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    Laffaux (French pronunciation: [lafo]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Communes of the Aisne department "Répertoire...
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    north-western outskirts of Laffaux and Vauxeny. On 4 April German counter-attacks north of the Aisne were repulsed south of Vauxeny and Laffaux. The French captured...
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    area between Braye-en-Laonnois, Condé-sur-Aisne and Laffaux to the Hindenburg Line from Laffaux Mill, along the Chemin-des-Dames to Courtecon. The German...
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    saillant east of Laffaux where the Hindenburg Line hinged on the Chemin-des-Dames, named after the hillock of the Moulin-de-Laffaux. This attack was to...
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    German withdrawal from the area of Braye–Condé–Laffaux to the Siegfriedstellung, which ran from Laffaux mill to the Chemin des Dames and joined the original...
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    Front in France during the First World War. The line ran from Arras to Laffaux, near Soissons on the Aisne. In 1916, the Battle of Verdun and the Battle...
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    Schneider tanks. Their first action as a fighting vehicle took place at Laffaux Mill on May 5, 1917. Sixteen Saint-Chamond tanks were engaged there, several...
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    to be held in common. Fredegund, then her son's regent, sent a force to Laffaux and the armies of Theudebert and Theuderic were defeated. In 599, Brunhilda...
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    Wolfsschlucht II W2, later Zucarello between villages of Margival and Laffaux, France. The Führerbunker was 2 km up the track from the Margival train...
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    gain control of high positions commanding the views between Craonne and Laffaux, in which the French improved their tactical position in the sector. In...
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