Ouvrage Ferme Chappy
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| Ouvrage Ferme Chappy | |
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| Part of Maginot Line | |
| Northeast France | |
 Block 2, Ferme Chappy |
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| Built | |
| Construction materials |
Concrete, steel |
| In use | Abandoned |
| Controlled by | France |
| Battles/wars | Battle of France |
| Type of work: | Small infantry work (Petit ouvrage - infantry) |
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| sector |
Fortified Sector of Crusnes |
| Regiment: | 149th Fortress Infantry Regiment |
| Number of blocks: | 3 |
| Strength: | 113 enlisted + 2 officers |
Ouvrage Ferme Chappy was at the western end of the Fortified Sector of Crusnes of the Maginot Line near Longuyon in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département, facing Belgium. The gros ouvrage Fermont bordered Ferme Chappy's artillery coverage.
113 men and two officers of the 149th Fortress Infantry Regiment comprised the garrison.
The ouvrage was initially planned as a gros ouvrage in three combat blocks, but the south block was never built.
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[edit] Description
- Block 1: Entry block with two machine gun/anti-tank gun embrasures (JM/AC47), two machine gun embrasures (JM), two automatic rifle cloches (GFM) and one machine gun cloche (JM).
- Block 2: one machine gun turret, one GFM cloche and one JM cloche.
[edit] History
The ouvrage was attacked during the Battle of France on June 21, 1940 by the Germans. The attack was repelled with help from the nearby gros ouvrage Fermont [1], incurring a single casualty when a GFM cloche was hit.
[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] Notes
- ^ Kauffmann, p. 171
[edit] See also
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