Ouvrage Coucou

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Coordinates: 49°20′00″N, 6°23′00″E

Ouvrage Coucou
Part of Maginot Line
Northeast France
Built
Construction materials	Concrete, steel
In use	Preserved
Current owner	Private
Controlled by	France
Battles/wars	Battle of France

Ouvrage Coucou

Type of work:	Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage)
sector	Fortified Sector of Boulay
Number of blocks:	2

Ouvrage Coucou was a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line. The ouvrage consisted of two infantry blocks, and was located between the grands ouvrages of Hackenberg and Mont des Welches, facing Germany.

[edit] 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 0-275-98345-5

[edit] See also

• List of all works on Maginot Line
• Siegfried Line
• Atlantic Wall
• Czechoslovak border fortifications

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