Ouvrage Mauvais Bois
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| Ouvrage Mauvais Bois | |
|---|---|
| Part of Maginot Line | |
| Northeast France | |
| Built | |
| Construction materials |
Concrete, steel |
| In use | |
| Current condition |
Abandoned |
| Current owner |
Private |
| Controlled by | France |
| Battles/wars | Battle of France |
| Type of work: | Small infantry work (Petit ouvrage - infantry) |
|---|---|
| sector └─sub-sector |
Fortified Sector of Crusnes └─Sub-sector of Morfontaine |
| Number of blocks: | 3 |
| Strength: | 139 |
Ouvrage Mauvais Bois formed part of the Fortified Sector of Crusnes on the Maginot Line. It was located between the gros ouvrage Latiremont and the petit ouvrage Bois du Four, facing the Belgium/Luxembourg border.
The petit ouvrage was unusually powerfully equipped, with a 135mm gun turret and two 75mm gun turrets.
In 1940 the ouvrage was regularly bombarded, but not directly attacked by German infantry.
- Block 1: Entry, one machine gun/anti-tank gun embrasure (JM/AC 47), two GFM cloches and one machine gun cloche (JM)
- Block 2: one JM/AC47 embrasure, one JM embrasure and two GFM cloches.
- Block 3: one machine gun turret and two GFM cloches.
[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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