Ouvrage Bois-du-Four is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) in the Fortified Sector of the Crusnes of the Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of a single large...
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It is located between the gros ouvrage Latiremont and the petit ouvrage Bois-du-Four, facing the Belgium/Luxembourg border. The original plan for the...
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L'ouvrage du Bois-Karre at alsacemaginot.com (in French) ouvrage du Bois Karre[permanent dead link] at lignemaginot.com (in French) Petit Ouvrage du Bois Karre...
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Vélosnes Ouvrage Ferme Chappy (PO) Ouvrage Fermont (GO) Ouvrage Latiremont (GO) Ouvrage Mauvais-Bois (PO) Ouvrage Bois-du-Four (PO) Ouvrage Bréhain(GO)...
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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...
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Ouvrage Schoenenbourg is a Maginot Line fortification. It is located on the territory of the communes of Hunspach, Schœnenbourg and Ingolsheim, in the...
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Sector of Boulay. The ouvrage is located between petit ouvrage Hobling and gros ouvrage Anzeling, near Hestroff in the Bois du Bousse, facing Germany...
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la Ferme du Bois-du-Four near the petit ouvrage Bois-du-Four reported to Bréhain, as did the Observatiore de Haut-de-la-Vigne near Mauvais-Bois. The 1940...
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Ligne Maginot du Secteur Fortifié du Bois de Cattenom, which manages Bois Karre, the Abri du Bois de Cattenom, Ouvrage Sentzich and Ouvrage Galgenberg....
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sub-sector of Arrancy. It lies between the gros ouvrage Fermont and the petit ouvrage Mauvais Bois, facing Belgium. The village of Doncourt-Cités is...
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garrisons through a series of negotiations. Aumetz, along with Mauvais-Bois, Bois-du-Four and Bréhain surrendered on 27 June. Aumetz appears to have been ignored...
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Charbonnages du Bois-du-Luc et d’Havré, notices historiques, 1935, 181 pages. Ouvrage collectif, Bois-du-Luc 1685-1985, Écomusée régional du Centre, 1985...
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Bataillon Fabre in May 1940, command post in the Bois de Kirschpiel. Ouvrage Hochwald, gros ouvrage E 700/O720 of eleven combat blocks with nine detached...
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Molvange. The ouvrage has been maintained by the Association Ligne Maginot du Secteur Fortifié du Bois de Cattenom (LMSFBC), which also maintains Bois Karre,...
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Ouvrage Molvange is a large work, or gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line. The fortification complex faces the France-Luxembourg border from a height near...
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post at Ville-au-Montois Ouvrage Mauvais-Bois, petit ouvrage A4 of three combat blocks Ouvrage Bois-du-Four, petit ouvrage A5 with a single combat block...
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Maginot Line (section Petits ouvrages)
attacked fortifications on each side of the penetration, capturing four petits ouvrages. The 1st Army also conducted two attacks against the Maginot Line...
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Ouvrage Four-à-Chaux is a gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line, located in the community of Lembach, France, in the Bas-Rhin département. Four à Chaux was...
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Ouvrage Hackenberg, one of the largest (a gros ouvrage) of the Maginot Line fortifications, is part of the Fortified Sector of Boulay. It is situated twenty...
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between the petit ouvrage Ferme Chappy and the gros ouvrage Latiremont. The position is near the western end of the Line, about four kilometers east of...
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A gros ouvrage, it is the third largest of the Line, after Hackenberg and Hochwald. It lies between petit ouvrage Sentzich and gros ouvrage Billig, facing...
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quarries, Ouvrage de Thiaumont and Thiaumont Farm, Douaumont village, the northern end of Caillette Wood, Vaux pond, the eastern fringe of Bois Fumin and...
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(1907-1911) between the forts de la Marne et de l’Yser. Bois-la-Dame / Infanterie-Werk Bois-la-Dame (1913-1916), entre Driant et Jeanne-d’Arc (Seven...
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Blockhaus du Bois-d'Elesmes Nord Blockhaus du Warinet 102nd CEO Casemate de l'Épinette Casemate d'Ostergnies Ouvrage Boussois, petit ouvrage of three combat...
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Ouvrage Schiesseck is a gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line, located near Bitche in the French département of Moselle. Schiesseck is adjoined by gros ouvrage...
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rehabilitate it to reduce waiting times at the Fonséranes locks the Ouvrages du Libron (the works of Libron), a unique achievement of its kind which...
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Ouvrage Hochwald is a gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line, one of the largest fortifications in the Line. Located on the Hochwald ridge in the Fortified Sector...
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line from bois Mairieux to bois des Saris, Douzies, the outskirts of Louvroil and bois des Bons Pères, was too close to the forts and ouvrages, vulnerable...
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1939 proposed a connection between the Abri du Grand Lot, the Abri du Bois d'Escherange and on to gros ouvrage Molvange. In addition, the rear portion of...
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15 Mary, Tome 3, p. 79 "Petit ouvrage du Bois Karre" (in French). Association Ligne Maginot du Secteur Fortifié du Bois de Cattenom. 2009. Archived from...
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