{"id":1949,"date":"2024-01-24T09:56:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T08:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forte-cultura.com\/?page_id=1949"},"modified":"2026-03-08T11:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T10:04:09","slug":"defence-lines-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forte-cultura.com\/en\/evolution-des-festungsbaus-von-bastionen-zu-bunkern\/geschichte-des-festungsbaus\/festungen-des-20-jahrhunderts\/verteidigungslinien\/","title":{"rendered":"Lines of defence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Defensive lines of the 1st and 2nd World War in Europe<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In the period between the two world wars, a veritable construction boom of fortified facilities commenced in all major European countries, which appeared to be necessary to secure strategically important sections of the respective state borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This includes the Maginot-Linie<\/b> on the eastern fringes of France, which was built to protect against an attack by the German Reich and its allies. Its remnants, bunkers, ditches, armored turrets and logistics network remain as monstrous, but in their gigantomania quite fascinating memorials in the landscape, and remind the warlike past of Europe, e.g. at the \"Friends of the Maginot Line in Alsace\".<\/p>\n\n\n

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Discover the Maginot Line with FORTE CULTURA<\/span><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Walbourg<\/a><\/div>

Walbourg (FR)<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Schoenenbourg<\/a><\/div>

Schoenenbourg (FR)<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Lembach<\/a><\/div>

Lembach (FR)<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Haguenau<\/a><\/div>

Haguenau (FR)<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Other defense lines of this era are:<\/p>\n\n\n