We stopped off at Eperlecques which has a huge bunker/block house which was built with the intention of making liquid rocket fuel, V2 rockets and launching 36 per day !
They never managed to launch any as the allies bombed the shit out of the place but christ what a place
It brought home to me how warfare had changed in the 25 years or so since the Somme
To put some scale to this
Walls were 16 feet thick and the steel door opened and closed by hydrolics still works and is immense
Bombed by the allies using these tall boy things
An original V1 launch ramp
And a mini Sub ?
This place is well worth a visit if you are in the vicinity ( an hour from calais)
They never managed to launch any as the allies bombed the shit out of the place but christ what a place
It brought home to me how warfare had changed in the 25 years or so since the Somme
To put some scale to this
Walls were 16 feet thick and the steel door opened and closed by hydrolics still works and is immense
Bombed by the allies using these tall boy things
An original V1 launch ramp
And a mini Sub ?
This place is well worth a visit if you are in the vicinity ( an hour from calais)
