Map of the Führer Headquarters-FHQ Wasserburg is depicted on the upper right side of the map

The Führerhauptquartier Wasserburg,[1] also known simply as "Wasserburg", was a bunker facility built by the Organization Todt as a front-line Führer Headquarters for Adolf Hitler during the Second World War about four kilometers north-west of Pleskau (Russian: Pskov) in the Soviet Union, on a loop of the Welikaja River.

The construction began on 1 November 1942. The centerpiece of the complex was an old castle-like mansion.[2] The bunker was never used by Hitler, but after the completion it was used by Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord) of the Wehrmacht as a military headquarters.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Bundesarchiv - der Kommandant Führerhauptquartier". Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  2. ↑ Hook, Adam and Short, Neil (2010) The Führer’s Headquarters: Hitler’s command bunkers 1939–45 Osprey Publishing. p.24 f. ISBN 1846035821,
  3. ↑ Siedler, Franz W. (2001) "Dieter Zeigert" in Die Führerhauptquartiere 1939-45: Anlagen und Planungen im Zweiten Weltkrieg Herbig Verlag p.239 f. ISBN 3776621540
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