Siracourt V-1 bunker

Siracourt
Part of Nazi Germany
Canton of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, France
Remains of Siracourt V-1 storage and launch depot
Siracourt is located in France
Siracourt
Siracourt
Coordinates50°22′27″N 2°16′05″E / 50.37424°N 2.26810°E / 50.37424; 2.26810
TypeBunker
CodeWasserwerk St. Pol
Height10 metres (33 ft)
Site information
OwnerPrivately owned
Open to
the public
No
ConditionRuined
Site history
BuiltSeptember 1943 – April 1944
Built byOrganisation Todt
In useCaptured before being used
MaterialsConcrete
Battles/warsOperation 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.