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Fortress Modlin before World War II - Related Files

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	Modlin Fortress Is one of the biggest 19th century fortresses in Poland. It is located near the town of Modlin on the Bugonarew river, some 50 kilometres north of Warsaw. In 1806-1812 a fortress was constructed here by the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte. It was later expanded by Russians in the 19th century and renamed to Novogeorgiyevsk. That was one of the western Russian fortresses. Intended as...		12/13/2005	315
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	Fortress - Gerhard Fortress "Gerhard" is built between 1856 and 1863 as component of the Swinoujscie fortress. From 1921 till 1945, the fortress was in use by the Kriegsmarine. The fortress today: Fortress "Gerhard" is nowadays a museum. It has an exhibit about the garrison life during the Interbellum and World War II. Address:ul. Ku Morzu, Swinoujscie		09/12/2009	38
	USAAF B-17G Flying Fortress at Danbury The Liberty Foundation’s B-17G Liberty Belle is a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber made near the end of the World War II. She has been restored and now tours air shows.		03/19/2008	265
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	German War Cemetery Reillon In Reillon, a Germen and a French war cemetery from the First World War are lying next to each other. After the Second World War, the German cemetery was extended for reburying all the German war casualties in the Meurthe-et-Moselle region. The cemetery contains 2,586 German war graves from the Second World War. Of these, 330 are located in a mass grave. http://www...		08/19/2009	85
	Rothenberg Fortress Ruins, Schnaittach A medieval castle originally stood on the site of the baroque fortress: a Hilpold von Rothenberg was mentioned for the first time in 1254. Rothenberg was later owned by the burgraves of Nuremberg, followed by Emperor Karl IV, who as King of Bohemia thus acquired a new outpost. In 1401 King Ruprecht took the castle from King Wenceslas in Bohemia. During the Thirty Years' War, the castle was occu...		02/04/2007	300
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	SS Red Oak Victory at Port Richmond SS Red Oak Victory is a World War II Victory ship preserved as a museum ship in Richmond, California. It was one of 534 Victories built during World War II, but one of only a few of these ships to be transferred from the Merchant Marine to the United States Navy. It was named after Red Oak, Iowa, which suffered a disproportionate number of casualties in early World War II battles. The ship was ...		07/13/2009	220
	B-29 Superfortress at McConnell AFB Serial: 44-69972 The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber that was flown by the United States Military in World War II and the Korean War, and by other nations afterwards. The name "Superfortress" was derived from that of its well-known predecessor, the B-17 Flying Fortress, and carried on a series of names for Boeing-built bombers f...		10/30/2009	64
	Fenestrelle fortress ancient mountain fortress near Turin. This building are composed of three fortress connected by a stair of 4000 steps		11/12/2006	338
	French War Cemetery Neufchateau This war cemetery started in the First World War. During this war 831 French and 120 German soldiers were buried here, al well as one soldier from Austria-Hungary In the Second World War the cemetery was re-used for the burial of 47 French soldiers. http://www.ww2museums.com/article/3455		08/19/2009	117