Weapons Facilities

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World War II weapons facilities were crucial to sustaining the massive military operations of the war. These sites included factories, research centers, testing grounds, and storage depots where weapons and military equipment were designed, produced, and prepared for use. All major powers invested heavily in expanding and protecting these facilities.

Tunnel complex Osowka, Project Riese near Walbrzych

Project Riese – Osówka, Säuferhöhen – Owl Mountains, Walbrzych Poland

In 1943 Minister of Armament and War Production Albert Speer, started, to talk about project Riese with the …

Posted December 6, 2015 (updated January 6, 2026) by Patrick

Das Sauerstoffwerk II – Peenemünde, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

In November 1938 Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch gave the green light for further development of the Peenemünde rocket …

Posted November 20, 2012 (updated January 5, 2026) by Pascal

Historisch- Technisches Museum Peenemünde, Germany

The Historisches Technisches Museum Peenemünde Im Kraftwerk is largely situated on the grounds of the power plant of …

Posted October 7, 2012 (updated January 11, 2026) by Pascal

V1 Katapult Prüfstände – Peenemünde, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

On June 1942, Hitler personally decided that both the V1 and V2 projects were of equal importance and …

Posted September 27, 2012 (updated January 5, 2026) by Pascal

Prüfstand VII, Peenemünde, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

On the 3rd of October 1942, for the first time in human history, a ballistic missile, the A4 …

Posted September 11, 2012 (updated January 5, 2026) by Pascal