fort Suchet, dit du Barbonnet (06)" (in French). Chemins de mémoire. Retrieved 26 January 2010. Vauborg, Cédric; Vauborg, Julie (2010). "Le fort du Barbonnet...
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Fort du Salbert, also known as Fort Lefebvre, was built between 1874 and 1877. It was named after General François Joseph Lefebvre. It forms part of the...
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Ouvrage Col du Fort is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one infantry block...
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Smith Fort Griswold Fort Nathan Hale Fort Trumbull Fort Casimir Fort Christina Fort Delaware Fort DuPont Fort Miles Fort Saulsbury Fort DeSoto Fort Eisenhower...
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The Fort du Bruissin is a fort in Francheville, France, near the city of Lyon. Built between 1878 and 1881, the fort is part of the Séré de Rivières system...
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Fort Douaumont (French: Fort de Douaumont) was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun...
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The Fort du Télégraphe, or Fort Berwick, is located in the Maurienne valley on the road to the Col du Galibier between Valloire and Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne...
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Ouvrage Gondran (redirect from Fort du Gondran)
du)". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 25 February 2010. Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Gondran C (ouvrage du ou fort du)"...
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Airbase 942 Lyon-Mont Verdun. This belt of forts included the forts of Bron, Vancia, Fort de Feyzin and Fort du Mont Verdun itself. Work began in 1874 and...
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Fort de Joux (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ də ʒu]) or Château de Joux (French pronunciation: [ʃato də ʒu]) is a castle, later transformed into a fort,...
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Fort Vaux (French: Fort de Vaux), in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was a polygonal fort forming part of the ring of 19 large defensive works intended...
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Ouvrage Sapey (redirect from Fort du Sapey)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fort du Sapey. Ouvrage Sapey is a work (gros ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line,...
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Ouvrage Janus (redirect from Fort du Janus)
Séré de Rivières system fortification was begun on the massif, called the Fort du Janus. Work continued until 1889 with a blockhouse in top of the position...
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The Fort du Replaton is a fortification of the Séré de Rivières system in Modane, France. The fort was built to provide artillery cover for the French...
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the fort at Giromagny, as well as the road to Basel, to protect the Fort de Bessoncourt's flank, and to support Fort du Salbert. The rectangular fort initially...
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Fort Souville, briefly called Fort Lemoine, was one of the forts of the Verdun Fortification District, situated in the commune of Fleury-devant-Douaumont...
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Ouvrage Cap Martin (redirect from Casemate du Pont Saint Louis)
francs were for property acquisition and 2,776,000 francs were for the fort's armament. Three observatories reported to Cap Martin. Block 1 (entry): one...
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Restauration du Fort d'Uxegney et de la Place d'Epinal. 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010. Site de l'Association pour la Restauration du Fort d'Uxegney et...
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The Fort de la Pompelle, also known as Fort Herbillon, is one of a number of forts built around Reims after 1870 as part of a fortification belt in the...
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Bastille (Grenoble) (category Forts in France)
valley floors that are in evidence today. The location was chosen for a fort because it facilitated the surveillance and control of the city of Grenoble...
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blockhouses are near the fort, constructed in the 1930s as part of the Defensive Sector of the Ardennes: the Blockhaus du Fort des Ayvelles Sud, and the...
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In 1996 Mont-lès-Neufchâteau bought the fort. The fort has been managed by the Association des Amis du Fort de Bourlémont (AAFB) since 1997, which provides...
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Fort du Mont Bart is located to the south of Montbéliard, France. It was built between November 1874 and July 1877 as part of the Séré de Rivières system...
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fort was linked to other forts around Belfort via the Chemins de fer du Territoire de Belfort strategic railroad. The fort was modernized between 1908...
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Séré de Rivières system (section Forts)
barrière de fer: l'architecture des forts du général Séré de Rivières (1872–1914) [The Iron Wall: The Architecture of the Forts of General Séré de Rivières (1872–1914)]...
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included the construction of Fort de Montessuy and Fort de Caluire to the north; Fort des Brotteaux, Fort Montluc and Fort du Colombier to the east; the...
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embrasures (inside the fort) Observatiore du Fort de Maulde: two automatic rifle cloches (GFM-B) (inside the fort) Casemate du 155 du Fort de Maulde: one 155mm...
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The Fort des Dunes, also known as Fort Leffrinckoucke and sometime Fort de l'Est, is located in the commune of Leffrinckoucke, France, about 6 kilometres...
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Restauration du Fort d'Uxegney et de la Place d'Epinal. 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010. Vaubourg, Cédric & Julie (2010). "Le fort de Bois l'Abbé ou fort Poniatowski"...
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August 2011. "Le squat du fort de Vancia évacué". Retrieved 20 August 2011. LA FRICHE VANCIA, retrieved 20 August 2011 The fort [www.city-http://www...
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