Siegfried Line
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Key facts
- Type
- Fortification
- Built
- 1936 ( 1936 )
- Built by
- German Army Named (in English) after the Siegfriedstellung (or Hindenburg Line), a First World War system of defences.
- In use
- 1939–1945
- Materials
- Concrete, steel
- Battles wars
- World War II
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
The Siegfried Line, known in German as the Westwall ([ˈvɛstˌval], 'western rampart'), was a German defensive line built during the late 1930s.
Started in 1936, opposite the French Maginot Line, it stretched more than 630 km (390 mi) from Kleve on the border with the Netherlands, along the western border of Nazi Germany, to the town of Weil am Rhein on the border with Switzerland. The line featured more than 18,000 bunkers, tunnels and tank traps.