East Flanders
On Christmas Eve 1944, disaster struck Kalken when a V1 bomb hit the Vaart canal in Kalken at 4 pm.
V-weapons
With a new batch of wonder weapons, the so-called "Vergeltungswaffen", the Germans wanted to turn the tide at the end of World War II. They developed the unmanned V1 aircraft, the V2 rocket and the V3 super cannon.
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West Flanders
Under the canopy of the Canadabos in Poperinge lies a secret V1 launch base from the Second World War.
West Flanders
In 2005, the concrete launch pad of a German V1 launch base from the Second World War was found in the Vrijbos in Houthulst.
Hauts-de-France
Hidden deep in the forests of the French town of Eperlecques, the German army built an assembly and launch base for V2 rockets during the Second World War.
Hauts-de-France
During the Second World War, the German Air Force developed an unmanned flying bomb, the V1 (Vergeltungswaffe).
France
A 5-meter-thick concrete dome protects the underground complex dug out by forced laborers in 1943 for the storage and launch of German V2 rockets.
Hauts-de-France
From September 1943, forced labourers excavated a vast underground tunnel complex in Mimoyecques on the outskirts of Calais.
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