The fortified position of Namur (French: position fortifiée de Namur [PFN]) was established by Belgium after the First World War to fortify the traditional...
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of Namur (French: siège de Namur) was a battle between Belgian and German forces around the fortified city of Namur during the First World War. Namur...
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forts around Namur that were calculated to prevent the city from being attacked with artillery. This ring became the Fortified Position of Namur in the 1930s...
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The fortified position of Liège (French: position fortifiée de Liège [PFL]) was established after the First World War by Belgium to block the traditional...
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National Redoubt (Belgium) (redirect from Fortress of Antwerp)
part of the National Redoubt at different times: the Fortified Position of Liège (Luik) with a number of forts the Fortified Position of Namur (Namen)...
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Chasseurs Ardennais (redirect from Regiment of Ardennian Rifles)
undefended region south of the Fortified Position of Namur and the Fortified Position of Liège. Albert Devèze, Liberal Minister of Defence from 1932 to 1936...
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Fort de Saint-Héribert (category Fortified position of Namur)
become part of the fortified position of Namur in an attempt to forestall or slow an attack from Germany. It saw action in 1940 during the Battle of Belgium...
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Fort d'Andoy (category Fortified position of Namur)
become part of the fortified position of Namur in an attempt to forestall or slow an attack from Germany. It saw action in 1940 during the Battle of Belgium...
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Fort de Cognelée (category Fortified position of Namur)
of Namur. Unlike seven of the nine Namur forts, Cognelée was never upgraded to become part of the fortified position of Namur. Instead, it became a supply...
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Fort de Malonne (category Fortified position of Namur)
become part of the fortified position of Namur in an attempt to forestall or slow an attack from Germany. It saw action in 1940 during the Battle of Belgium...
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Fort d'Emines (category Fortified position of Namur)
Battle of Namur. Unlike seven of the nine Namur forts, Émines was never upgraded to become part of the fortified position of Namur. Instead, it became a supply...
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Fort de Dave (category Fortified position of Namur)
become part of the fortified position of Namur in an attempt to forestall or slow an attack from Germany. It saw action in 1940 during the Battle of Belgium...
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Fort de Maizeret (category Fortified position of Namur)
become part of the fortified position of Namur in an attempt to forestall or slow an attack from Germany. It saw action in 1940 during the Battle of Belgium...
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Skoda 305 mm Model 1911 (category World War I artillery of Austria-Hungary)
of Liège), Namur (Fortified Position of Namur) and Antwerp (Forts Koningshooikt, Kessel and Broechem). The 305mm was used with great success at Namur...
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Fort de Suarlée (category Fortified position of Namur)
become part of the fortified position of Namur in an attempt to forestall or slow an attack from Germany. It saw action in 1940 during the Battle of Belgium...
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Fort de Marchovelette (category Fortified position of Namur)
become part of the fortified position of Namur in an attempt to forestall or slow an attack from Germany. It saw action in 1940 during the Battle of Belgium...
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5.7 cm Maxim-Nordenfelt (category World War I artillery of Germany)
Fort de Saint-Héribert Fort de Suarlée Fortified position of Liège Fortified position of Namur Fortified position of Antwerp Fort Liezele A captured German...
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Belgium ready to face any border, while the Fortified Position of Liège and Fortified Position of Namur were left to secure the frontiers. On mobilisation...
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Belgium, ready to face any border, while the Fortified Position of Liège and Fortified Position of Namur were left to secure the frontiers. On mobilisation...
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and 320 wounded. Namur was defended by a ring of modern fortresses, known as the fortified position of Namur (position fortifiée de Namur) and guarded by...
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Édouard Michel du Faing d'Aigremont (category Belgian Army generals of World War I)
Fortified Position of Namur. In August 1914, he commanded the division during the Siege of Namur, retreating towards Antwerp. He took part in the Battle of the...
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during World War I Fortified Position of Namur This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Siege of Namur. If an internal link...
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Belgium ready to face any border, while the Fortified Position of Liège and Fortified Position of Namur were left to secure the frontiers. On mobilisation...
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Race to the Sea (category Military operations of World War I involving Germany)
by 20 August, facing north either side of Charleroi and east towards the Belgian Fortified Position of Namur. On the left, the Cavalry Corps (General...
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Polygonal fort (category Warfare of the late modern period)
living spaces; the last fort surrendering on 16 August. The fortified position of Namur was demolished in the same fashion a few days later and that...
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the National redoubt of Belgium, ready to face any border, while the Fortified Position of Liège and Fortified Position of Namur were left to secure the...
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8th Infantry Division (Belgium) (category Battle of Belgium)
Division was part of the defense of the Meuse between Englis and the Ardennes. It also supported the strategic and fortified position of Namur.(VPN) At the...
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The 1695 Siege of Namur or Second Siege of Namur took place during the Nine Years' War between 2 July and 4 September 1695. Its capture by the French...
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Albert Henry (historian) (category Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America)
artillery. He participated in the Fortified position of Namur and was taken as a prisoner of war on 28 May 1940, at the time of the surrender ordered by Leopold...
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to Luxembourg City, Arlon and Namur into Belgium had been cut by the demolition of the rail bridge over the Meuse at Namur in Belgium. During the siege...
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