Fort du Trou d'Enfer

The Fort du Trou-d'Enfer , as Réduit du Trou-d'Enfer known is one of the fortresses around the French capital Paris has been built around it. It is located in Marly-le-Roi , about 15 kilometers west of Paris, in the Yvelines department . The fortress was built between 1878 and 1881 for a garrison of 800 men. It was classified as a réduit because it was surrounded by numerous smaller batteries. During the German occupation 1940-1944 soldiers of the Wehrmacht were stationed there. When they retreated, they blew up parts of the fortress. The fortress is named after a nearby farm.

history

During the Franco-Prussian War , France was partly occupied by Prussian and German troops in 1870/71. For this reason, after the defeat in 1871, the fortresses were expanded and modernized between 1874 and 1881, including the Fort du Trou d'Enfer. The defense system called Barrière de fer , when completed, comprised a large number of forts and batteries.

Members Albert Dovecar and Claude Piegts the OAS were executed in the fortress 1962nd

The fortress is now open to the public and houses a state forestry agency.

Other forts in Yvelines are:

• Battery de Bouviers
• Battery du Ravin de Bouviers
• Fort you Haut-Buc
• Fort de Saint-Cyr
• Fort de Bois-d'Arcy

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jean Puelinckx: Trou d'Enfer (you réduit). In: Index de la fortification française 1874–1914. Retrieved September 4, 2014 (French). 
2. ^ Albert Dovecar et sa tombe. Henri Pouillot, accessed September 4, 2014 (French). 

Coordinates: 48 ° 50 '56.7 "  N , 2 ° 5' 11.6"  E