmosphere Research Panel 3515:WWII guided missiles of Germany 2365: 2298: 2286: 2274: 2258: 2242: 2226: 2215: 2158: 2081: 2033: 2021: 2009: 1982: 1970: 1958: 1914: 1902: 1890: 1779: 1716: 1675: 1331: 743:At the end of May, the British 636: 407:Peenemünde Army Research Center 4177:World War II museums in France 3573:White Sands V-2 Launching Site 2992:; Sharpe, Mitchell R. (1979). 1558: 1405: 660:Service du Travail Obligatoire 584:Liquid oxygen production plant 1: 4212:1986 establishments in France 3595:Operations Sandy and Pushover 3086:. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. 3084:German V-Weapon Sites 1943–45 2871:. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. 2869:British Home Defences 1940–45 2682:Hautefeuille, Roland (1995). 2413: 1723:USAF Historical Division 1951 867:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses 423:United States Army Air Forces 417:The submarine pens and other 362: 279:, now part of a museum, near 4182:World War II sites in France 3214:Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg 3011:Piszkiewicz, Dennis (2007). 2953:. New York: The Free Press. 2930:Combat Chronology: 1941–1945 1288:to investigate the sites at 952:Consolidated B-24 Liberators 913:North American B-25 Mitchell 835: 719:Discovery and Allied attacks 7: 3068:. Memo C.O.S. (45) 177 (O). 2947:Neufeld, Michael J (1995). 2720:. London: Philip Hale Ltd. 2579:Cooksley, Peter G. (1979). 2315:(in French). Archived from 1381: 10: 4238: 3976:Raxwerke (Wiener Neustadt} 3219:LXV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 3109:Le Blockhaus d'Éperlecques 3082:Zaloga, Steven J. (2008). 2886:McArthur, Charles (1990). 2665:Air War Europa: Chronology 2253:Technical details – Watten 2237:Technical details – Watten 2181:"Campaign Diary July 1944" 2136:"Campaign Diary June 1944" 1774:Technical details – Watten 1660:, pp. 73, 91, 99, 179 1363:Le Blockhaus d'Éperlecques 1114:with target marking by 20 4119: 4094: 4073: 4055: 4039: 3988: 3926: 3891: 3850: 3829: 3822: 3786: 3755: 3694: 3648: 3603: 3535: 3528: 3492: 3402: 3329: 3237: 3196: 3167: 2907:Macksey, Kenneth (1995). 2848:Longmate, Norman (2009). 2716:Henshall, Philip (1985). 2648:. 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III 2928:Mueller, Robert (1991). 2757:Huzel, Dieter K (1960). 2560:Collier, Basil (1976) . 2120:, pp. 185, 201, 202 1447:, pp. 118, 121, 218 1445:Ordway & Sharpe 1979 1398: 909:VIII Air Support Command 335:United States air forces 4060:Operation Crossbow Site 3868:Fortress of Mimoyecques 3459:Operation Crossbow Site 3394:Fortress of Mimoyecques 2867:Lowry, Bernard (2004). 2759:Peenemünde to Canaveral 2347:Britain at War Magazine 1388:Fortress of Mimoyecques 1039:2d Bombardment Division 950:Mission 205: 95 of 110 895:were killed in action. 265:Blockhaus d'Éperlecques 81:Blockhaus d'Éperlecques 25:Blockhaus d'Éperlecques 3996:B-17 "Flying Fortress" 3050:Sanders, Terence R. B. 3030:Reuter, Claus (2000). 2622:Dungan, Tracy (2005). 2454:. 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Greenhill Books. 2736:Hinsley, Francis H. 1643:, pp. 172, 204 1369:monument historique 1225:Operation Aphrodite 885:No. 41 Squadron RAF 863:VIII Bomber Command 842: 774:Damage caused by a 756:Sir Robert McAlpine 532:Kraftwerk Nord West 479:Design and location 355:monument historique 308:Kraftwerk Nord West 115: /  85:Kraftwerk Nord West 29:Kraftwerk Nord West 4207:Operation Crossbow 3749:Operation Crossbow 3685:Operation Crossbow 3626:Operation Backfire 3543:Republic-Ford JB-2 3474:Operation Teardrop 3442:Operation Crossbow 3430:Operation Most III 3299:The Bäckebo rocket 2599:Dornberger, Walter 2295:, pp. 279–280 2269:Appendix C: Watten 2212:, pp. 199–204 2066:, pp. 36, 159 2054:, pp. 51, 185 1345: 1314: 1278: 982:Douglas A-20 Havoc 840: 780: 729: 688: 673:Zwangsarbeitslager 667:'s victory in the 652:Franz Xaver Dorsch 647: 601: 505:Dr Ernst Steinhoff 497: 489: 469:Cotentin Peninsula 339:Operation Crossbow 247:Operation Crossbow 4152: 4151: 4115: 4114: 3984: 3983: 3799:Sir Arthur Harris 3773:Strategic bombing 3715: 3714: 3678:Ministry of Space 3671:Gravity's Rainbow 3657:Battle of the V-1 3644: 3643: 3272:Walter Dornberger 3267:Wernher von Braun 3093:978-1-84603-247-9 3064:(19 March 1945). 3041:978-1-894643-05-4 3022:978-0-8117-3387-8 2960:978-0-02-922895-1 2939:978-1-4289-1543-5 2920:978-1-85367-192-0 2899:978-0-8218-0158-1 2878:978-1-84176-767-3 2859:978-1-84832-546-3 2804:978-0-306-81292-7 2749:978-0-11-630935-8 2674:978-0-935553-07-9 2655:978-0-417-03430-0 2590:978-0-7091-7399-1 2480:978-0-19-822889-9 2461:978-0-230-01336-0 1682:Hautefeuille 1995 1672:, pp. 44, 46 1302:hydrogen peroxide 1261: 1260: 929:7 September 1943 917:Lockheed Venturas 812:Oberkommando West 738:Winston Churchill 669:Spanish Civil War 555:Lewis H. Brereton 453:Organisation Todt 403:Walter Dornberger 316:ballistic missile 260: 259: 217:Organisation Todt 124:50.82861; 2.18361 4229: 4053: 4052: 4001:B-24 "Liberator" 3827: 3826: 3742: 3735: 3728: 3719: 3718: 3707:Monkeys in space 3533: 3532: 3505:Aggregat rockets 3425:Polish Home Army 3255:Greifswalder Oie 3150: 3143: 3136: 3127: 3126: 3111:– museum website 3097: 3078: 3069: 3057: 3045: 3026: 3007: 2985: 2964: 2943: 2924: 2903: 2882: 2863: 2850:Hitler's Rockets 2844: 2834: 2820: 2818: 2816: 2787: 2770: 2753: 2731: 2712: 2706: 2698: 2678: 2659: 2642:Garliński, Józef 2637: 2618: 2605:(US translation 2594: 2575: 2556: 2554: 2552: 2523: 2521: 2519: 2513: 2507:. Archived from 2496: 2484: 2465: 2446: 2444: 2442: 2436: 2429: 2407: 2406: 2404: 2402: 2381: 2372: 2369: 2363: 2362: 2360: 2358: 2349:. 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Blockhaus d'Éperlecques Kraftwerk Nord West is located in France
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