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Also Known As fortress • stronghold

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Shlisselburg
Rockfort, Kingston, Jamaica
Diu, India: Portuguese fort
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India: fort
German Strongpoint (WN 66 and WN 68) at Omaha. Normandy invasion, World War II, WWII, D-Day
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Menno, baron van Coehoorn
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Michele Sanmicheli
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