Saint-Leu-d'Esserent

French commune
nomcommune=Saint-Leu-d'Esserent
région=Picardie
département=Oise
arrondissement=Senlis
canton=Montataire
insee=60584
cp=60340
maire=Alain Blanchard
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes Pierre - Sud - Oise
longitude=2.42277777778
latitude=49.2180555556
alt moy=29 m
alt mini=25 m
alt maxi=137 m
hectares=1,308
km²=13.08
sans=4,867
date-sans=1999
dens=372
date-dens=1999

Saint-Leu-d'Esserent is a small town and commune situated on the banks of the river Oise, in France. During World War II, the mushroom caves of 'Saint Leu' were one of three major underground V-1 flying bomb bases, including Nucourt and Rilly La Montange. In addition to the caves, the facility included blockhouses, bunkers, flak emplacements and railway links.

Bombing of Saint-Leu-d'Esserent during World War II

Along with Nucourt, Allied intelligence firmly identified late in June 1944 that Saint-Leu-d'Esserent was a V-1 flying bomb storage depot.cite book |last=Collier|first=Basil|title=The Battle of the V-Weapons, 1944-1945|origyear=1964|year=1976|publisher=The Emfield Press|location=Yorkshire|isbn=0 7057 0070 4 |pages=p68,82,84]

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