Festung Przemysl - Artillery Fort GW IV "Optyn"
This Austro-Hungarian fort was built from 1897 and 1900 and saw heavy fighting furing the two sieges of Przemysl in 1914-1915. It was partly blown up in 1915 and further demolished during the '20s and '30s.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Wacław Górniak
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- Ukranian War Cemetery Pikulice - Przemyśl
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- Austrian War Cemetery Przemysl - Przemysl
Fortification
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