Fortress of Mimoyecques, Landrethun-le-Nord

Name: Fortress of Mimoyecques
Address: Landrethun-le-Nord, France
Telephone: +33 3 21 87 10 34

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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 V-3 cannons aimed at London, 165 kilometres away. Originally codenamed Wiese or Bauvorhaben 711, it is located in the commune of Landrethun-le-Nord in the Pas-de-Calais region of northern France, near the hamlet of Mimoyecques about 20 kilometres 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. ()

Local name: Forteresse de Mimoyecques Built: 1944 (81 years ago)Coordinates: 50°51'9"N, 1°45'30"E

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Landrethun-le-Nord France

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Fortress of Mimoyecques – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: V-3 cannon, Wissant, Channel Outlet, Église Saint-Barnabé.

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