1940 Over the Siegfried Line

British Newsreel. February 5, 1940. Despite France's declaration of war on Germany at the beginning of the Second World War, there was no major combat at the Siegfried Line at the start of the campaign in the west. Instead, both sides remained stuck in the so-called Phony War, where neither side wanted to attack the other and both stayed in their safe positions. When the campaign finished, all transportable weapons were removed from the Siegfried Line and used in other places. The concrete sections were left in place in the countryside and soon became completely unfit for defence. The bunkers were instead used for storage, for example for farming equipment.

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• Siegfried
• Line
• Westwall
• Fortification
• German
• Army
• Wehrmacht
• Reconnaisance
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