History
- See Fortified Sector of Boulay for a broader discussion of the Boulay sector of the Maginot Line.
Bovenberg played no significant role in either the Battle of France in 1940 or the Lorraine Campaign of 1944. After the Second World War it became part of the Mòle de Boulay, a strongpoint in the northeastern defenses against Soviet attack. Bovenberg remained under Army control until after 1971, when it was declassified and sold.
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