History
- See Fortified Sector of Boulay for a broader discussion of the Boulay sector of the Maginot Line.
Coume Annexe Sud played no significant role in either the Battle of France in 1940 or the Lorraine Campaign of 1944.
Read more about this topic: Ouvrage Coume Annexe Sud
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