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2. Mittelwerk - Wikipedia

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   Mittelwerk GmbH. In use. 1943–1945. Mittelwerk ([ˈmɪtl̩.vɛʁk]; German for "Central Works") was a German World War II factory built underground in the Kohnstein to avoid Allied bombing. It used slave labor from the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp to produce V-2 ballistic missiles, V-1 flying bombs, and other weapons.

3. V-2 rocket facilities of World War II - Wikipedia

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   V-2 rocket facilities of World War II. La Coupole was a bunker for V-2 launches planned near Wizernes. V-2 rocket facilities were military installations associated with Nazi Germany 's V-2 SRBM ballistic missile, including bunkers and small launch pads which were never operationally used.

4. V-1 and V-2 intelligence - Wikipedia

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   Intelligence reports on the V-1 and V-2. After V-2 flight testing began at the Blizna V-2 missile launch site (the first launch from there was on November 5, 1943), the AK had a unique opportunity to gather more information and to intercept parts of test rockets (most of which did not explode). The AK quickly located the new testing ground at ...

5. V-2 rocket - Wikipedia

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   V-2 rocket. The V2 (German: Vergeltungswaffe 2, lit. 'Vengeance Weapon 2'), with the technical name Aggregat 4 (A4), was the world's first long-range [4] guided ballistic missile. The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine, was developed during the Second World War in Nazi Germany as a "vengeance weapon" and assigned to attack ...

6. V-1 flying bomb facilities - Wikipedia

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   Battles/wars. Operation Crossbow, Operation Aphrodite. To carry out the planned V-1 "flying bomb" attacks on the United Kingdom, Germany built a number of military installations including launching sites and depots. Some of the installations were huge concrete fortifications. The Allies became aware of the sites at an early stage and carried ...

7. Blockhaus d'Éperlecques - Wikipedia

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   The Blockhaus d'Éperlecques (English: Bunker of Éperlecques, also referred to as "the Watten bunker" or simply "Watten") [5] is a Second World War bunker, now part of a museum, near Saint-Omer in the northern Pas-de-Calais département of France, and only some 14.4 kilometers (8.9 miles) north-northwest from the more developed La Coupole V-2 launch facility, in the same general area.