Führerhauptquartier Wasserburg

The Führerhauptquartier Wasserburg[1] was a bunker facility built by the german organization Todt. It was built during the Second World War near Pleskau (Russian: Pskov) in the Soviet Union. The facility, which was named Wasserburg and had been erected as a front-line Führerhauptquartier, about four kilometers north-west of Pleskau on a loop of the Welikaja river. The construction started from 1 November 1942 on. The centerpiece of the complex was an old castle-like mansion.[2] The bunker was never used by Hitler as a leader's headquarters, but after the completion it was used by the german Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord) as a military headquarter.[3]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.bundesarchiv.de/oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/bilder_dokumente/00893/index-15.html.de
  2. ↑ Adam Hook, Neil Short; The Führer’s Headquarters: Hitler’s command bunkers 1939–45; Osprey Publishing; 2010; ISBN 1846035821, Page 24 f.
  3. ↑ Franz W. Seidler, Dieter Zeigert; Die Führerhauptquartiere 1939-45: Anlagen und Planungen im Zweiten Weltkrieg; 2001; Herbig Verlag; ISBN 3776621540; Page 239 f.
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