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Städteregion AachenSimmerathWestwall
DiscoverPlaces to seeGermanyNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Cologne District
Städteregion AachenSimmerathWestwall
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Westwall
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February 5, 2018
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The Westwall, also known as the Siegfried Line by the Western Allies, was a military defensive system distributed along the western border of the German Reich over more than 630 …
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After the end of the Second World War, many of the Siegfried Line were demolished by blasting. During this work, as well as clearing the mines, numerous people lost their lives again. Some parts of the west wall have been preserved, around 900 bunkers in total, 600 of them in Saarland. Source: dhm.de/lemo/kapitel/der-zweite-weltkrieg/kriegsgeschichte/westwall.html
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