Hohenzollern Redoubt | |
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Part of First World War | |
France Near Auchy-les-Mines, France | |
Coordinates | 50°29′54.29″N 02°46′29.71″E / 50.4984139°N 2.7749194°E |
Site information | |
Controlled by | German 6th Army |
Site history | |
Built by | Westheer |
In use | 1915–1918 |
Battles/wars | Loos, 1915 |
The Hohenzollern Redoubt (Hohenzollernwerk) was a strongpoint of the German 6th Army on the Western Front during the First World War, at Auchy-les-Mines near Loos-en-Gohelle in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. Named after the House of Hohenzollern, the redoubt was fought for by German and British forces. Engagements took place from the Battle of Loos (25 September – 14 October 1915) to the beginning of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, including the action of the Hohenzollern Redoubt in 1915 and the British Attack at the Hohenzollern Redoubt from 2 to 18 March 1916.