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  2. German occupation of north-east France during World War I

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    German soldiers resting during the occupation of the town of Hautmont. German occupation of the city hall (hôtel de ville) of Caudry, France, during World War I.. The German occupation of north-east France refers to the period in which French territory, mostly along the border with Belgium and Luxembourg, was under military occupation by the German Empire during World War I.

  3. Western Front (World War I) - Wikipedia

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    Western Front; Part of the European theatre of World War I: Clockwise from top left: Men of the Royal Irish Rifles, concentrated in the trench, right before going over the top on the First day on the Somme; British soldier carries a wounded comrade from the battlefield on the first day of the Somme; A young German soldier during the Battle of Ginchy; American infantry storming a German bunker ...

  4. Armistice of 11 November 1918 - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the Western Front as it stood on 11 November 1918. The German frontier of 1914 had been crossed only in the vicinities of Mulhouse, Château-Salins, and Marieulles in Alsace-Lorraine. In November 1918, the Allies had ample supplies of manpower and materiel to invade Germany.

  5. Maginot Line - Wikipedia

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    Operation Nordwind (1945) The Maginot Line (French: Ligne Maginot, IPA: [liɲ maʒino]), 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.

  6. Zone rouge - Wikipedia

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    The zone rouge (English: red zone) is a chain of non-contiguous areas throughout northeastern France that the French government isolated after the First World War. The land, which originally covered more than 1,200 square kilometres (460 square miles), was deemed too physically and environmentally damaged by conflict for human habitation.

  7. Battle of Valenciennes (1918) - Wikipedia

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    1,800 surrendered [1] The Battle of Valenciennes was part of the Hundred Days Offensive at the end of World War I. The battle took place during the final phase of the Great War, from 28 October to 2 November 1918 and saw the Canadian Corps re-capture the northern French city of Valenciennes and surrounding areas from the German Army.

  8. File:Blank map of Europe 1914.svg - Wikipedia

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    2011-04-10T02:48:52Z Alphathon 680x520 (505569 Bytes) Tweaked Germany and surrounding countries based on info from "File:Germany_general_map.png" 2011-04-10T01:54:05Z Alphathon 680x520 (493733 Bytes) Converted all lakes back to separate layer. Added Finish lakes and tweaked Finland shape based on "File:Finland 1996 CIA map.jpg".

  9. Fortifications of Metz - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 49°07′04″N 6°11′08″E. Franco-German border, 1914. The fortifications of Metz, a city in northeastern France, are extensive, due to the city's strategic position near the border of France and Germany. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the area was annexed by the newly created German Empire in 1871 by the Treaty of ...

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