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From the 19th century fortifications were built near the border at strategically important pass crossings and train tunnels. Basel-Kleinhüningen, former French Kleinhüningen Fortress with Rhine bridgehead on the former Schusterinsel (silted up) Bern; Fortification Bellinzona; Fortification Hauenstein; Fortification Murten; Dufour fortifications
These two forts, opposite the earlier Savatan and Dailly forts, completed the major portion of the Fortress Saint-Maurice ensemble in the early 20th century. Scex is primarily an artillery fort, which Cindey is a mixed artillery and infantry position. [4] The forts, together with the Grotte aux Fées natural cave, are open to public tours. [8]
Königstein Fortress (German: Festung Königstein), the "Saxon Bastille", is a hilltop fortress near Dresden, in Saxon Switzerland, Germany, above the town of Königstein on the left bank of the River Elbe. It is one of the largest hilltop fortifications in Europe and sits atop the table hill of the same name.
The National Redoubt fortifications, when compared to contemporary French, Belgian, German, or Czech fortifications, were much more extensive and heavily armed than the Maginot Line, the Belgian border fortifications, the Siegfried Line, or the Czechoslovak border fortifications. While the Maginot fortifications were typically armed with short ...
Fort de Dailly is one of the largest and most heavily armed forts in Switzerland, and the central position in Fortress Saint-Maurice. [6] The artillery fort is located on the end of the Dailly massif at a higher level than Savatan, with fields of fire to the north, west and south.
Fortifications of Switzerland built in the 20th century (2 C, 4 P) Forts in Switzerland (3 P) N. National Redoubt (Switzerland) (1 C, 1 P) R. Roman fortifications in ...
Construction work started in 1885 near the village of Douaumont, on some of the highest ground in the area and the fort was continually reinforced until 1913. It has a total surface area of 30,000 m 2 (36,000 sq yd) and is approximately 400 m (440 yd) long, with two subterranean levels protected by a steel reinforced concrete roof 12 m (13 yd) thick resting on a sand cushion.
Fort Ebersberg, also known as Fort Rüdlingen, was built between 1938 and 1940 in the Swiss Canton of Zurich to guard the Rhine against a German invasion at the opening of World War II. It is the only such position in the Zurich canton, located near the town of Berg am Irchel .