List of fortifications in and around Verdun
The French city of Verdun on the Meuse , as an old garrison and fortress city, was massively fortified in the period before the First World War and incorporated into the Barrière de fer . There are numerous systems of different sizes:
Systems on the right bank of the Maas
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- Fort de Belrupt
- Fort de Belleville
- Fort de Douaumont
- Fort de Genicourt
- Fort de Haudainville
- Fort de Moulainville
- Fort de Rozelier
- Fort de Souville
- Fort du Saint-Michel
- Fort de Tavannes
- Fort de Vaux
Ouvrages
- Ouvrage de Bezonvaux
- Ouvrage de Chatilion
- Ouvrage de Derame
- Ouvrage d'Eix
- Ouvrage de Froideterre
- Ouvrage de Hardaumont
- Ouvrage de Jaulny
- Ouvrage de l'Orient
- Ouvrage de la Lauffée
- Ouvrage de Manesel
- Ouvrage de Thiaumont
- Ouvrage de (Bois) St. Symphorien
- Ouvrage "D" / Le Morpion
Batteries / infantry works / tunnels / ammunition stores
- Battery de l'Hopital
- Batteries and infantry at Froideterre
- Batteries and infantry on the Thiaumont hill
- Connection batteries and Inf. Works Fort Douaumont
- Connection batteries and Inf. Works Fort Vaux
- Connection batteries and Inf. Works Fort Belleville
- Connection batteries and Inf. Works Fort St. Michel
- Connection batteries and Inf. Works Fort Souville
- Twin gun turrets at Fort Souville
- Connection batteries and Inf. Works Fort Belrupt
- Connection batteries south and north Fort Rozelier
- Battery you damloup
- Battery de la Chenoise
- Abri des Quatre Cheminees
- Petit Depot / quarry at 579
- Kloebe tunnel (formerly German position near Ft.Vaux)
- Lindow tunnel (formerly German position near Ft.Vaux)
- Rosencrantz tunnel (formerly German position near Ft.Vaux)
Miscellaneous
Systems on the left bank of the Maas
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- Fort de Bois Bourrus
- Fort de Choisel
- Away you Chana
- Fort de la Chaume
- Fort de Dugny
- Fort de Landrecourt
- Fort de Marre
- Away you Regret
- Fort des Sartelles
- Fort de Vacherauville
Ouvrages
- Ouvrage de Baleycourt
- Ouvrage du Bois de Chapitre (at Landrecourt)
- Ouvrage de la Bois
- Ouvrage de Charny
- Ouvrage de Fromereville
- Ouvrage de la Falouse
- Ouvrage de Germonville
Batteries / infantry works / tunnels / ammunition stores
- Poste de la Belle Epine
- Batteries between Ft. Vacherauville and Ft. Bois Bourrus
- Battery de la Bois du Chene
- Batteries before Ft. you regret
- Batteries between Ft. de Landrecourt and Ouvrage de la Falouse
- Kronprinzentunnel (formerly German position)
- Gallwitztunnel (formerly German position)
- Bismarck Tunnel (formerly Runckel Tunnel) (formerly German position)
- Caurrettes Tunnel (formerly German position)
Plants in the city
See also
- Fixed place in Verdun
- Barrière de fer (also "Système Séré de Rivières")
- Kaisertunnel (Argonnen)
Web links
- Fortresses around Verdun Current pictures, historical pictures, map
- Ecole militaire et d'application du génie. Division d'application A, 1ère année. Cours de fortification: 3rd partie historical book from 1927, with plans of the fortifications around Verdun, which were supplemented by artillery hits and destruction