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01-01-2008, 10:28 PM
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 | Villy la Ferte - Maginot Line Owen's post about Sedan reminded me of a recent, unplanned, visit to Villy la Ferte, a section of the Maginot Line not far from Sedan. I first visited it in 1999, and went several times managing to explore the whole site. It is in a good state of preservation, with many of the ground level features completely intact. Inside the fighting bunkers have most of their weaponry, and you walk the entire length of the tunnel systems. On my last visit it was closed to visitors, but I managed to get some photos. Hope you enjoy them. First the external fighting bunkers on the approach roads.
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01-01-2008, 10:31 PM
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| Anti-tank rails, barbed-wire and general views.
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01-01-2008, 10:33 PM
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| OP cupola and 155mm turret.
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01-01-2008, 10:34 PM
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| Yes mate, that's the place - nice map. I was going to include some web links. More photos, first.
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01-01-2008, 10:37 PM
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| Most of the garrison died through asphyxiation. A German round struck the fume extractors, gassing all those inside. Some bodies were not found until the 1970s. Memorial, and then graves in the military cemetery.
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01-01-2008, 10:39 PM
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| Some web links: Fort de Villy-la-Ferté (Ardennes ) : ligne Maginot Le souvenir de la 2čme GM dans la Marne et dans les Ardennes - Le Fort de Villy-la-Ferté présenté par Jean-Pierre Husson Map of the site: 
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01-01-2008, 10:41 PM
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01-01-2008, 10:46 PM
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| And as there seems to have been an outbreak of the book; turn to pages 292-296 of your copies of 'Blitzkrieg in the West' gents  .Some fine, and one grim, contemporary photographs.
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01-01-2008, 10:50 PM
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| Yes, I was pleased to see those photos of Villy in that book.
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