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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)
The forts of Metz are two fortified belts around the city of Metz in Lorraine. [note 1] Built according to the design and theory of Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières at the end of the Second Empire—and later Hans von Biehler while Metz was under German control—they earned the city the reputation of premier stronghold of the German reich. [1]
[14] [27] The fort is now operated as a museum and may be visited by the public. [17] Fort Sasso da Pigna was built during the early part of World War II, becoming operational in 1943, effectively replacing Redoubt Hospiz. The fort consists of an eastern battery overlooking the Leventina valley and a western battery overlooking the Bedretto ...
There had been a first city wall dating to the 11th or 12th century. The existence of such an early wall had been suggested, but the mainstream view assumed that the town had been unfortified – the remains of the Roman castle at the Vicus Turicum, and a so-called Kaiserpfalz on Lindenhof hill excepted – before the 13th century, until the chance discovery of remnants of the first wall ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... City walls in Germany (1 C, 9 P) F. ... Pages in category "Fortifications in Germany"
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 Swiss National Redoubt, outlined in heavy red. Fortress Saint-Maurice is one of the three main fortification complexes comprising the Swiss National Redoubt.The westernmost of the three, Fortress Saint-Maurice complements Fortress Saint Gotthard and Fortress Sargans to secure the central alpine region of Switzerland against an invading force.
While the German Operation Tannenbaum set forth a plan to invade Switzerland, the operation was never carried out. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 7 ] The Swiss war plan, devised by General Henri Guisan , envisioned the use of the Border Line as a delaying position, backed by a further hold line, the so-called Army Line, to give the bulk of Swiss forces time to ...