La Coupole
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La Coupole, also known as the Coupole d'Helfaut-Wizernes and originally codenamed Bauvorhaben 21 or Schotterwerk Nordwest, is a Second World War bunker complex in the Pas-de-Calais department of north
View of the dome of La Coupole
1944 conjectural reconstruction of the rocket preparation chamber and tunnels (on the assumption that A4 rockets were to be handled)
The Ida railway tunnel, where V-2s and supplies would be brought in by train and unloaded
Cross-section of the dome
Missile launch facility
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A missile launch facility, also known as an underground missile silo, launch facility, or nuclear silo, is a vertical cylindrical structure constructed underground, for the storage and launching of in
La Coupole
…1943 and 1944 to serve as a launch base for V-2 rockets directed against London and southern England and is the earliest known precursor to modern underground missile silos still in existence. Constructed in the side of a disused chalk quarry, the most prominent feature of the complex is an immense concrete dome, to which…
Impression of a V2 in the assembly hall at Éperleques.
Titan I missile complex.
Titan II ICBM in 571-7 site silo.