Wolfsschlucht II

One of Adolf Hitler's Head Quarters

Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschlucht II (English: Wolf Canyon) or W2 was the codename used for one of Adolf Hitler's World War II Western Front military headquarters located in Margival, 10 km northeast of Soissons in the department of Aisne in France. It was one of many Führer Headquarters throughout Europe but was used only once by Adolf Hitler, June 16 and 17, 1944 for a meeting with Field Marshals Erwin Rommel and Gerd von Rundstedt about the Normandy Front.

At the meeting, Rommel advocated, among other things, ending the war, to Hitler's fury. During the meeting, an allied air raid forced the group to descend into a bomb shelter. Later, a malfunctioning V-1 flying bomb struck the site, after which Hitler departed for Germany, never to return.^[1]

References

^ Antony Beevor, "D-day: the Battle for Normandy", Penguin 2014, Part 7, Chapter 15

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wolfsschlucht II.

Website of the W2 safeguarding association; site closed in 2016
Führer headquarters Wolfsschlucht II on Bunkersite.com
Wolfsschlucht 2 (in Dutch)
Archive of Fuhrerhauptquartier Wolfschlucht 2, Margival, France (geocities) at the Wayback Machine (archived May 24, 2000)

49°26′48.07″N 3°24′27.77″E / 49.4466861°N 3.4077139°E / 49.4466861; 3.4077139

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Führer Headquarters	Berghof (Kehlsteinhaus) Reich Chancellery (Führerbunker / Vorbunker) Adlerhorst Anlage Süd Felsennest Tannenberg Werwolf Wolf's Lair Wolfsschlucht I Wolfsschlucht II Special train (Führersonderzug)
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