The Fortified Sector of Lille (Secteur Fortifié de Lille) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the French border...

inundations in the vicinity of Dunkirk. The Fortified Sector of Flanders was bordered on the east by the Fortified Sector of Lille It was quickly overrun by...

Here is the list of all ouvrages of the Maginot Line, organized by sector and type of fortification. Ouvrage translates as "works" in English: published...

The Fortified Sector of the Escaut (Secteur Fortifié de l'Escaut), also known as the Fortified Sector of the Schelde, was the French military organization...

Carcassonne is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, region of Occitania. It is the prefecture of the department. Inhabited since the Neolithic...

The history of Lille dates back to the 11th century when Baudouin V of Flanders endowed the recently founded collegiate church of Saint-Pierre with a...

into an impregnable fortified position that would seal the frontier". The false sense of security contributed "to the development of the "Maginot mentality"...

Mountain Infantry Division 66th Mountain Infantry Division Fortified Sector of Savoy Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné 15th Corps: General Alfred Montagne Corps...

umbrella of the 101st Fortress Infantry Division, 1st Army, Army Group 1. See Fortified Sector of Maubeuge for a broader discussion of the events of 1940...

umbrella of the 101st Fortress Infantry Division, 1st Army, Army Group 1. See Fortified Sector of Maubeuge for a broader discussion of the events of 1940...