The two massive German works projects in the Cherbourg peninsular were intended for the launching of V-weapons toward England. <br />The Germans had started construction of a protected launching site at Brecourt and like the giant V-2 launching bunker near Sottevast, both were captured by advancing Allied troops before their completion. <br />The site at Sottevast was intended for testing, fuelling and servicing of the V-2 Rocket in a hardened, bomb-proof shelter as part of the Project Earthworm (Projekt Regenwurm).
