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Ouvrage Billig
Part of Maginot Line
Northeast France
Block 5 casemates
Ouvrage Billig is located in France
Ouvrage Billig
Ouvrage Billig
Coordinates49°21′00″N 6°19′00″E / 49.35°N 6.31667°E / 49.35; 6.31667
Site information
Controlled byFrance
Site history
Built byCORF
In useAbandoned
MaterialsConcrete, steel, deep excavation
Battles/warsBattle of France, Lorraine Campaign
Ouvrage Billig
Type of work:Large artillery work (Gros ouvrage)
sector
└─sub-sector
Fortified Sector of Thionville
└─Sub-sector of Elzange
Work number:A18
Regiment:167th Fortress Infantry Regiment (RIF) - 151st Position Artillery Regiment(RAP)
Number of blocks:8
Strength:521 enlisted + 16 officers

Ouvrage Billig, a gros ouvrage or large fortification of the Maginot Line, was located in the Fortified Sector of Thionville, Moselle in northern France. It is located between the gros ouvrages Metrich and Hackenberg, facing Germany. It saw relatively little action during World War II and after a period of reserve duty in the 1950s, was abandoned in the 1970s.

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