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 department 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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Bauvorhaben 711; Marquise-Mimoyecques; Wiese
military museum, launch pad, military installation, France, France, 

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  Crécy campaign ⓘ
  raid by an English army of Boulogne in 1346

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  Siege of Calais ⓘ
  1346-1347 siege by King Edward III during the Hundred Years' War

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  Siege of Calais ⓘ
  1349 battle

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  Battle of Ardres ⓘ
  1351 battle during the Hundred Years' War

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  Siege of Guînes ⓘ
  Hundred Years' War siege

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  Reims Campaign ⓘ
  1359 military campaign

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  Siege of Mercq ⓘ
  1405 siege during the Hundred Years' War

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  Siege of Calais ⓘ
  1436 failed siege of Calais by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy

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  Siege of Boulogne ⓘ
  1492 siege of Boulogne by Henry VII

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  Sieges of Boulogne ⓘ
  battle of the Italian War of 1542-1546

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  Siege of Calais ⓘ
  1558 battle

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  Battle of Gravelines ⓘ
  1558 battle of the Italian War of 1551-59

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  Battle of Gravelines ⓘ
  1588 naval battle between the English Fleet and Spanish Armada

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  Siege of Calais ⓘ
  1596 battle

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  Battle of the Narrow Seas ⓘ
  naval engagement that took place on the 3–4 October 1602 during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1585 and part of the Dutch Revolt

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  Fight in the Channel ⓘ
  1639 naval battle

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  Siege of Gravelines ⓘ
  1644 siege during the Franco-Spanish War

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  Siege of Gravelines ⓘ
  1658 siege

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  Action of 10 August 1695 ⓘ
  1695 naval battle

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  Raids on Boulogne ⓘ
  1801 naval battle

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  Unknown ⓘ
  

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  Raid on Boulogne ⓘ
  1804 raid during the Napoleonic Wars

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  Battle of Dover Strait ⓘ
  1916 naval battle of World War I

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  Second Battle of Dover Strait ⓘ
  1917 naval battle of the First World War

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  Action of 15 February 1918 ⓘ
  

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  Battle of Boulogne ⓘ
  1940 battle for the port and town of Boulogne-sur-Mer during the German blitzkrieg

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  Siege of Calais ⓘ
  1940 battle

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  Channel Dash ⓘ
  1942 German naval operation during the Second World War

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  Action of 13 May 1942 ⓘ
  naval engagement during World War II

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  batterie Flugplatz ⓘ
  

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  Batterie Großer Kurfürst ⓘ
  

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  Battery Oldenburg ⓘ
  

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  Todt Battery ⓘ
  Battery of coastal artillery built by Nazi Germany during World War II, located near Cape Gris-Nez, Pas de Calais, France.

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  Batterie Lindemann ⓘ
  

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  V-3 ⓘ
  German supergun

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  bunker in the dunes of Wissant ⓘ
  

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  bunker on the beach of Wissant ⓘ
  

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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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  Fort du Gris-Nez ⓘ
  

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  Fort Mahon ⓘ
  fort located on the coast of the Strait of Dover, northern France

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  Fort Nieulay ⓘ
  fort in Calais, France

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  Fort Risban ⓘ
  

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  Heurt Fort ⓘ
  fort in France

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  Fort de la Crèche ⓘ
  French coastal battery

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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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  Iltis ⓘ
  1927 Type 24 torpedo boat

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  HMS Hermes ⓘ
  1898 Highflyer-class cruiser

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  HMS Wessex ⓘ
  1918 V and W-class destroyer

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1943 Fortress of Mimoyecques

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World War II Q362

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1346 Crécy campaign

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1346 — 1347 Siege of Calais

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1350 Siege of Calais

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1351 Battle of Ardres

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1352 Siege of Guînes

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1359 — 1360 Reims Campaign

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1405 Siege of Mercq

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1436 Siege of Calais

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1492 Siege of Boulogne

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1544 Sieges of Boulogne

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1558 Siege of Calais

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1558 Battle of Gravelines

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1588 Battle of Gravelines

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1596 Siege of Calais

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1602 Battle of the Narrow Seas

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1639 Fight in the Channel

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1644 Siege of Gravelines

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1658 Siege of Gravelines

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1695 Action of 10 August 1695

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1801 Raids on Boulogne

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1803 Unknown

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1804 Raid on Boulogne

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1916 Battle of Dover Strait

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1917 Second Battle of Dover Strait

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1918 Action of 15 February 1918

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1940 Battle of Boulogne

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1940 Siege of Calais

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1942 Channel Dash

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1942 Action of 13 May 1942

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1940 Todt Battery

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1941 Batterie Lindemann

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1944 — 1945 V-3

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1943 Blockhaus d'Éperlecques

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1879 Fort de la Crèche

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1898 HMS Hermes

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1918-05-11T00:00:00Z

1918 HMS Wessex

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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CL2731

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Mimoyecques6 b

Mimoyecques1

Mimoyecques railway tunnel

Mimoyecques local map

Mimoyecques concrete slab

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1346	Crécy campaign	Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1346	Siege of Calais	battle, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1350	Siege of Calais	Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1351	Battle of Ardres	battle, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1352	Siege of Guînes	Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1359	Reims Campaign	Kingdom of England, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1405	Siege of Mercq	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1436	Siege of Calais	battle, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1492	Siege of Boulogne	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1544	Sieges of Boulogne	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1558	Siege of Calais	Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1558	Battle of Gravelines	battle, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1588	Battle of Gravelines	Kingdom of England, naval battle, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1596	Siege of Calais	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1602	Battle of the Narrow Seas	Spain, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of England, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1639	Fight in the Channel	Dutch Republic, Hispanic Monarchy, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1644	Siege of Gravelines	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1658	Siege of Gravelines	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1695	Action of 10 August 1695	Kingdom of England, Swedish Empire, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1801	Raids on Boulogne	France, United Kingdom, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1803	Unknown	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1804	Raid on Boulogne	France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Dover Strait	German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Second Battle of Dover Strait	German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Action of 15 February 1918	naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Battle of Boulogne	battle, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Siege of Calais	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1942	Channel Dash	military operation, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1942	Action of 13 May 1942	naval battle	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Seeadler	Type 23 torpedo boat, torpedo boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM U-108	Type U 93 submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM U-109	U-boat, Type U 93 submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-103	Type UB III submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-109	Type UB III submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-35	Type UB II submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-38	Type UB II submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UC-26	Type UC II submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UC-61	Type UC II submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		batterie Flugplatz	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Batterie Großer Kurfürst	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Battery Oldenburg	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1940	Todt Battery	artillery battery, military museum	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1941	Batterie Lindemann	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1944	V-3	destroyed building or structure, artillery battery, V-weapons	Wikidata
site	bunker		bunker in the dunes of Wissant	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		bunker on the beach of Wissant	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1943	Blockhaus d'Éperlecques	military museum, launch pad, bunker, factory	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort du Gris-Nez	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Mahon	sea fort, fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Nieulay	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Risban	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Heurt Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1879	Fort de la Crèche	fort	Wikidata
site	museum	1943	Fortress of Mimoyecques	military museum, military installation, launch pad	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		Iltis	Type 24 torpedo boat, shipwreck, torpedo boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1898	HMS Hermes	Highflyer-class cruiser, protected cruiser, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1918	HMS Wessex	shipwreck, destroyer, V and W-class destroyer	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