Author: OELEGEM FORTRESS -
Title: Geschiedenis van Fort Oelegem. [Eerste enige druk;first and only edition].
Description: S.I., s.n., [circa], 2000. Small 4°., original wrappers with heavy clearview plastic protective cover-sheet, cover title with an illustration after a line drawing. 128pp. (versos blank). Many black/white illustrations in text and full-page, situation maps and plans in text and full-page, some diagrams, notes to chapters. Flemish language military history of Oelegem Armoured Fortress, Flanders, Belgium, a keystone to the Antwerp line of fortifications, which includes the history of its construction between 1909-1914. The fort is a corner stone in the Antwerp line of fortifications and proved to be of importance during the 1914 Battle of Antwerp. Very fine copy.

Keywords: history architecture armour fort fortress militaria construction fortificatie oelegem antwerp belgium flanders militaria defence