View south from Offemont, across the Belfort Gap toward the Jura.The Belfort Gap (in the southwest) and the other regions of Alsace.
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The Belfort Gap (French: Trouée de Belfort) or Burgundian Gate (German: Burgunder Pforte) is the area of relatively flat terrain in Eastern France between the Vosges Mountains to the north and the Jura Mountains to the south. It marks the watershed between the drainage basins of the River Rhine to the east and the River Rhône to the west, part of the European Watershed between the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is also the boundary between the historic regions of Burgundy to the west and Alsace to the east, and as such has marked the Franco-German border for long periods of its history.
The BelfortGap (French: Trouée de Belfort) or Burgundian Gate (German: Burgunder Pforte) is the area of relatively flat terrain in Eastern France between...
important natural route between the Rhine and the Rhône – the BelfortGap (Trouée de Belfort) or Burgundian Gate (Porte de Bourgogne). It is located approximately...
of the Fulda Gap, now the site of a Cold War memorial Seven Days to the River Rhine Focșani Gate GIUK gap Suwałki GapBelfortGap Fulda Gap (board game)...
The Territoire de Belfort (French pronunciation: [tɛʁitwaʁ də bɛlfɔʁ] ; lit. "Territory of Belfort") is a department in the northeastern French region...
region of Belfort (place fortifiée de Belfort) formed the first line of defense in the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications in the BelfortGap. Located...
French breakthrough in the BelfortGap starting on 13 November 1944 created a crisis in the German defences from Belfort to Mulhouse. Siegling offered...
from Patton's Third Army. Truscott hoped to be able to push through the BelfortGap, but on 14 September, he received orders from the Allied High Command...
Because the Vosges are surmountable only by the Col de Saverne and the BelfortGap, it has been suggested that Alsace needs to open up and get closer to...
Normandy beachhead. Operation Loyton, August 1944, operations near the BelfortGap. Operation Pistol, September 1944, operations to blow railways south...
Sea and Mediterranean Sea at Mount Piémont in Northeast France. At the BelfortGap south of the Vosges Mountains it separates the Rhone basin in the southwest...
Alsace, and to the west by the BelfortGap. It comprises parts of the modern Department of Haut-Rhin and the Territory of Belfort in the regions of Alsace and...
obligated French forces to abandon the stronghold in February 1871. Belfort is located in a gap between the mountainous southern Vosges and the Jura Massif,...
Vosges Mountains at a time when the Germans were preparing to defend the BelfortGap. As a result, the Germans harried the team. The team also suffered from...
Alsace is the Trouée de Belfort (BelfortGap), linking the département of Haut-Rhin (Grand Est) to the département Territoire-de-Belfort, région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté...
Mountains, capturing Belfort and forcing the BelfortGap at the close of November 1944. Following the capture of the BelfortGap, French operations in...
1945 to the Rhine in increments. For instance, the Ist Corps seized the BelfortGap in a coup de main offensive in November 1944, their German opponents...
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well as those in the region of Basel, the Ajoie and in the rest of the BelfortGap. In the area of the Faltenjura, around the southern perimeter of the...
Italy until late October 1944, and then took part in the forcing of the BelfortGap in November. During late September and early October 1944, the 2nd and...
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Group. General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny's French First Army forced the BelfortGap and destroyed the German IV Luftwaffe Field Corps near the town of Burnhaupt...
Brouvelieures, with the goal of getting the U. S. Sixth Army Group through the BelfortGap by November. While en route to Brouvelieures on 26 October, the 3rd Platoon...
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fourth assault landing at Sainte-Maxime, spearheading the drive for the BelfortGap. August 18 – WWII: American submarine USS Rasher sinks Teia Maru, Eishin...
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