The Siegfried Line in the Ardennes

[mmmbeachlover]

German quality or slave quality?

[L3et97]

On ira pendre notre linge sur la ligne Siegfried !

[Juliansworld]

After 60 years and there are still so many relics of Nazi Germany throughout Europe, like this Sigfried line, the German defences along the Normandie coast, the concentration/death camps, the wolfs lair in Poland, Kelstein House in Berchtesgaden, the stadium in Nurnberg and probably more that I have yet to learn.

[MrJtr1888]

I read somewhere that these biotopes (dragon's teeth) have actually helped with allowing plant life to flourish and uninterrupted animal mating. Perhaps the only good thing from the Nazis.

[4shacks1house]

@MrJtr1888 No, there where other great things made by that National Socialists ("Nazi's" for you lazy bastards). You are just too stupid or prejudice to see it.

[MrJtr1888]

@4shacks1house Yes, I am prejudice against elitist, racist, homicidal regimes. You caught me. Guilty as charged.

[KnightOwl2006]

Interesting.

[spadman209]

german quality, built to last, you can even see that today :O

[2TapeKilla]

@spadman209 this is not german quali is nederland

[lothar804]

lol^^ German quality built to last lol^^

[djjayem100]

whats the music at the end?

[kosterlitzthouless]

I grew up in this village. This "Hockerlinie" saved my dad's live when he as a young boy, not even 10 years old, was out with his dad working in the fields making hay stacks in a hot summer in the early 40s. He told me they came under fire by 2 RAF or US planes, and he with his dad, an experienced WW I veteran, rushed behind one of the "Hocker" looking for cover. 1 of the planes actually flew a circle, returned and started shooting again, so that my dad and grandpa had to duck around the Hocker

[thoumaturgica]

You forgot to say they were built by slaves.

[kosterlitzthouless]

@thoumaturgica

I think they were not built by slaves or POWs. These concrete defense lines were built before WW2, and you can consider these activities as a detail of an economic stimulus package, bringing many strangers to the villages there who stirred also trouble around the local people. And the defense lines, to the best of my knowledge, were not of any serious strategic or military interest; they were just for the show and not maintained during WW2.

[taff1976]

@thoumaturgica

I think you will find that pre-war, the OT, RAD and private firms subcontracted to these organisations built them

[Leopardipzg]

does anyone know what relatively new ww2 movie about this line? I remember it showed these tank traps in one scene.

[nowoolovermine]

Where's the washing?

[connorsconnors]

Gillar starkt eran hemsida det är bra med engagemang! har ju givetvis samma intresse och drömmen vore ju att få åka ut till slagfälten och titta:) har även velat se om man kunnat hitta nå fynd som gamla skott,hjälmar rostiga vapen etc i marken

[Airbornerock]

dragons teeth

[martinisalive]

Corrected! Thanks for pointing out out the typo.

[cyrusthevirusx]

It's not the Siegfried line (was during WW1), this line is called "Westwall"

[JasonMarcrich]

The original Siegfried line was a section of the Hindenburg Line during WW1, but in English Siegfried line more commonly refers to the similar World War II defensive line. The Germans call this line the Westwall, but in English it's called the Siegfried line.

[pgclash66]

Great video. Good music and subtitles. Well done.

[700UW]

I was at an US Air Force communications station near this area. We would jump between the German and Belgian border and we could say we had been to Belgium 100 times. Much to the consternation of the Border police!

[Danie9989]

thanx for the sib titles

[granskare]

bra...they could sell them on ebay :)

[JohnFerns]

Built to last. Just like the Reich.

Good video

[sodpoo]

What a great video! Thanks for the sub-titles! The music at the end was lovely!

[SIRMaleMan]

Awesome, why would anyone want to remove them?!

[34532525]

nice music:)

[bmbpdk]

keep it going

Fortsæt det gode arbejde :-)

[DaMilkzhake]

Riktigt fina filmer ni gör ;)

[HPBrowningBoy]

Aachen also has lots of these Dragon Teeth lines still visible. Even from the air(Google Earth) it is possible to see the star shaped line around the city. Indeed it is to expensive to totally remove them and I am glad it is for every year too much pieces of the Westwall disappears wich I think is sad thing.