The Fortified Sector of Colmar (Secteur Fortifié de Colmar) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the French frontier...

of northeastern France. The sector did not see significant fighting in World War II. It was bordered to the north by the Fortified Sector of Colmar and...

flanked to the north by the Fortified Sector of Haguenau and to the south by the Fortified Sector of Colmar. The Rhinau section of the SF Lower Rhine was attacked...

Here is the list of all ouvrages of the Maginot Line, organized by sector and type of fortification. Ouvrage translates as "works" in English: published...

The Colmar Pocket (French: Poche de Colmar; German: Brückenkopf Elsass) was the area held in central Alsace, France, by the German Nineteenth Army from...

with Germany. As a unit of the Fortified Sector of Colmar, the casemate was part of French defenses during the German assault of 15–18 June 1940, Operation...

The Fortified Sector of the Jura (Secteur Fortifiée du Jura) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the French frontier with Switzerland...

Fortress Division. Formed 3 March 1940 from the Fortified Sector of Colmar. Campaigns: Alsace Front and Retreat of the Right Wing. Division captured 21 June...

The Fortified Sector of Altkirch (Secteur Fortifiée d'Altkirch) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the French...

defences and capturing the cities of Colmar and Strasbourg. By early June, the German forces had cut off the line from the rest of France, and the French government...

Carcassonne is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, region of Occitania. It is the prefecture of the department. Inhabited since the Neolithic...

Mountain Infantry Division 66th Mountain Infantry Division Fortified Sector of Savoy Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné 15th Corps: General Alfred Montagne Corps...

Arrondissement of Altkirch Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé Arrondissement of Guebwiller Arrondissement of Mulhouse Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller...

of the Fortified Sector of Flanders and Dunkirk on behalf of the town of Dunkirk. The medal was initially awarded only to the French defenders of Dunkirk...

restored the front line to the area of the German border and collapsed the Colmar Pocket. The pincer movement of the Canadian First Army, advancing from...

Reichstett and Colmar. The Iron Age in Alsace (800 BCE - 52 BCE) begins with the advent of iron metallurgy and ends with the incorporation of all of Gaul into...

named the defences at Sedan, the last "fortified" position on the Meuse, and the last before the open country of France, as "entirely inadequate." Prételat...

northwestern France was chosen as the site of the landings, with the Americans assigned to land at sectors codenamed Utah and Omaha, the British at Sword...

modern-day Colmar, France), Gratian's army traveled east partly by sea and partly overland. Upon learning of Sebastianus's success against the Goths and of Gratian's...

the cost of storming pillboxes. The Germans had spent the night of 10 October turning cellars of houses in the town of Bardenberg into fortified pillboxes;...

to hold a large bridgehead (the Colmar Pocket), on the western bank of the Rhine and centered around the city of Colmar. On 16 November the Allies started...

Mulhouse, Colmar and Strasbourg. EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg – pedestrian walkway between the French and Swiss sections on Level 3 (departures) of airport...

Erläuterungen. Erster Band: Die Stadtrechte von Straßburg, Hagenau, Molsheim, Colmar, Annweiler, Winterthur, Landshut in Bayern, Regensburg, Nürnberg, Eger,...

Government. The Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg lives at Berg Castle in Colmar-Berg. For national elections to the Chamber of Deputies, the city is located...

(Operation Little Bear) began. Five divisions of the VII Armeekorps crossed the Rhine into the Colmar area with a view to advancing to the Vosges Mountains...

could not efficiently move large bodies of troops such as divisions and corps, a deficiency that General Baron Colmar von der Goltz stated after watching...

This type of fortified position was called a Feste and was the result of the work of several German theorists but came to fruition under Colmar Freiherr...

Corps in the Fortified Sector of the Savoy and Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné, and the 15th Army Corps in the SF Maritime Alps. The Army of the Alps repelled...

century, at the peak of its splendour, central Limoges consisted of two fortified settlements. The town proper, with a new line of walls encompassing the...

harbour 90% intact. However, the Germans had heavily fortified Walcheren peninsula at the mouth of the Western Scheldt, establishing well dug-in artillery...