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Ouvrage Galgenberg

Index Ouvrage Galgenberg

Ouvrage Galgenberg forms a portion of the Fortified Sector of Thionville of the Maginot Line. [1]

23 relations: AC 47 anti-tank gun, Atlantic Wall, Battle of France, Czechoslovak border fortifications, Fortified Sector of Thionville, France, GFM cloche, JM cloche, LG cloche, List of Maginot Line ouvrages, Lorraine Campaign, Maginot Line, Meuse, Moselle, Ouvrage Kobenbusch, Ouvrage Molvange, Ouvrage Oberheid, Ouvrage Rochonvillers, Ouvrage Soetrich, Saar (river), Siegfried Line, VDP cloche, Warsaw Pact.

AC 47 anti-tank gun

The AC 47 was a French anti-tank gun of 47mm caliber.

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Atlantic Wall

The Atlantic Wall (Atlantikwall) was an extensive system of coastal defence and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental Europe and Scandinavia as a defence against an anticipated Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe from the United Kingdom during World War II.

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Battle of France

The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War.

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Czechoslovak border fortifications

The Czechoslovak government built a system of border fortifications, as well as some fortified defensive lines inland, from 1935 to 1938 as a defensive countermeasure against the rising threat of Nazi Germany.

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Fortified Sector of Thionville

The Fortified Sector of Thionville (Secteur fortifié de Thionville) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot Line immediately to the north of Thionville.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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GFM cloche

The GFM cloche was one of the most common defensive armaments on the Maginot Line.

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JM cloche

The JM cloche is an element of the Maginot Line.

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LG cloche

The LG cloche was a defensive element common to many Maginot Line ouvrages.

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List of Maginot Line ouvrages

Here is the list of all ouvrages of the Maginot Line, organized by sector and type of fortification.

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Lorraine Campaign

Lorraine Campaign is a term used by U.S. Army historians to describe operations of the U.S. Third Army in Lorraine during World War II from September 1 through December 18, 1944.

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Maginot Line

The Maginot Line (Ligne Maginot), named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, was a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Germany and force them to move around the fortifications.

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Meuse

The Meuse (la Meuse; Walloon: Moûze) or Maas (Maas; Maos or Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea.

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Moselle

The Moselle (la Moselle,; Mosel; Musel) is a river flowing through France, Luxembourg, and Germany.

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Ouvrage Kobenbusch

Ouvrage Kobenbusch is a gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line, located in the Fortified Sector of Thionville in the Cattenom forest.

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Ouvrage Molvange

Ouvrage Molvange is a large work, or gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line.

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Ouvrage Oberheid

Ouvrage Oberheid, also called Ouvrage Oberheide, forms a portion of the Fortified Sector of Thionville of the Maginot Line in northeast France.

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Ouvrage Rochonvillers

Ouvrage Rochonvillers is one of the largest of the Maginot Line fortifications.

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Ouvrage Soetrich

Ouvrage Soetrich is a gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line in northeastern France.

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Saar (river)

The Saar (Sarre; Saar) is a river in northeastern France and western Germany, and a right tributary of the Moselle.

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Siegfried Line

The term Siegfried Line refers to two different German defensive lines, one during the First World War and the other during the Second World War.

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VDP cloche

The VDP cloche was an element of the Maginot Line fortifications.

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Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact, formally known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defence treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War.

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Casemate du Sonnenberg, Observatoire de Cattenom, Observatoire du Cattenom.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouvrage_Galgenberg

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