Fortress of Mimoyecques
Fortress of Mimoyecques was a Nazi military complex in northern France. It was intended to house a battery of V-3 cannons aimed at London. The Allies knew nothing about the gun but identified the site as a possible launching base for V-2 ballistic missiles. Germans halted construction work as the Allies advanced up the coast following the Normandy landings. It fell to the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division on 5 September 1944 without resistance.
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Fortress of Mimoyecques was a Nazi military complex in northern France. It was intended to house a battery of V-3 cannons aimed at London, 165 kilometres away. The Allies knew nothing about the gun but identified the site as a possible launching base for V-2 ballistic missiles. The Germans halted construction work as the Allies advanced up the coast following the Normandy landings. It fell to the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division on 5 September 1944 without resistance, a few days after the Germans withdrew from the area. The complex was partly demolished just after the war on Churchill’s direct orders, as it was still seen as a threat to the United Kingdom. It has since been reopened by private owners, first in 1969 to serve as a mushroom farm and subsequently as a museum in 1984. It continues to be open to the public as a vast underground museum complex. It is located in the commune of Landrethun-le-Nord in the Pas-de-Calais region of northern France, about 20 kilometres from Boulogne-sur-Mer. A nature conservation organisation acquired the fortress in 2010 and La Coupole, a former V-1 rocket base turned museum near Saint-Omer, took over its management. The fortress is now owned by the French government and is open to tourists and the public for guided tours of the underground museum and a guided tour of the complex.
The museum is open from 9am to 5pm (GMT) on weekdays and from 8am to 11am (Sat) on Sundays. The site is located near the hamlet of MimOYECques, in the Pays de la Garenne region of the Pas de la Loire, France, near the town of Lille, and is accessible by foot or by train from the Auberge du Haut-Drouot in the north of France. For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or see www.samaritans.org for details. In the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 or click here for information on how to get in touch with the National suicide Prevention Line (NSPL) in the United States. The NSPL is a non-profit organisation that provides support to people in need of it. For more information, visit www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org or the NSPoliceNetwork.org. For help with suicide matters call the Salvation Army on 0845 90 90 95 or visit a Samaritans. branch or the SalvationArmy.org in the UK or the UK, or visit the Salvation Network on 0800-457-9090. For support in the Middle East, visit http://www.salvationnetwork.org/. For help in the developing world, contact the Salvation Coalition on 0844 90 90 94 or the International Crisis Group on 0843 90 90 or the European Union on 080-8180.
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