V2 aerial ghosts

V2 aerial ghosts

Georeferencing

Vergeltungswaffe 2 or V2, The Retribution Weapon. A less than charming name for nasty things. The Germans were way ahead of us with rocket and jet technology, in fact they were way just ahead of us with most technology for most of the war. I remember marvelling at the...
Dead cities: La Coupole

Dead cities: La Coupole

Lost in a landscape

This is the Ida railway supply tunnel, Bauvorhaben 21 (Building Project 21), Schotterwerk Nordwest (Northwest Gravel Works) at Wizernes, St Omer. Built by Organisation Todt using “compulsory labour” (about 60% French, 40% non combatant German) the tunnel...

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