La Coupole

The Coupole d’Helfaut-Wizernes is a WWII bunker complex in northern France. It was built by Nazi Germany between 1943 and 1944 to serve as a launch base for V-2 rockets directed against London and southern England. It is the earliest known precursor to modern underground missile silos still in existence. The complex was captured by the Allies in September 1944,...