Hindenburg Line
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The Hindenburg Line was a German defensive fortification built during the winter of 1916–1917 on the Western Front in France during the First World War. The line ran from Arras to Laffaux, near Soisso
Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg in 1914
German defensive positions from July to November 1918
Mine crater in the road through Athies, to impede the British
Orchard near Etreillers cut down during the German withdrawal
Siegfried Line
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The Siegfried Line, known in German as the Westwall, was a German defensive line built during the late 1930s.
Hindenburg Line
…government requested an armistice and on 8 October, the German armies were ordered to retire from the rest of the Siegfriedstellung (Hindenburg Line). Siegfried Line Theses…
Front line in December 1944
American soldiers cross the Siegfried Line and march into Germany.
U.S. soldiers pause for a rest among the ruins of the Siegfried Line in the Rhine Valley, February 1945
Bunker ruins near Aachen