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  2. List of forts - Wikipedia

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    Early colonial defense works constructed before the 19th century were primarily small coastal batteries built of stone having anywhere from two to ten guns. Some of these early forts and batteries are the oldest standing masonry forts in the new world. Later forts constructed by the royal engineers were much larger and more complex. Fort St ...

  3. Western Russian fortresses - Wikipedia

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    In 1909, General Vladimir Sukhomlinov, the new War Minister for the Russian Empire, planned to demolish the western fortress system believing the forts were obsolete. Sukhomlinov's plan was overruled by a vote in the Imperial Duma , instead it was decided to strengthen and expand the system instead, and construction of the new forts was still ...

  4. List of forts in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of historical forts in the United States. World War II military reservations containing 8-inch and larger gun batteries are also included. World War II military reservations containing 8-inch and larger gun batteries are also included.

  5. List of bastion forts - Wikipedia

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    The outlines of some other star forts from the English Civil War exist. These were often built of ditches and earthen ramparts and were redoubts built to defend weak points in older fortifications such as Fort Royal Hill , Worcester, was built to defend a hill within 17th-century artillery range of the city's medieval walls.

  6. Przemyśl Fortress - Wikipedia

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    Przemyśl fortress (Polish: Twierdza Przemyśl) is a series of fortifications around Przemyśl, Poland.It was constructed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire from the mid 19th century until the First World War in sections, depending on the diplomatic relations between Austria and the Russian Empire, and saw extensive combat during World War I. [1] Originally captured by the Russian Army, it was ...

  7. Category : Military units and formations of World War I

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  8. Fort Douaumont - Wikipedia

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    Fort Douaumont was still only manned by a maintenance crew of only 56 troops and a few gunners. The highest-ranked soldier in the fort was an NCO named Chenot. On 25 February, elements of the German 24th Brandenburg Regiment ( 6 Infanterie-Division, III Armeekorps ) approached Fort Douaumont from the north, as a reconnaissance or raiding party.

  9. List of fortifications - Wikipedia

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    Fort Carré; Fort Jesus, built in the 15th century in Mombassa by the Portuguese; Götavirke (Sweden) Great Wall of China, built as a protection from the northern steppe nomads; Great Abatis Border; Gustav Line, a fortified German defensive line in Italy during the Second World War; Hadrian's Wall, built by the Romans in northern Britain