The Fortified Sector of Thionville (Secteur fortifié de Thionville) was the French military organisation that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot...
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The Fortified Sector of Haguenau (Secteur Fortifiée de Haguenau) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the most easterly section...
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Fort de Guentrange (redirect from Fortified Group of Guentrange)
three Thionville forts became known as the Fortified Group of Thionville. See Fortified Sector of Thionville for a broader discussion of the Thionville sector...
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divided into four sectors: Fortified Sector of the Crusnes Fortified Sector of Thionville Fortified Sector of Boulay Fortified Sector of Faulquemont The...
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The Fortified Sector of Faulquemont (Secteur Fortifiée de Faulquemont) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the...
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Ouvrage Bois-Karre (category Fortified Sector of Thionville)
Ouvrage Bois- Karre is located in the Fortified Sector of Thionville of the Maginot Line, facing the France - Luxembourg border. The petit ouvrage is...
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Ouvrage Immerhof (category Fortified Sector of Thionville)
Thionville between the gros ouvrages of Molvange and Soetrich, the closest ouvrage to the Luxembourg frontier. It was part of the Fortified Sector of...
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Maginot Line (section Principal line of resistance)
into an impregnable fortified position that would seal the frontier". The false sense of security contributed "to the development of the "Maginot mentality"...
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The Fortified Sector of Boulay (Secteur Fortifiée de Boulay) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot Line...
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the vicinity of Bitche. The sector was bordered to the west by the Fortified Sector of the Sarre and to the east by the Fortified Sector of the Vosges....
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Ouvrage Sentzich (category Fortified Sector of Thionville)
Sentzich is part of the Fortified Sector of Thionville of the Maginot Line. The petit ouvrage for infantry is located to the south of gros ouvrage Galgenberg...
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Ouvrage Métrich (category Fortified Sector of Thionville)
located in the village of Kœnigsmacker in Moselle, comprises part of the Elzange portion of the Fortified Sector of Thionville of the Maginot Line. A gros...
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Ouvrage Molvange (category Fortified Sector of Thionville)
west and smaller petit ouvrage Immerhof to the east, part of the Fortified Sector of Thionville. Molvange was not involved in significant combat during...
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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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The Fortified Sector of Maubeuge (Secteur Fortifié de Maubeuge) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot...
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Fort de Koenigsmacker (category Fortified Sector of Thionville)
as the Fortified Group of Thionville. See Fortified Sector of Thionville for a broader discussion of the Thionville sector of the Maginot Line. The Fort...
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Fort d'Illange (category Fortified Sector of Thionville)
as the Fortified Group of Thionville. See Fortified Sector of Thionville for a broader discussion of the Thionville sector of the Maginot Line. The Fort...
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The Fortified Sector of the Crusnes (Secteur Fortifiée de la Crusnes) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the...
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The Fortified Sector of the Vosges (Secteur Fortifiée des Vosges) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot...
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Ouvrage Oberheid (category Fortified Sector of Thionville)
portion of the Fortified Sector of Thionville of the Maginot Line in northeast France. The petit ouvrage d'infanterie is located on a salient point of the...
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The Fortified Sector of Montmédy (Secteur Fortifié de Montmédy) was the French military organisation that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot...
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Ouvrage Rochonvillers (category Fortified Sector of Thionville)
large work was fully equipped and occupied in 1935 as part of the Fortified Sector of Thionville in the Moselle. It is located between the petit ouvrage...
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The Fortified Sector of the Sarre (Secteur Fortifié de la Sarre) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot...
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Ouvrage Galgenberg (category Fortified Sector of Thionville)
Ouvrage Galgenberg forms a portion of the Fortified Sector of Thionville of the Maginot Line. It is situated in the Cattenom Forest, near the gros ouvrage...
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Galgenberg, a portion of the Fortified Sector of Thionville of the Maginot Line Gallows Hill (disambiguation) Venus of Galgenberg, a prehistoric figurine...
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Ouvrage Kobenbusch (category Fortified Sector of Thionville)
Ouvrage du Kobenbusch is a gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line, located in the Fortified Sector of Thionville in the Cattenom Forest. It possesses seven combat...
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Ouvrage Billig (category Fortified Sector of Thionville)
a gros ouvrage or large fortification of the Maginot Line, was located in the Fortified Sector of Thionville, Moselle in northern France. It is located...
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Ouvrage Soetrich (category Fortified Sector of Thionville)
the France-Luxembourg border near the town of Hettange-Grande, part of the Fortified Sector of Thionville. Compared with other gros ouvrages, Soetrich...
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Ouvrage Fermont (category Fortified sector of the Crusnes)
Fermont is a gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line, part of the Fortified Sector of the Crusnes in northeastern France, near the community of Montigny-sur-Chiers...
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Ouvrage Schoenenbourg (category Fortified sector of Haguenau)
territory of the communes of Hunspach, Schœnenbourg and Ingolsheim, in the French département of Bas-Rhin, forming part of the Fortified Sector of Haguenau...
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