Ouvrage Vélosnes
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Ouvrage Vélosnes is a gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line, located in the Fortified Sector of Montmédy between the towns of Othe and Vélosnes, facing Belgium. It possesses four combat blocks and one entrance block. It is located to the east of petit ouvrage Thonnelle. The position was sabotaged and abandoned by French forces that were ordered to retreat from the exposed position in June 1940 during the Battle of France. The ouvrage is abandoned and is administered as a nature preserve.
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Ouvrage Velosnes
France, Fortified Sector of Montmédy,
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Location: 49.4997, 5.4508, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
27 places
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Battle of Bezonvaux ⓘ
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Unknown ⓘ
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Siege of Yvoi ⓘ
1481 -

Siege of Yvoi ⓘ
1489 -

Siege of Yvoi ⓘ
1542 -

Siege of Yvoi ⓘ
1552 -

Siege of Yvoi ⓘ
1592 -

Siege of Yvoi ⓘ
1594 -

Siege of Yvoi ⓘ
1637 -

Siege of Yvoi ⓘ
1639 -

Siege of Mouzon ⓘ
1653 siege -

Siege of Stenay ⓘ
1654 siege -

Prise et reprise de Longwy ⓘ
1792 siege -

Battle of Nouart ⓘ
1870 battle -

Battle of Beaumont ⓘ
1870 battle in the Franco-Prussian War -

Siege of Montmédy ⓘ
1870 military event -

Siege of Longwy ⓘ
1871 siege -

Battle of Mangiennes ⓘ
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Battle of Rossignol ⓘ
1914 battle of the First World War -

Battle of Virton ⓘ
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Battle of Caures Woods ⓘ
1916 battle during the battle of Verdun -

Second Battle of Verdun ⓘ
World War I battle in 1917 -

Ouvrage Chesnois ⓘ
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Ouvrage Vélosnes ⓘ
gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line -

Ouvrage Bois-du-Four ⓘ
museum in France -

Ouvrage Fermont ⓘ
fort in France -
Ouvrage La Ferté ⓘ
Maginot Line at Villy and La Ferté-sur-Chiers (Ardennes, France)
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | Battle of Bezonvaux | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Unknown | siege | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1481 | Siege of Yvoi | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1489 | Siege of Yvoi | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1542 | Siege of Yvoi | siege, sack | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1552 | Siege of Yvoi | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1592 | Siege of Yvoi | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1594 | Siege of Yvoi | siege, sack | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1637 | Siege of Yvoi | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1639 | Siege of Yvoi | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1653 | Siege of Mouzon | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1654 | Siege of Stenay | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1792 | Prise et reprise de Longwy | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1870 | Battle of Nouart | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1870 | Battle of Beaumont | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1870 | Siege of Montmédy | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1871 | Siege of Longwy | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Mangiennes | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Rossignol | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Virton | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Caures Woods | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Second Battle of Verdun | battle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Ouvrage Chesnois | gros ouvrage | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Ouvrage Vélosnes | gros ouvrage | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Ouvrage Bois-du-Four | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Ouvrage Fermont | Maginot Line fort, military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1937 | Ouvrage La Ferté | military museum | Wikidata |