Advantages: Interesting, original site and museum Disadvantages: None
...Battle of Britain airfields. La Coupole is distinctive in that it is both a site and a very informative and forward-looking museum. It is dedicated specifically to the V2 rockets which were aimed at London in the latter stages of the war.
A bit of history revision, so pay attention at the back. In 1944, Germany was in trouble. The Eastern Front was collapsing, the Normandy landings had taken place and British and US bombers were bombing Germany ... ...near the Channel coast. La Coupole was one of these launch sites. From here and others like it the Germans intended to rain rockets on London, terrifying the civilian population who would demand an end to the war. In the event, about 1,200 were launched between September 1944 and March 1945, killing more than 2,500 civilians and injuring more than 6,000. Not a single one was fired from La Coupole. It was all too little, too late. By this time, Allied ...
Chouchinciao 27.04.2006
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