maginot line
41Metaxas Line — German artillery shelling the Metaxas Line. The Metaxas Line was a chain of fortifications constructed along the line of the Greco Bulgarian border, designed to protect Greece in case of a Bulgarian invasion after the rearmament of Bulgaria. It… …
42Stalin Line — The Stalin Line was a line of fortifications along the western border of the Soviet Union. Work began on the system in the 1920s to protect the USSR against western aggression. The line was made up of concrete bunkers and gun emplacements,… …
43We're Going to Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line — is a popular song written by Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy, whilst he was a Captain in the British Expeditionary Force during the early stages of the Second World War. The Siegfried Line was a chain of fortifications along Germany s Western… …
44Main Line of Resistance — Main Line of Resistance, or MLR is a military term describing the most important defensive position of an army facing an opposing force over an extended front. It does not consist of one trench or line of pillboxes, but rather a system, of… …
45XYZ Line — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=XYZ Line caption= partof=the Spanish Civil War date=July 18, 1938 ndash; July 24, 1938 place= East Central Spain result=Republican victory combatant1=flagicon|Spain|1931 Spanish Republic… …
46Siegfried line — noun Etymology: Siegfried Date: 1918 a line of German defensive fortifications facing the Maginot Line …
47Siegfried Line — a zone of fortifications in W Germany facing the Maginot Line, constructed in the years preceding World War II. * * * ▪ German history system of pillboxes and strongpoints built along the German western frontier in the 1930s and greatly… …
48Siegfried line — Sieg′fried line n. why a zone of fortifications in W Germany facing the Maginot line, erected before World War II …
49Siegfried Line — /ˈsigfrid laɪn/ (say seegfreed luyn) noun a zone of fortifications in western Germany facing the Maginot Line, constructed in the years preceding the invasion of France, 1940 …
50Siegfried line — noun German fortifications facing the Maginot Line • Instance Hypernyms: ↑fortification, ↑munition • Part Holonyms: ↑Germany, ↑Federal Republic of Germany, ↑Deutschland, ↑FRG …
