• Helios-Verlag, Aachen, 2010. Heye, Festung Metz. – Vierteljahreshefte für Pioniere, 1936, p215 Heye, Festung Metz und ihre Bedeutung in den August-Kämpfen...
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  • (Ingenieur-Inspektion) IV, where he served as an engineer officer in the Metz Fortification Command (Festung Metz). On 22 March 1910 he was promoted to Oberstleutnant. His...
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  • division began the war as part of the central reserve of Fortress Metz (Hauptreserve/Festung Metz). Although designated a reserve division, it was initially...
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  • high–school studies, Franz Mattenklott applied to enter an infantry regiment in Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, then part of the German Empire. After successfully taking...
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    Toruń Fortress (Polish: Twierdza Toruń, ‹See Tfd›German: Festung Thorn) is a historic fortress located in Toruń, Poland, one of the largest fortresses...
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    Poznań Fortress, known in German as Festung Posen (Polish: Twierdza Poznań) was a set of fortifications in the city of Poznań (German: Posen) in western...
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    grounds of the Mainz Citadel, and held 700 POWs. Rosenberg. Located in Festung Rosenberg above the town of Kronach. Charles de Gaulle was held as a POW...
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    Inc., 1990. ISBN 0-8343-0091-5 J.-P. Koltz, Baugeschichte der Stadt und Festung Luxemburg, I. Band Kreins (2003), p.64 Kreins (2003), pp.64–5 Ermesinde...
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    orthography, Kowelenz. Around 1000 BC, early fortifications were erected on the Festung Ehrenbreitstein hill on the opposite side of the Rhine. In 55 BC, Roman...
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  • World War II fortresses / Fortress Europe Alpine Fortress Atlantic Wall Festung Norwegen Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen Siegfried Line Floriana Lines...
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