Ouvrage Anzeling

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Coordinates: 49°15′00″N, 6°27′00″E

Ouvrage Anzeling
Part of Maginot Line
Northeast France
Built 1930-1938
Construction
materials
Concrete, steel
In use Abandoned
Controlled by France
Battles/wars Battle of France
Ouvrage Anzeling
Type of work: Large artillery work (Grand ouvrage)
sector
└─sub-sector
Fortified Sector of Boulay
└─Sub-sector of Burtoncourt
Work number: A25
Constructed: 1930-1938
Regiment: 162nd Fortress Infantry Regiment (RIF) - 153rd Position Artillery Regiment (RAP)
Number of blocks: 9
Strength: 732 enlisted + 27 officers

Ouvrage Anzeling was a gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line, part of the Fortified Sector of Boulay. It is located between petit ouvrage Bousse and petit ouvrage Berenbach, facing Germany. It connsisted of two entrance blocks, three infantry blocks and four artillery blocks.

[edit] References

  • Allcorn, William. The Maginot Line 1928-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-84176-646-1
  • Kauffmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W. Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II, 2006. ISBN 0-275-98345-5

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