FührerhauptquartierWolfsschlucht II (English:Wolf Canyon) or W2 was thecodename used for one ofAdolf Hitler'sWorld War IIWestern Front militaryheadquarters located inMargival, 10 km northeast ofSoissons in the department ofAisne in France. It was one of many Führer Headquarters throughout Europe but was used only once byAdolf Hitler, June 16 and 17, 1944 for a meeting with Field MarshalsErwin Rommel andGerd von Rundstedt about theNormandy Front.

At the meeting, Rommel advocated, among other things, ending the war, to Hitler's fury. During the meeting, an allied air raid forced the group to descend into a bomb shelter. Later, a malfunctioningV-1 flying bomb struck a few miles from Margival,^[1] after which Hitler departed for Germany, never to return.^[2]

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• Website of the W2 safeguarding association; site closed in 2016
• Führer headquarters Wolfsschlucht II on Bunkersite.com
• Wolfsschlucht 2(in Dutch)
• Archive of Fuhrerhauptquartier Wolfschlucht 2, Margival, France (geocities) at theWayback Machine (archived May 24, 2000)

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