This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Westwall Museum

x
Westwall Museum
Westwall Museum
Westwall Museum
Westwall Museum
Westwall Museum
Westwall Museum
Westwall Museum
Westwall Museum
Westwall Museum
Westwall Museum
Westwall Museum
Westwall Museum
Westwall Museum
Westwall Museum
Westwall Museum
Phone:
+49 6331 46147

Address:
In der Litzelbach 2, 66955 Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

The term Siegfried Line refers to two different German defensive lines, one during the First World War and the other during the Second World War. The original was a line of forts and tank defences built by Germany in northern France during 1916–17, known in German as the Siegfriedstellung . The British referred to it as the Hindenburg Line, a name subsequently adopted by the rest of the Allies. After WW1 the German Fortifications East of the Rhein were required to be demolished due to the Treaty of Versailles. The second, commonly known in German as the Westwall but referred to by the Allies as the Siegfried Line, was built farther east during the 1930s opposite the French Maginot Line. This line stretched more than 630 km and featured more than 18,000 bunkers, tunnels and tank traps. The network of defensive structures stretched from Kleve on the border with the Netherlands, along the western border of the old German Empire, to the town of Weil am Rhein on the border to Switzerland. It was planned in 1936 and built between 1938 and 1940. From September 1944 to March 1945 the Siegfried Line was subjected to a large scale Allied offensive.
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Attraction Location



Westwall Museum Videos

Shares

x

More Attractions in Pirmasens

x

Menu