Commission d’Organisation des Régions Fortifiées

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French military engineering organization military planning commission

The Commission d’Organisation des Régions Fortifiées was the French military engineering body responsible for planning and overseeing the construction of the Maginot Line’s fortified regions before World War II.

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Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French military engineering organization ⓘ military planning commission ⓘ
aim	creation of continuous fortified regions ⓘ protection of French territory against invasion ⓘ
appliesTo	Alpine fortified sectors ⓘ Maginot Line ⓘ surface form: French eastern frontier defenses
appliesToJurisdiction	French Army ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
field	defense planning ⓘ fortification design ⓘ military engineering ⓘ
hasDomain	border fortifications ⓘ permanent defensive works ⓘ
hasEffect	creation of heavily fortified regions along the German border ⓘ development of specialized fortification engineering expertise in France ⓘ standardized design of French interwar fortifications ⓘ
hasTask	coordination of construction contracts ⓘ cost estimation for fortified sectors ⓘ definition of fortified regions along French borders ⓘ design of ouvrages and casemates ⓘ standardization of fortification plans ⓘ technical supervision of fortification works ⓘ
influencedBy	World War I trench warfare experience ⓘ lessons from German offensives in World War I ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
location	Paris ⓘ
mainSubject	Maginot Line ⓘ
nativeName	Commission d’Organisation des Régions Fortifiées self-link ⓘ
notableWork	design of major Maginot Line ouvrages ⓘ layout of Maginot Line defensive sectors ⓘ
operatingPeriod	before World War II ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
partOf	Ministry of the Armed Forces of France ⓘ surface form: French Ministry of War
relatedTo	French fortification policy in the 1930s ⓘ Maginot Line ⓘ
reportsTo	French high command ⓘ
responsibleFor	overseeing construction of fortified regions of the Maginot Line ⓘ planning fortified regions of the Maginot Line ⓘ
shortName	CORF ⓘ
uses	armored turrets and cloches in fortifications ⓘ reinforced concrete fortification techniques ⓘ underground gallery systems in forts ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ouvrage Simserhof → builtBy → Commission d’Organisation des Régions Fortifiées ⓘ

Ouvrage Schoenenbourg → designedBy → Commission d’Organisation des Régions Fortifiées ⓘ

Commission d’Organisation des Régions Fortifiées → nativeName → Commission d’Organisation des Régions Fortifiées self-link ⓘ