. . . "Fortified Sector of Haguenau"@en . . . . . . . . . . "30712909"^^ . . . . . . . . . "2016-03-03"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Le secteur fortifi\u00E9 de Haguenau (orthographi\u00E9 \u00AB d'Haguenau \u00BB \u00E0 l'\u00E9poque)[r\u00E9f. souhait\u00E9e] est une partie de la ligne Maginot, situ\u00E9 entre le secteur fortifi\u00E9 des Vosges \u00E0 l'ouest et le secteur fortifi\u00E9 du Bas-Rhin au sud.(\nPour un article plus g\u00E9n\u00E9ral, voir Ligne Maginot. )"@fr . . . . . . . . . . . "1123929483"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "2015-10-18"^^ . . . . "Le secteur fortifi\u00E9 de Haguenau (orthographi\u00E9 \u00AB d'Haguenau \u00BB \u00E0 l'\u00E9poque)[r\u00E9f. souhait\u00E9e] est une partie de la ligne Maginot, situ\u00E9 entre le secteur fortifi\u00E9 des Vosges \u00E0 l'ouest et le secteur fortifi\u00E9 du Bas-Rhin au sud. Il forme une ligne s'\u00E9loignant de la fronti\u00E8re franco-allemande pour rejoindre le Rhin en faisant une courbe, en couvrant la ville de Haguenau, de Drachenbronn-Birlenbach \u00E0 Stattmatten (dans le Bas-Rhin). Les fortifications du secteur sont puissantes pour sa partie occidentale, mais sa partie orientale n'est qu'une ligne de casemates dans la plaine d'Alsace, hors de port\u00E9e des ouvrages d'artillerie.(\nPour un article plus g\u00E9n\u00E9ral, voir Ligne Maginot. )"@fr . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Fortified Sector of Haguenau (Secteur Fortifi\u00E9e de Haguenau) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the most easterly section of the Maginot Line, to the north of Strasbourg. The left (western) wing of the Haguenau sector adjoined the Fortified Sector of the Vosges, includes two of the largest Maginot fortifications, Ouvrage Hochwald and Ouvrage Schoenenbourg. The right wing, started after 1931, was progressively scaled back in order to save money during the Great Depression, abandoning plans for four petit ouvrages and substituting casemates. The sector's northern and eastern sides bordered on Germany. To the south the sector borders the Fortified Sector of the Lower Rhine, from which it received several casemates in a boundary shift in 1940."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Secteur fortifi\u00E9 de Haguenau"@fr . . . . . "The Fortified Sector of Haguenau (Secteur Fortifi\u00E9e de Haguenau) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the most easterly section of the Maginot Line, to the north of Strasbourg. The left (western) wing of the Haguenau sector adjoined the Fortified Sector of the Vosges, includes two of the largest Maginot fortifications, Ouvrage Hochwald and Ouvrage Schoenenbourg. The right wing, started after 1931, was progressively scaled back in order to save money during the Great Depression, abandoning plans for four petit ouvrages and substituting casemates. The sector's northern and eastern sides bordered on Germany. To the south the sector borders the Fortified Sector of the Lower Rhine, from which it received several casemates in a boundary shift in 1940. The SF Haguenau was attacked in 1940 by German forces in the Battle of France. The sector successfully fended off German assaults before the Second Armistice at Compi\u00E8gne. The positions and their garrisons finally surrendered on 1 July 1940. The sector saw action again in 1944 and 1945 as American forces advanced into Alsace. The sector's easternmost sections saw heavy fighting in January 1945 during the German Operation Nordwind offensive. Following the war some positions were reactivated for use during the Cold War, with continued use of Ouvrage Hochwald as an air defense command center to the present day. Ouvrage Schoenenbourg has been preserved as a museum and is open to the public, as well as the Casemate d'Esch."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "29352"^^ . . . . . . . . .