Citizendia
Your Ad Here

This article is about the German World War II bunker. For the French actor, see fr:Brécourt. Brécourt was a Nazi Germany Bunker in the French commune of Manche.
Not to be confused with Brécourt Manor Assault. The Brécourt Manor Assault ( June 6, 1944) during the US parachute assault of the Normandy Invasion of World War II is often
Brécourt
(alias: Équeurdreville)[1]
Part of Nazi Germany
France

Dwight Eisenhower visiting the Brécourt[2] V-1 flying bomb facility near Cherbourg
Type bunker
Coordinates dd°mm′N dd°mm′E / <span class="geo-dec geo" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for Expression error: Unrecognised word "dd" Expression error: Unrecognised word "dd"">Expression error: Unrecognised word "dd", Expression error: Unrecognised word "dd"
Built 1932-1944
Construction
materials		 concrete
In use

Brécourt was a German World War II bunker near the French town of Équeurdreville-Hainneville. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general The Fieseler Fi 103, better known as V-1 (German Vergeltungswaffe 1 was an early Cruise missile used during World War Two A military bunker is a hardened shelter often buried partly or fully underground designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks Concrete is a construction material composed of Cement (commonly Portland cement) as well as other cementitious materials such as Fly ash and Slag A military bunker is a hardened shelter often buried partly or fully underground designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks The French commune of Équeurdreville-Hainneville was formed when Équeurdreville and Hainneville merged on January 1 1965 Originally started in 1932 as an underground Naval oil storage facility, on July 7, 1943, the site was ordered to be completed as a V-2 rocket launch facility. See also Vergeltungswaffe The V-2 rocket ( Vergeltungswaffe 2 was the first Ballistic missile and first man-made object to achieve [3] Early in 1944,[4] the facility was converted to a V-1 flying bomb launch facility. The Fieseler Fi 103, better known as V-1 (German Vergeltungswaffe 1 was an early Cruise missile used during World War Two [5] and subsequently completed[6] Unlike most of the other mammoth Vergeltungswaffen construction projects detected by the Allied Central Intelligence Unit (CIU) (Watten,[7] Wizernes, Mimoyecques, Siracourt, Söttevast, Martinvast),[8] and bombed during Operation Crossbow, Brécourt was virtually undetectable by aerial observation. Vergeltungswaffe ( German for "retaliatory weapon" "reprisal weapon" or "vengeance weapon" was a term assigned during World War II by the Nazis RAF Medmenham was a Royal Air Force unit based at Danesfield House near Medmenham, in Buckinghamshire, England. Éperlecques (Sperleke is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. La Coupole ("The Cupola" is the name of a World War II Bunker constructed by Nazi Germany in a former Limestone Quarry See also Vergeltungswaffe The V-3 ( Vergeltungswaffe 3) also known as the Hochdruckpumpe ("High Pressure Pump" HDP for Siracourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. Martinvast is a Village and commune in north-western France. References and Notes Operation Crossbow was the World War II Code name " to designate Anglo-American operations against all phases of the German long-range weapons programme [9][10] The Allies captured the site a few days before July 4, 1944, and both Dwight Eisenhower and Winston Churchill subsequently visited the facility – the latter reportedly dropping an apple he was eating in astonishment of the massive facility. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 [3]

References and Notes

  1. ^ Fortifications Built by Prussia or Germany (html). Fortifications of the World (25/05/2003). Retrieved on 2008-02-27. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation
  2. ^ NOTE: The location for the photo of Eisenhower on the stairs has also been identified as Söttevast.
  3. ^ a b Maridor, Jean. Le site V1 de Cherbourg Brécourt (html – French language). Les bombes volantes V1. Retrieved on 2008-02-27. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation
  4. ^ Brecourt (html). The Atlantik Wall In Normandy. Retrieved on 2008-02-27. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation
  5. ^ Collier, Basil [1964] (1976). The Battle of the V-Weapons, 1944-1945. Yorkshire: The Emfield Press, p35. ISBN 0 7057 0070 4.  
  6. ^ Henshall, Philip (1985). Hitler’s Rocket Sites. New York: St Martin's Press, p147.  
    NOTE: A similar V-1 flying bomb site at Löttinghen never progressed beyond site clearance. The Fieseler Fi 103, better known as V-1 (German Vergeltungswaffe 1 was an early Cruise missile used during World War Two
  7. ^ Irving, David (1964). David John Cawdell Irving (born 24 March 1938 is a British writer specializing in the Military history of World War II. The Mare's Nest. London: William Kimber and Co, p168.  
  8. ^ Gruen, Adam L (1998). Preemptive Defense, Allied Air Power Versus Hitler’s V-Weapons, 1943–1945, p12.  
  9. ^ Cherbourg-Brécourt (html – French language). Bases launch V1 Cotentin and Seine-Maritime. Retrieved on 2008-02-27. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation
  10. ^ La fusée A4 V2 (html – French language). Les Sites V1 du Nord de la France. Retrieved on 2008-02-27. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation
© 2009 citizendia.org; parts available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License, from http://en.wikipedia.org
 Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic