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    Boden Fortress (Swedish: Bodens fästning) is a modern fortress consisting of several major and minor forts and fortifications surrounding the city of Boden...
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    increased growth when the Boden Fortress was constructed in the beginning of the 20th century. The purpose of the fortress was to defend Sweden from a...
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    Boden Municipality (Swedish: Bodens kommun) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Boden. In 1919 the evolving...
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    Boden Fortress Radio Bunker (Swedish: Radiobunkern i Boden) is a communications bunker, part of Boden Fortress, outside the city of Boden, Norrbotten...
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    found in Birgu main ditch Fort Manoel Fort Ricasoli Boden Fortress in Sweden Brest-Litovsk fortress, Camden Fort Meagher, Crosshaven, Cork Harbour, Ireland...
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    Site R, and The Greenbrier), United Kingdom (Burlington), Sweden (Boden Fortress) and Canada (Diefenbunker). In Switzerland, there is an unusually large...
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    include regimental commander of Västernorrland Regiment, commendant of Boden Fortress, Chief of the Army Staff and military commander of the III Military...
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  • Degerberget Fort (category Boden Fortress)
    (Swedish: Degerbergsfortet) is a modern fort, part of Boden Fortress, outside the city of Boden, Norrbotten, in northern Sweden. The fort was finished...
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    Forces as well as Boden Fortress. Before the decision to construct Boden Fortress, there was no permanently stationed military unit in Boden. The main military...
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    formed Karlsborg Artillery Corps (A 10), and the parts placed at Boden Fortress formed Boden Artillery Regiment (A 8). On 1 July 1937, an air defense company...
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  • 1919. The unit was based in Boden Garrison in Boden, Sweden. The corps was raised on 10 October 1893 by the 1st and 2nd Fortress Company being separated from...
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    Lake Constance (redirect from Boden See)
    contains several higher mountains of volcanic origin, many with ruins of fortresses on their tops (e.g. Hohenkrähen, Mägdeberg). The southernly located of...
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    Boden Fortress and its commandant organization. In 1906 Tingsten was promoted to major general in the army and in 1907 he became commandant in Boden and...
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    commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade. He was appointed commandant of Boden Fortress in 1930. He was promoted to major general in the army in 1932. He subsequently...
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  • Vaberget Fortress came to little use as a fortress, the experiences from the construction were of great use when the much larger Boden Fortress as well...
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    of the Dalarna Regiment. In 1944, Backlund served as Commandant in Boden Fortress and held a key role in the IV Military District from 1944 to 1946. He...
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    importance as a garrison town grew when the city was connected to the Boden Fortress, following the construction of the Inlandsbanan railway. After the fall...
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    along the entire length of the river, culminating in Bodens Fortress in and around the city of Boden. Most of these fortifications and bunkers are no longer...
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    was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include Commandant in Boden Fortress, Inspector of the Army Signal Troops, military commander of the VII...
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  • World Wars. Cold War era. Boden Fortress [‡] Femöre battery Järflotta Kastellet, Stockholm - rebuilt Skåne Line Älvsborg Fortress [‡] Currently in use by...
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    most of it from public sources, but also secrets about armaments in Boden Fortress and nearby fortifications. He was sentenced to lifetime hard labour...
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    commanding officer of the 7th Infantry Brigade in 1926 and Commandant in Boden Fortress in 1928. He was promoted to major general in 1929 and was appointed...
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    the Svea Artillery Regiment from 1941 to 1942, the commandant of the Boden Fortress as well as the deputy military commander of the VI Military District...
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  • 1918–1927. (1862–1936) 31 Vilhelm Rappe 1925   1928   3   Commandant of Boden Fortress, 1918–1927. (1863–1939) 32 Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld 23 Apr 1926   23...
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  • the Four Knights Game or the Three Knights Game. 3.Bc4 may lead to the Boden–Kieseritzky Gambit or transpose to the Two Knights Defence. Occasionally...
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    promoted to general in 1903. He has been called the spiritual father of Boden Fortress. Rappe married on 2 May 1875 to Anna Sandahl (1855–1946), the daughter...
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    held from 1899 to 1903, during which he enforced the construction of Boden Fortress and was promoted to lieutenant general (1901). He was also a member...
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    Latin, derived from the Old Frankish name Malboden, meaning "assizes of Boden") owes its origin to Maubeuge Abbey, a double monastery, for men and women...
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  • and follows the actions of the 100th Bomb Group, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber unit in the Eighth Air Force in eastern England during World...
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  • were usually known as Bodenlafette, often shortened to Bola (from German Boden, 'floor', + Lafette 'gun carriage or mounting', from French l'affût, gun...
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