La Coupole
Rue André Clabaux
62570 Wizernes
+33 3 2112 2727
Daily 09:00 – 18:00
from 10:00 – 19:00 in July and August.
Annual closing: from January 6th to 19th January included.
Exceptional closure: April 11th, December 25th and January 1st
Admission fee
Aircraft collection
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N° 126 – |
Fieseler Fi 103 V-1
Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg Mittelwerk V-2 |
La Coupole, located 5 km from Saint-Omer (Nord-Pas-de-Calais), is one of the most impressive remnants of the Second World War in Europe. It is a symbolic place of the Nazi oppression, due to its overwhelming mass, the nature of its underground facilities and the suffering of the slave labourers who built it.
This huge bunker, built by the Todt Organisation in 1943-1944 had to be the base for launching the V2 rockets against London. Developed in the ultra-secret Peenemünde centre by Von Braun’s team, these missiles, along with the American atomic bomb, were the most innovative devices developed during World War II. The V2s were mass-produced by deportees from the Dora concentration camp in the underground factory “Mittelwerk”, located at the heart of Germany.
Photo La Coupole