Events for Wednesday 22nd July 2020
On This Day in History
The Germans begin their retreat to the Hindenburg Line
22nd July 1918The Hindenburg Line, or Siegfriedstellung, achieved almost mythical status in the minds of the British public: the strongest defence system the world had then seen, scientifically designed by fortification experts with only one aim, to keep at bay the British Army.
Further Reading
The Hindenburg Line(Paperback - 192 pages)
by Peter Oldham
The Hindenburg Line, or Siegfriedstellung, achieved almost mythical status in the minds of the British public: the strongest defence system the world had then seen, scientifically designed by fortification experts with only one aim, to keep at bay the British Army. So pleased and delighted were the British that church… Read more...
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