This article is about the Second World War defensive line. For the First World War "Siegfriedstellung", see Hindenburg Line.
German defensive line built during the late 1930s
The Siegfried Line
Der Westwall
Western Germany
Map of the Siegfried Line
Type
Fortification
Site history
Built
1936 (1936)
Built by
German Army
Named (in English) after the Siegfriedstellung (or Hindenburg Line), a First World War system of defences.[1]
In use
1939–1945
Materials
Concrete, steel
Battles/wars
World War II
The Siegfried Line, known in German as the Westwall (= western bulwark), 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.
From September 1944 to March 1945, the Siegfried Line was subjected to a large-scale Allied offensive.
^Macdonald, Charles B (1993). The Siegfried Line Campaign(PDF). Center of Military History, United States Army. p. 30. ISBN 1944961305.
The SiegfriedLine, known in German as the Westwall (= western bulwark), was a German defensive line built during the late 1930s. Started in 1936, opposite...
SiegfriedLine Museum may refer to the following Second World War museums: SiegfriedLine Museum, Irrel, housed in an old bunker at Irrel, Germany Siegfried...
Wehrmacht soldiers led by Major Josef "Sepp" Gangl, SS-Hauptsturmführer Kurt-Siegfried Schrader, and recently freed French prisoners of war defended Castle Itter...
The Hindenburg Line (German: Siegfriedstellung, Siegfried Position) was a German defensive position built during the winter of 1916–1917 on the Western...
envisioned a line stretching from Antwerp via Maastricht to Metz and from there to follow the line of the Albert Canal to the Meuse and the SiegfriedLine. Meanwhile...
effectively out of men and equipment, and the survivors retreated to the SiegfriedLine. Allied forces eventually came to more than 700,000 men; from these...
ouvrages (works) List of Maginot Line ouvrages (works) Metaxas Line Rupnik LineSiegfriedLine Footnotes There are 58 ouvrages, 311 casemates, 78 shelters...
engaged in Poland, a much smaller German force manned the SiegfriedLine, their fortified defensive line along the French border. On 7 September, the French...
Noting that the Germans had given no indication of withdrawing from the SiegfriedLine in front of the Seventh Army and that Patch thus might be in for a long...
effectively gain control over the area between the French border and the SiegfriedLine and were to probe the German defences. The sector was defended by the...
This article lists those elements of the SiegfriedLine (German: Westwall) that have survived or whose function is still clearly recognisable. The structures...
March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2012. McDonald, Charles B. (1993). The SiegfriedLine Campaign. Washington, DC: U.S. Army Center of Military History. p. 309...
an American 36-inch (914 mm) caliber mortar designed to breach the SiegfriedLine and then used for test-firing aerial bombs during World War II. With...
Sigurd/Siegfried in his operas Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. Wagner relied heavily on the Norse tradition in creating his version of Siegfried. His depiction...
developed for the task of clearing heavily fortified areas such as the SiegfriedLine and as a result favoured armour protection over mobility. Although heavy...
the Allies had been fighting in Germany with campaigns against the SiegfriedLine since the Battle of Aachen, the Battle of Metz and the Battle of Hürtgen...
October 1944 the battalion was again engaged in bitter fighting on the SiegfriedLine to the north of Aachen, Germany. Fighting continued until the end of...
Battle of Nancy September 5, 1944 September 15, 1944 Nancy, France SiegfriedLine campaign 2,851+ American victory Germany American capture of Nancy and...
and directed large-scale engineering projects such as the Westwall (SiegfriedLine) and the Atlantic Wall. In 1940, he was appointed Reich Minister of...
Global Information