High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Fortified Sector of Maubeuge (Secteur Fortifie de Maubeuge) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot Line between the French border with Belgium and Maubeuge, a distance of about 70 kilometres (43 mi). The sector was not as strongly defended as other sections of the Maginot Line Large portions of the Maubeuge sector were defended by blockhouses or casemates. The sector includes only four ouvrages of the type found in stronger sections of the Line, arranged in an arc to the north and east of the fortified city of Maubeuge, incorporating defenses from the First World War. The Maubeuge sector and the Fortified Sector of the Escaut were the final sections of the Maginot line to be authorized, and were termed the "New Fronts." In the Battle of France the large fortifications of Maubeuge successfully resisted determined German bombardments and infantry attacks, despite their failure to protect...

В наличии:
	Books.Ru - 1128 руб.	Перейти
Под заказ:
	OZON.ru - 1125 руб.	Перейти

Рейтинг книги: 5 из 5, 4 голос(-ов).