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 | The 'Fort Napoleon' in Oostende is the only still completely intact Napoleonic fortress left in Europe. The 'Fort' stands in the dunes north of the city center. In 1810 Napoleon Bonaparte, then Emperor of France, had it constructed during the French occupation of Belgium. Five hundred Spanish prisoners of war had to build it together with bricklayers from the Oostende area. The fort was finishe... |  | 01/30/2007 | 259 | 
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 | Fortress Josefov (Pevnost Josefov in Czech) is large defence complex built between 1780 - 1790 in eastern Bohemia (today Czech Republic). It was named after emperor Joseph II. Together with fortress Terezín it was intended as protection against attack from Prussia but it never actively participated in a war.
Today it is part of city Jaroměř. |  | 01/29/2007 | 241 |
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 | The word originates from the French word "caponnire" - which strictly means capon-cote or house.
The fire coming from the feature (e.g. muskets, machine-guns, case-shot etc.) sweeps along the bottom of the attendant ditch and so prevents the enemy from establishing itself there. The term is found in current use as late as I7th century.
In some types of ... |  | 01/29/2007 | 198 |
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 | Panama Viejo, located on the Pacific Ocean coast and adjacent to tthe delta of the Abajo river, is the most important archaeological site in the Republic of Panama.
It is the oldest Spanish settlement on the Pacific coast of the Americas. Founded in 1519 by Pedrarias Dávila, it was abandoned after the attack of the city by the pirate Henry Morgan and never rebuilt. Its ruins we... |  | 01/14/2007 | 459 |
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 | Includes the scuttled German High seas fleet, WW1 British losses, and the Royal Oak. |  | 01/07/2007 | 433 |
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 | Leith Martello Tower is located within the secure area of the Port of Leith, facing out onto the Firth of Forth. Built in 1809, during the Napoleonic Wars, the 9-m (30-foot) high tower was part of a network designed to prevent a French invasion and see off American Privateers. | | 01/02/2007 | 451 |
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 | This collectionm marks all recipients of the "Medal Of Honor" fromn the China Incursion (1900) onwards. This is a large collection of over 1000 marks. All marks contain, where possible, images of the recipeints and other relevant web links. |  | 12/14/2006 | 1,847 |
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 | This file marks every holder of the VC (Victoria cross) throughout the world. Over 1300 marks are present in the file. All marks contain, where possible, pictures of the recipient and all relevant links. | | 12/14/2006 | 1,374 |
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 | This collection marks the place of birth of the world's most evil serial killers. All marks contain images, various weblinks & crime summation. | | 12/14/2006 | 1,291 |
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 | Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton is a circular sandstone fort and national monument in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Clinton | | 12/13/2006 | 169 |
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 | Map of 1893 Chicago World's Fair overlay. Shows location of original buildings relative to today's park, including the science museum (only original structure remaining). World's fair regaining attention because of best selling book, "Devil in the White City". | | 11/23/2006 | 276 |
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 | Petrovaradin fortress (Serbian: Петроварадинска тврђава or Petrovaradinska tvrđava) is a fortress on the Danube river, near Novi Sad in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. The cornerstone of the present-day southern part of the fortress was laid on October 18th... |  | 11/18/2006 | 458 |
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 | Some Clandestine centers of detention (CCD) in Argentina.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reorganization_Process for more details.
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 | Constructed in Wellington’s inner harbour in 1885, Fort Buckley was the first fort capable of defending the capital city’s port from a naval attack.
In the 1870s and 1880s, prompted by growing fears of a Russian invasion, and the increasing realisation that New Zealand could no longer rely solely on either the British navy or the country’s isolation for protection, the New Zeala... | | 10/13/2006 | 171 |
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 | Mistra Battery is or was one of the most beautiful coastal batteries built in the Mellieha area. Nowadays it is being used as a fish-farm, where a number of alterations were made on it, destroying also parts of it.
