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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1984 military facility, launch pad, military museum, World War II, France, 

• Freebase entry^@

Location: 50.85305556, 1.75888889, ///notepad.decomposed.lifter, Google, Bing, Aerial View, OldMapsOnline, ESRI Imagery, Historic Markers, KML

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Handley Page Halifax British heavy bomber aircraft on 6 July 1944 during Overlord heavy bombing (cropped)

London Gun V-3 replica at Mimoyeques

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Mimoyecques bombing 4 August 1944

Mimoyecques concrete slab

Mimoyecques eastern site cross section

Mimoyecques eastern site plan

Mimoyecques eastern site reconstruction

Mimoyecques local map

Mimoyecques local map rot

Mimoyecques railway tunnel

Mimoyecques - panoramio

Mimoyecques, Base V3 - panoramio

Mimoyecques-Eperlecques-Wizernes map

Overlordheavybombing

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. C4458

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. C4458 (cropped)

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CL2731

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CL2731.2

Vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial of Mimoyecques

Vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial of Mimoyecques (cropped)

Type	Description	Date	Keywords	Notes	Source
link	Freebase entry@				Wikidata
museum	Blockhaus d'Éperlecques	1943	military museum, launch pad, factory, bunker		Wikidata
museum	Todt Battery	1940	fortress artillery battery, military museum		Wikidata
image	Handley Page Halifax British heavy bomber aircraft on 6 July 1944 during Overlord heavy bombing (cropped)	1944			Wikimedia
image	London Gun V-3 replica at Mimoyeques	2004			Wikimedia
image	Mimoyecques1				Wikimedia
image	Mimoyecques2				Wikimedia
image	Mimoyecques3				Wikimedia
image	Mimoyecques5				Wikimedia
image	Mimoyecques6				Wikimedia
image	Mimoyecques bombing 4 August 1944				Wikimedia
image	Mimoyecques concrete slab				Wikimedia
image	Mimoyecques eastern site cross section				Wikimedia
image	Mimoyecques eastern site plan				Wikimedia
image	Mimoyecques eastern site reconstruction				Wikimedia
image	Mimoyecques local map				Wikimedia
image	Mimoyecques local map rot	1944			Wikimedia
image	Mimoyecques railway tunnel				Wikimedia
image	Mimoyecques - panoramio	2003			Wikimedia
image	Mimoyecques, Base V3 - panoramio	2003			Wikimedia
image	Mimoyecques-Eperlecques-Wizernes map				Wikimedia
image	Overlordheavybombing	1944			Wikimedia
image	Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. C4458				Wikimedia
image	Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. C4458 (cropped)				Wikimedia
image	Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CL2731				Wikimedia
image	Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CL2731.2	1944			Wikimedia
image	Vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial of Mimoyecques	1944			Wikimedia
image	Vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial of Mimoyecques (cropped)	1944			Wikimedia