- Ouvrage Mottemberg
Infobox Military Structure
name=Ouvrage Mottemberg
partof=Maginot Line
location=NortheastFrance
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battles=Battle of France
events=Maginot Line Infobox
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sector=Fortified Sector of Boulay
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caption=Ouvrage Mottemberg was a lesser work ("petit ouvrage") of the
Maginot Line . The ouvrage consisted of one entrance block and two infantry blocks, and is located between "petits ouvrages" Coume Annexe Sud and Kerfent, facingGermany .History
On 21 June 1940, Mottemberg fired on German troops attacking "petit ouvrage" Kerfent. Since Mottemberg was only able to use machine gun fire, the intervention was unsuccessful and Kerfent surrendered [Kauffmann, p. 172] .
References
*Allcorn, William. "The Maginot Line 1928-45." Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-84176-646-1
*Kauffmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W. "Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II", 2006. ISBN 0-275-98345-5Notes
ee also
* List of all works on Maginot Line
*Siegfried Line
*Atlantic Wall
*Czechoslovak border fortifications
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