Ouvrage Brehain

Infobox Military Structure
name=Ouvrage Bréhain
partof=Maginot Line
location=Northeast France
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battles=Battle of France
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sector=Fortified Sector of Crusnes
sub-sector=Sub-sector of Aumetz
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regiment=128th Fortress Infantry Regiment (RIF)
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Ouvrage Bréhain was part of the Fortified Sector of Crusnes of the Maginot Line, locate near the community of Bréhain in the Moselle "département" of France. The is flanked by "petits ouvrages" Mauvais Bois and Aumetz.

The "ouvrage" has two entries and eight combat blocks:
*Ammunition entry: shaft, two automatic rifle cloche (GFM), one machine gun/47mm anti-tank gun embrasure (JM/AC47).
*Personnel entry: shaft, two GFM cloches, one JM/AC47 embrasure and one grenade launcher cloche (LG).
*Block 1: Infantry block with one machine gun turret and one GFM cloche.
*Block 2: Infantry block with one machine gun turret and one GFM cloche.
*Block 3: Observation block with one GFM cloche (with emergency exit) and one observation cloche (VDP).
*Block 4: Artillery block with one 75mm gun turret.
*Block 5: Artillery block with one 135mm gun turret and one GFM cloche.
*Block 6: Artillery block with one 75mm gun turret and one grenade launcher cloche.
*Block 7: Artillery block with one 81mm mortar turret and one GFM cloche.
*Block 8: Infantry block with one GFM cloche and one Machine gun cloche (JM).
*Block 9: Infantry block with two GFM cloches and one JM cloche.

The garrison comprised 615 men and 22 officers of the 128th Fortress Infantry Regiment and the 152nd Position Artillery Regiment.

History

On 21 June, 1940 Brehain engaged advancing German troops, but saw no serious action [Kauffmann, p. 172]

References

*Allcorn, William. "The Maginot Line 1928-45." Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-84176-646-1
*Kauffmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W. "Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II", 2006. ISBN 0-275-98345-5

Notes

See also

* List of all works on Maginot Line
* Siegfried Line
* Atlantic Wall
* Czechoslovak border fortifications