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The Maginot Line (/ ˈ m æ ʒ ɪ n oʊ /; French: Ligne Maginot [liɲ maʒino]), [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.
French soldiers in the Franco-Prussian War 1870–71 British 64 Pounder Rifled Muzzle-Loaded (RML) Gun on a Moncrieff disappearing mount, at Scaur Hill Fort, Bermuda. This is a part of a fixed battery, meant to protect against over-land attack and to serve as coastal artillery.
C. Calibres de France; Canet gun; Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP; Canon de 4 Gribeauval; Canon de 6 système An XI; Canon de 8 Gribeauval; Canon de 12 Gribeauval
The Mont Canisy battery was a World War II German artillery battery constructed close to the French village of Benerville-sur-Mer in the Calvados department in the Lower Normandy region. Located on the highest ground in Normandy (110 m (360 ft) high), the vantage point overlooks the Côte Fleurie .
A bastion fort or trace italienne (a phrase derived from non-standard French, meaning 'Italian outline') is a fortification in a style developed during the early modern period in response to the ascendancy of gunpowder weapons such as cannon, which rendered earlier medieval approaches to fortification obsolete.
More than half a million French workers were drafted to build it. The wall was frequently mentioned in Nazi propaganda, where its size and strength were usually exaggerated. The fortifications included colossal coastal guns, batteries, mortars, and artillery, and thousands of artillery pieces were stationed in its defences.
The committee was created by a presidential decree on 28 July 1872, with nine members from the Ministry of War and representatives from artillery and military engineering. General Séré de Rivières, commander of engineering for the Second Army Corps of Versailles , was named secretary of the committee in 1873 and on 1 February 1874, he was ...
In 1823 a replica Carnot wall was constructed at Woolwich, Kent to test Carnot's theories. This wall was 21 feet (6.4 m) high and 22 feet (6.7 m) long. The tapering wall was 7 feet (2.1 m) thick at its base and 6 feet (1.8 m) thick at the top. [22] A rampart of equal height with the wall was built in front of it to represent that of a real fort ...