On the last day of our holiday we visited La Coupole and the Blockhouse. Both are in Northern France so ideal to see if traveling to Calais, each take a couple hours as there is so much to see.
Hubby and I have visited before but as with most things you take more in the second time. Both are so overwhelming: in size, in reason and in emotion.
I have copied online overviews to explain each place.
La Coupole -
Situated 5km from the town of Saint-Omer, La Coupole is a gigantic underground bunker designed by the Germans, in 1943-1944.
La Coupole is one of the great relics of the Second World War in Europe. The underground bunker was used to store, prepare and launch the V2 rockets, the secret weapon that Hitler was counting on to destroy London.
The tunnels are so long, and cold, and lead to the central dome which is now a museum with exhibits and videos explaining about how and why La Coupole was constructed, scary thinking about what could have been.
The Blockhaus -
The biggest bunker in the north of France, witness of the 1939-45 dark age, from 1939 to 1945.
Open to the public since 1973 and listed "Ancient Memorials" in 1985.
A 90min-visit, alone or with your family, to discover and learn the history of the Eperlecques Bunker, the technologie of the V2 & V1 secret weapons, in a wooded parc,
The scale is unbelievable, it leaves you speechless.
These two amazing structures were built for war, the same as many of our castles in the UK but there is definitely a different feeling and atmosphere walking around them. Maybe because the history is more recent.
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