Werwolf (Wehrmacht headquarters)

Werwolf
Wehrmacht HQ
Ruins of Hitler's headquarters Werwolf near Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Werwolf (Wehrmacht headquarters) is located in Ukraine
Werwolf (Wehrmacht headquarters)
Location within Ukraine
Werwolf (Wehrmacht headquarters) is located in the European Soviet Union
Werwolf (Wehrmacht headquarters)
Werwolf (Wehrmacht headquarters) (the European Soviet Union)
General information
TypeBlast resistant concrete bunker
Town or cityWervolf Forest
Vinnytsia
CountryUkraine
Coordinates49°18′30″N 28°29′36″E / 49.30833°N 28.49333°E / 49.30833; 28.49333
Elevation243 m (797 ft)
Construction startedNovember 1, 1941
CompletedJune 1942
DestroyedMarch 1944
OwnerThird Reich
Technical details
Structural systemSteel-reinforced concrete
Design and construction
Architecture firmOrganisation Todt
Map showing the location of "Werwolf", and other Führer Headquarters throughout Europe

Führerhauptquartier Werwolf was the codename used for one of Adolf Hitler's World War II Eastern Front military headquarters located in a pine forest about 12 kilometres (7+12 miles) north of Vinnytsia, in Ukraine, which was used between 1942 and 1943. It was one of a number of Führer Headquarters throughout Europe, and the most easterly ever used by Hitler in person.


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