Fortified Sector of Haguenau

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The Fortified Sector of Haguenau was a key northeastern segment of France’s Maginot Line, comprising numerous bunkers and ouvrages designed to defend the border with Germany before and during World War II.

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Fortified Sector of Rohrbach 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortified sector
military defensive line
borderWith Germany
builtFor strategic defense
constructionBegan interwar period
controlledBy France
country France
defensiveSystemType fixed fortifications
permanent fortifications
designedTo defend France from German invasion
era World War II
interwar period
faces Germany
garrisonedBy French troops
geographicalOrientation northeastern France
hasFunction border defense
delay enemy advance
hasMilitaryInfrastructure ammunition magazines
armored turrets
cloches
combat blocks
communication tunnels
underground barracks
hasPart anti-tank obstacles
artillery ouvrages
barbed wire entanglements
blockhouses
bunkers
casemates
infantry ouvrages
observation posts
ouvrages
supporting infantry positions
underground galleries
locatedIn Alsace
Bas-Rhin
locatedNear German border
Haguenau
locatedOn Franco-German border
surface form: French–German border
namedAfter Haguenau
operator French Army
partOf French border defenses
Maginot Line
Maginot Line
surface form: northeastern Maginot Line
strategicRole key northeastern segment of the Maginot Line
usedDuringConflict World War II

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Ouvrage Schoenenbourg partOf Fortified Sector of Haguenau
Ouvrage Simserhof partOf Fortified Sector of Haguenau
this entity surface form: Fortified Sector of Rohrbach