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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.
Ouvrage Latiremont is a gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line, located in the Fortified Sector of the Crusnes, sub-sector of Arrancy.It lies between the gros ouvrage Fermont and the petit ouvrage Mauvais Bois, facing Belgium.
Ouvrage Hackenberg, one of the largest (a gros ouvrage) of the Maginot Line fortifications, is part of the Fortified Sector of Boulay.It is situated twenty kilometres east of Thionville, in the Moselle département, near the village of Veckring, on the Hackenberg (343 metres).
Here is the list of all ouvrages of the Maginot Line, organized by sector and type of fortification. Ouvrage translates as "works" in English: published documents in both English and French refer to these fortifications in this manner, rather than as "forts".
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The Rochonvillers site was surveyed by CORF (Commission d'Organisation des Régions Fortifiées), the Maginot Line's design and construction agency, in 1929. Work by the contractor, Campernon-Bernard, began the next year, [ 3 ] and the position became operational in 1935, [ 4 ] at a cost of 123 million francs, the third most expensive ouvrage ...
C. Camp du Ban-Saint-Jean; Ouvrage Cap Martin; Casemate du Grand-Lot; Ouvrage Castillon; Ouvrage Cave-à-Canon; Ouvrage Champ de Tir; Ouvrage Chatelard; Ouvrage Chesnois
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