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Faulquemont sector of the Maginot Line.
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Sauvegarde des Petits Ouvrages de Laudrefang et TĂ©ting
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Fortress France: The
Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II
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896:Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 2.
879:Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 1.
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839:Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003.
475:List of all works on Maginot Line
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760:(in German). darkplaces.org
722:"Laudrefang (po de) Bloc 5"
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668:"Laudrefang (po de) Bloc 3"
641:"Laudrefang (po de) Bloc 2"
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314:: Infantry block with two
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837:The Maginot Line 1928-45.
726:Index de la Ligne Maginot
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