Siracourt | |
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Part of Nazi Germany | |
Canton of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, France | |
Coordinates | 50°22′27″N 2°16′05″E / 50.37424°N 2.26810°E |
Type | Bunker |
Code | Wasserwerk St. Pol |
Height | 10 metres (33 ft) |
Site information | |
Owner | Privately owned |
Open to the public | No |
Condition | Ruined |
Site history | |
Built | September 1943 – April 1944 |
Built by | Organisation Todt |
In use | Captured before being used |
Materials | Concrete |
Battles/wars | Operation Crossbow, Operation Aphrodite |
The Siracourt V-1 bunker is a Second World War bunker built in 1943–44 by the forces of Nazi Germany at Siracourt, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. Codenamed Wasserwerk St. Pol (Waterworks St Pol), it was intended for use as a bomb-proof storage facility and launch site for V-1 flying bombs. However, it never went into operation due to intensive Allied bombing that made it the most heavily attacked of all the German V-weapon sites, and also of all military targets in Europe during World War II.