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  • Location: Simmerath, Städteregion Aachen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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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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    November 14, 2020

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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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    February 15, 2020

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    A very nice part of our round on the Westwall Weg.
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    Location: Simmerath, Städteregion Aachen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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