Fortified Sector Of Thionville
The Fortified Sector of Thionville (''Secteur fortifié de Thionville'') was the French military organisation that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot Line immediately to the north of Thionville. The sector describes an arc of about , about halfway between the French border with Luxembourg and Thionville. The Thionville sector was the strongest of the Maginot Line sectors. It was surrounded but not seriously attacked in 1940 by German forces in the Battle of France, whose main objective was the city of Metz. Despite the withdrawal of the mobile forces that supported the fixed fortifications, the sector successfully fended off German assaults before the Second Armistice at Compiègne. The majority of the positions and their garrisons finally surrendered on 27 June 1940, the remainder on 2 July. Following the war, many positions were reactivated for use during the Cold War. Four locations are now preserved and open to the public. The Thionville sector was part of the l ...
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Billig is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Andy Billig (born 1968), American politician *Etel Billig (1932–2012), American actress and director *Frederick S. Billig (1933–2006), American aerospace engineer *Fritz Billig (1902–1986), Austrian philatelist *Hannah Billig (1901–1987), British physician *Janet Billig Rich (born 1967), American talent manager and producer *Michael Billig (born 1947), British academic *Simon Billig, British actor {{surname ...
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