The Siegfried Line was a mammoth wall of German defences that stretched from the Swiss border in the south to Aachen in the north, approximately 300 miles long and, in places, up to 20 miles deep. Built by Nazi Germany between 1936 and 1938, over 500,000 workers were involved in its construction. This book provides a detailed historical background to the Siegfried Line, and a guide to what is left to see of it today. The line was not designed to thwart a full-scale offensive, but rather to delay any attack sufficiently to ...
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The Siegfried Line was a mammoth wall of German defences that stretched from the Swiss border in the south to Aachen in the north, approximately 300 miles long and, in places, up to 20 miles deep. Built by Nazi Germany between 1936 and 1938, over 500,000 workers were involved in its construction. This book provides a detailed historical background to the Siegfried Line, and a guide to what is left to see of it today. The line was not designed to thwart a full-scale offensive, but rather to delay any attack sufficiently to allow the German reserves to mobilize. In the "phoney war" (1939-40) it was effective enough to prevent the French from launching a pre-emptive strike when German forces were heavily engaged in Poland. Certain sections of the defences saw some fo the fiercest fighting of World War II. Many of the defences have since been dismantled, but some still remain today.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Remainder. Small 4to (9 3/4" +). (Thin pen line on bottom outside page edges right near spine. Dust jacket has 1/2" tear on lower rear corner fold. Fortress Europe. Black cloth with gold lettering on spine. 174 pages.
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Very good in d/w. Military Architecture, Fortifications & Defences This is the first comprehensive guide in English to the defences of Hitler's Siegfried Line. Stretching from the Swiss border in the south to Kleve in the north, it protected Germany's entire western frontier. In places the defenses were up to twenty miles deep and constructed to deter or delay enemy attacks. Known as the West Wall, it was built in the late 1930s and at times the project employed some 500, 000 workers. After the fall of France the line was neglected and many of the weapons were re-used on the Atlantic Wall. Late in 1944 and 1945 the defences were renovated and strengthened to protect the German heartland UL-XXXXXX. 174pp, 100 b/w photos, maps.
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