German Generalleutnant Kurt Daluege visiting the Ouvrage Hackenberg fortification on the Maginot Line near Thionville, Moselle, France, May 1940; the party was entering the munitions entrance

Caption     German Generalleutnant Kurt Daluege visiting the Ouvrage Hackenberg fortification on the Maginot Line near Thionville, Moselle, France, May 1940; the party was entering the munitions entrance ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives
Identification Code   Bild 121-0363
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Photo Size 800 x 569 pixels
Photos at Same Place Hunspach, Alsace, France
Added By C. Peter Chen
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1. Iceman says:
21 May 2012 05:19:04 PM

I've visited Ouvrage Hackenberg several times and still marvel that the Commandant surrendered the facilies intact: weapons, ammunition & resources.

At the very least he should have sabotaged everything that would be of use to Jerry instead of being a good soldier and following orders to handover the largest Maginot Line facility intact.

Jerry used Ouvrage Hackenberg to harrass US Army Forces with accurate fire requiring the Americans to do what the French hadn't.

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