Fortress of Mimoyecques
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: Second World War underground military complex built by Nazi Germany between 1943 and 1944 to house a battery of V-3 cannons aimed at London, 165 kilometres (103 mi) away.
- Also known as: “Bauvorhaben 711”, “Marquise-Mimoyecques”, and “Wiese”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Réserve naturelle régionale de la forteresse de Mimoyecques and Église Saint-Martin de Landrethun-le-Nord.
Réserve naturelle régionale de la forteresse de Mimoyecques
Nature reserve
Photo: Bodoklecksel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Réserve naturelle régionale de la forteresse de Mimoyecques is a nature reserve.
Église Saint-Martin de Landrethun-le-Nord
Church
Photo: Bodoklecksel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Martin de Landrethun-le-Nord is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fiennes and Cap Blanc-Nez.
Fiennes
Village
Photo: Floflo62, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fiennes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Fiennes is situated 4½ km southeast of Fortress of Mimoyecques.
Cap Blanc-Nez
Locality
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Cap Blanc-Nez is a cape on the Côte d'Opale, in the Pas-de-Calais département, in northern France, culminating at 134 m. The cliffs of chalk are very similar to the white cliffs of Dover on the other side of the Channel in England. Cap Blanc-Nez is situated 10 km northwest of Fortress of Mimoyecques.
Fortress of Mimoyecques
- Categories: military museum, launch pad, and military installation
- Location: Landrethun-le-Nord, Arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Fortress of Mimoyecques” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Мимойек”
- Chinese: “密摩耶克斯堡壘”
- Dutch: “Mimoyecques”
- French: “forteresse de Mimoyecques”
- French: “Forteresse de Mimoyecques”
- French: “Tausendfüssler”
- German: “Mimoyecques”
- Italian: “Fortezza di Mimoyecques”
- Japanese: “ミモイェーク要塞”
- Persian: “دژ میمویک”
- Polish: “Mimoyecques”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Mimoyecques”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de Mimoyecques”
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