The Maginot Four à Chaux

On the 17th of June 1940, with the Battle of France definitively lost, Maréchal Pétain awkwardly announced to the French people a cease fire. The German army took advantage of this by attacking the last standing French fortification: the …

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On the 17th of June 1940, with the Battle of France definitively lost, Maréchal Pétain awkwardly announced to the French people a cease fire. The German army took advantage of this by attacking the last standing French fortification: the Maginot line. On the morning of June 19, the 215.ID under command of general Kniess, attacked the Infantry bunkers between the two main fortresses of Grand Hohekirkel and Four à Chaux. Supported by the divisional Artillery and dive bombing from Stukas, and progressing under the cover of surrounding woods, the Germans captured the isolated bunkers one by one. Despite German success, the main fortresses remained unconquered until the armistice.

Ouvrage Four-à-Chaux, France

The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. On 3 September 1939 France had declared war on Germany, following the German invasion of Poland. In early September 1939, France began the limited Saar Offensive. By mid-October, the French had withdrawn to their start lines. In six weeks from 10 May 1940, German forces defeated Allied forces by mobile operations, conquering France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, ending land operations on the Western Front until the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944. Italy entered the war on 10 June 1940.

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