Although the building of a battery was mentioned in the report prepared by the commissioners of fortifications Fontet and D’Arginy, it seems that this battery was not... | | 10/13/2006 | 231 |
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 | Fort Saint Elmo is a fortification on the island of Malta. It stands on the seaward shore of the Sceberras Peninsula that divides Marsamxett Harbour from Grand Harbour, and commands the entrances to both harbours. The majority of the Sceberras Peninsula is now occupied by Malta's capital city Valletta.
Prior to the arrival of the Knights of Malta, a watchtower existed on this po... | | 10/13/2006 | 361 |
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 | During the 18th Century the idea of fortifying the Island was taken seriously by Grand Master Manoel De Vilhena. Fort Manoel was built in 1726 on the plans of De Tigne and François De Mondion who were French Military Engineers. Amongst the fortifications of the inner harbour area for Manoel stands up for its compactness and for being constructed in a single phase. It was described as the classi... | | 10/13/2006 | 335 |
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 | This medieval tower, a fantastic honey-coloured combination of Western and Arab architecture, was built for the Knights of Malta in 1410. | | 10/12/2006 | 239 |
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 | The Great Fault is a natural geographical barrier which spans across the whole width of Malta north of Mdina, and practically divides the island in two parts. Its use for defensive purposes can be traced way back to prehistoric times but it was the Knights, in 1722, who were the first to systematically utilize the natural defensive qualities of this geographical feature for military purposes wi... | | 10/12/2006 | 456 |
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 | The De Redin towers are a series of small fortified watch towers on the island of Malta.
They were built by the Knights of Malta.
Thirteen were built under the auspices of Grand Master Fra Martin de Redin. Though they are usually known as De Redin towers, towers to a similar design were built under his predecessor Grand Master Fra Juan de Lascaris-Castellar.
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 | In the mid 17th century the Hospitallers continued on this line of building new towers. In fact from 1636 to 1657 Grand Master Lascaris paid for the building of another seven towers.
These were Lippija Tower in Gnejna Bay, Fra Ben Tower in Qawra, Ghajn Tuffieha Tower in Ghajn Tuffieha, St. George’s Bay Tower in St. George’s Bay, Nadur Tower in Bingemma, Wied iz-Zurrieq Tower in Zurrieq ... | | 10/12/2006 | 290 |
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 | The first of the coastal fortifications were built by Grandmaster Aloph de Wignacourt in 1610. A total of seven towers were built by Wignacourt at St. Paul Bay (1609), Marsaxlokk (St. Lucian’s Tower - 1610), St Thomas Bay (1614), Marsalforn (Gozo - 1616) Comino (St. Mary’s Tower - 1618), and Sta. Maria Delle Grazie (1620). These towers were large squarish structures which were more like small f... | | 10/12/2006 | 223 |
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 | Mamo Tower is a fortification on the island of Malta. It stands on rising ground above St Thomas Bay on the east shore of Malta. It was built by the Mamo family in 1657, as a fortified residence. In 1940 it was requisitioned by the British Military, and used as a Regional Headquarters. In support of this role, a Pillbox was constructed on the roof. After World War Two it was again a private hou... | | 10/12/2006 | 215 |
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 | The 100-ton gun presently at Fort Rinella arrived in Malta from Woolwich on 10th September 1882. After some months the gun was ferried from the Dockyard to Rinella Bay from where it was transported to Fort Rinella. The gun had to be manhandled all the way to the fort. The operation, which involved about 100 men from the 1st Brigade Scottish R.A. Division, lasted three months. Finally in January... | | 10/05/2006 | 403 |
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 | This memorial is made 1805 for Napoleons greatest victory at Austerlitz. The area has been french property ever since.
Link with photos, in french only.
http://www.vialupo.com/austerlitz/austerlitz.html
See also Captain Hornblowers great link:
http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfile6418/Napoleonic-War,-Battle-of-Austerlitz-(Overlays).htm | | 09/24/2006 | 246 |
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