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The Maginot Line fort
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: Jean Francois Rondeau
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10 May 1940. The Germans pushed rapidly through the Belgian Ardennes and went round the famous Maginot Line. It didn’t suffered at all, except in Villy where the German army bombarded the fortified structure with over 250 cannons. The shock was terrible, but the garrison stood its ground for three days. Eventually, the Germans overcame the resistance by placing charges beneath the domes. Inside, it was hell: 104 soldiers were asphyxiated.
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49.5844385.2366054
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192 m
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Fort de Villy La Ferté
08370 La ferte sur chiers
Tel : 0033(0)3 24 42 35 76
Web : www.ouvragelaferte.fr/
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3110SB - CARIGNAN MOUZON
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Collection : TOP 25 ET SÉRIE BLEUE
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111 METZ VERDUN THIONVILLE PNR DE LORRAINE VALLÉE DE LA MOSELLE
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105 CHARLEVILLE-MÉZIÈRES VERDUN FÔRET DES ARDENNES VALLÉE DE LA MEUSE
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D02-08 AISNE ARDENNES
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D51-55 MARNE MEUSE
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PAYS-BAS BELGIQUE LUXEMBOURG
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EUROPE
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