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    Bondues (French pronunciation: [bɔ̃dy]; Dutch: Bonduwe) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Since 1997, Bondues has housed a Museum...
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    Fort de Joux (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ də ʒu]) or Château de Joux (French pronunciation: [ʃato də ʒu]) is a castle, later transformed into a fort,...
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    Fort Vaux (French: Fort de Vaux), in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was a polygonal fort forming part of the ring of 19 large defensive works intended...
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    Fort Douaumont (French: Fort de Douaumont) was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun...
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    The Fort de Vaujours, located in the commune of Courtry, Seine-Saint-Denis, near the town of Vaujours, is one of the forts built at the end of the 19th...
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    telephone. Fort Souville is located south of Fort Douaumont and southwest of Fort Vaux. The fort was one of the first forts of the Séré de Rivières system...
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    2.53167 Fort de Sucy was built following the Franco-Prussian War to defend Paris. Located to the southeast of Paris in Sucy-en-Brie, the fort was part...
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    The Fort de Seclin, also known as Fort Duhoux, is located near the commune of Seclin, France, about 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) south of Lille. Built from...
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    The Fort de Saint-Cyr, located in the commune of Montigny-le-Bretonneux, (Yvelines), is one of the forts built at the end of the 19th century to defend...
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  • special tribunal of the 65 Corps of German Army he was shot at Fort Bondues [fr] (Bondues) on 20 January 1944. Odette Hardy-Hémery; Julien Lucchini; Laurent...
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