Blockhouse Chemin de la Contesse (La Ferté-sur-Chiers)

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CHEMIN de la CONTESSE - Infantry Blockhouse (Fortified Sector of Montmedy)
Armored Home - see gun ports in ground floor in GoStreetView
The village did fight in May 1940 against the German attack on the Ouvrage.

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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortified_Sector_of_Montmédy

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Coordinates: 49°34'28"N 5°14'41"E

Exit Tunnel 1.2 km
Tunnel La Ferte 1.4 km
Maginot Line Artillery Casemate Villy la FERTE Sud 1.4 km
Maginot Line Ouvrage La Ferté 1.6 km
Maginot Line Ouvrage Chenois 5.9 km
Maginot Line Ouvrage Chenois Combat Blocks 6.3 km
Maginot Line Petite Ouvrage Thonnelle 11 km
Maginot Line Casemate Ecouviez Est 16 km
Maginot Line Gros Ouvrage Velosnes 17 km
Maginot Line Ouvrage Ferme Chappy Block 2 31 km

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