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660:"Mottenberg (petit ouvrage A33 du)"
701:Kaufmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W.
407:Czechoslovak border fortifications
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1326:Defensive Organization of Corsica
814:Mottenberg (petit ouvrage A33 du)
691:Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003.
392:List of all works on Maginot Line
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334:Casemate Sud du Mottenberg
240:Fortified Sector of Boulay
194:Fortified Sector of Boulay
705:, Stackpole Books, 2006.
689:The Maginot Line 1928-45.
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