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The fortifications of the Séré de Rivières system of the 1880s were designed to defend the new eastern frontier following the Franco-Prussian War. With the recovery of these territories following World War I, most of the Séré de Rivières forts were deep in the interior of north-eastern France and not useful.
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The Séré de Rivières system was an ensemble of fortifications built from 1874 along the frontiers, ridges and coasts of France.The fortifications were named after their architect, Brigadier-General Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières.
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, France, since the 1890s. By 1915, the French General Staff had concluded that even the best-protected forts of Verdun could not withstand bombardments from the German 420 mm (16.5 in) Gamma ...
The Maginot Line (French: Ligne Maginot, [lˈiɲ maʒinˈo]), [a] [1] named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, is a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Nazi Germany and force them to move around the fortifications.
Fort Augusta was a stronghold in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the upper Susquehanna Valley from the time of the French and Indian War to the close of the American Revolution. At the time, it was the largest British fort in Pennsylvania, with earthen walls more than two hundred feet long topped by wooden fortifications.
French border defenses before World War II (24 P) H. Hill forts in France ... Vauban fortifications in France ...
With a budget of 10,000,000 francs (approximately €67,000,000 as of 2015) allocated for Lyon between 1831 and 1839, [3] this first project included the restoration of the fortifications between Croix Rousse and Fourvière; the construction of two forts on the plateau of Caluire (Fort de Montessuy and Fort de Caluire, connected by the Enceinte ...