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    The Blockhaus d'Éperlecques (English: Bunker of Éperlecques, also referred to as "the Watten bunker" or simply "Watten") is a Second World War bunker...
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    kilometers (8.9 miles) south-southeast from the less developed Blockhaus d'Éperlecques V-2 launch installation in the same area. It was built by the forces...
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    installations in Germany (Mittelwerk) & France (La Coupole, and the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques) and the Cold War installations in the United States (Cheyenne...
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  • It was used to disable the V2 launch sites at La Coupole and Blockhaus d'Éperlecques, put out of action the V-3 cannon sites at Fortress of Mimoyecques...
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    Leading the People on permanent display in Louvre-Lens since 2012 Blockhaus d'Éperlecques Todt Battery, Audinghen Cantons of the Pas-de-Calais department...
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    influence. Kammler was also involved in an attempt to finish the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques near Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais in Northern France. The fortified...
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  • to: Watten, Nord, a commune in the Nord département of France Blockhaus d'Éperlecques or Watten bunker, intended to be a launching facility for the V-2...
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  • leisure opportunities for walkers. At its south-eastern edge is the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques, a museum preserving the Second World War Kraftwerk Nord West bunker...
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  • crashed in a wood at Sudbourne and was killed. La Coupole, Wizernes Blockhaus d'Éperlecques, Watten 4 August 1944 2 B-17s Mission 515: One plane lost control...
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    bunker, German codename Kraftwerk Nord West (now known as the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques), a huge German concrete bunker near Watten in northern France...
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    southern England. A similar-purpose but less-developed facility, the Blockhaus d'Eperlecques, had also been built, some 14.4 kilometers (8.9 miles) north-northwest...
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    Ouistreham, near Caen and Sword Beach, displays a V-1 flying bomb. Blockhaus d'Éperlecques, near Saint-Omer. Although this was intended as a V-2 launch site...
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    junction. The small river Liette runs through the village. The Blockhaus d'Éperlecques St. Leodegar's church, dating from the sixteenth century. Seven...
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    Mimoyecques (V-3 site), the Siracourt V-1 bunker, and the V-2 Blockhaus d'Éperlecques at Watten, and La Coupole at Wizernes on 4 August, causing little...
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    landinwards) It is near the Forest of Éperlecques, which houses the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques The local church, château and town hall There is a town walk which...
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    Søgne vicary outside Søgne. Other examples are displayed at the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques in Northern France, and at the Potts Park amusement park in Minden...
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  • remain, including two imposing blockhouses (Coupole d'Helfaut and Blockhaus d'Éperlecques, now places of remembrance and culture). In the 19th century, industry...
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    visitors, of whom 53% were French, 18% Belgian and 16% British. Blockhaus d'Éperlecques La Coupole Literal translation "Fortress Pioneer Staff" North entrance...
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  • Block House, historic building in Point State Park, Pittsburgh Blockhaus d'Éperlecques, a Nazi bunker in France, built as a V-2 launch base Blockhouse...
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    high). Its church dates from the thirteenth century. Nearby is the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques, a massive German bunker site from World War Two, wrecked by Allied...
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    October 1943. It was repeatedly bombed in April and May 1944. Blockhaus d'Éperlecques La Coupole Fortress of Mimoyecques Williams, Allan (2013). Operation...
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    construction of the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques was approved by Adolf Hitler. Located in France near Watten and the English Channel, the "blockhaus" was a hardened...
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    S.8, escorting Flying Fortresses on the first daylight raid to Blockhaus d'Éperlecques in the Pas de Calais on 27 August 1943. After take off at 18.02...
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