Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Scope & Content |
Photos Removed From Joseph Dutilh WWII Scrapbook, Page 12, 1945. Page contains seven black-and-white photographs, likely from Thionville, France. Photos depict waterways, ruins, a round tower, and a church. |
Date |
c. 1941-1945 |
Catalog Number |
2017.045.001.12A-G |
Collection |
Archival Collection |
Notes |
"The Fortified Sector of Thionville (Secteur fortifié de Thionville) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot Line immediately to the north of Thionville. The sector describes an arc of about 25 kilometres (16 mi), 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." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortified_Sector_of_Thionville] |
Category |
Photographs |
People |
Dutilh, Joseph V. |
Search Terms |
Dutilh, Joseph V. Photography World War II World War Two WWII |
Subjects |
Photograph albums Photographs Photography World War II |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the Estate of Alice Dutilh |