Blizna V-2 missile launch site
World War II missile launch site in Ropczyce-Sędziszów, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Blizna V-2 missile launch site was the site of a World War II German V-2 missile firing range.[note 1] Today there is a small museum located in the Park Historyczny Blizna (Historical Park) in Blizna, Poland.[4] After the RAF strategic bombing of the V-2 rocket launch site in Peenemünde, Germany, in August 1943, some of the test and launch facilities were relocated to Blizna in November 1943.[5][6] The first of 139 V-2 launches was carried out from the Blizna launch site on 5 November 1943.[7]
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Established | 2011 |
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Location | Blizna 68, 39–104 Ocieka, Ropczyce-Sędziszów, Poland |
Coordinates | 50°11′0″N 21°36′0″E |
Type | War museum |
Owner | Gmina Ostrów |
Website | Park Historyczny Blizna |
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Quick Facts SS-Truppenübungsplatz Heidelager, Commandant ...
SS-Truppenübungsplatz Heidelager[1] | |
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Concentration camp | |
Commandant | SS Oberführer Bernhardt Voss |
Killed | 15,000 total: 7,000 Jews, 5,000 Soviets, 3,000 Polish[2][3] |
Liberated by | Armia Krajowa, Red Army |
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