- Siegfried line
- noun Etymology: Siegfried Date: 1918 a line of German defensive fortifications facing the Maginot Line
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Siegfried line
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Siegfried Line — World War I German fortifications in France, from Ger. Siegfriedlinie, named for the hero in Wagner s Ring cycle … Etymology dictionary
Siegfried line — n. a system of heavy fortifications built before WWII on the W frontier of Germany … English World dictionary
Siegfried Line — The original Siegfried line ( Siegfriedstellung ) was a line of defensive forts and tank defenses built by Germany as a section of the Hindenburg Line 1916 1917 in northern France during World War I. However, in English, Siegfried line more… … Wikipedia
Siegfried Line — Verlauf des Westwalles, der Maginot Linie und des Festungsringes Lüttich Der Westwall, entlang der Westgrenze des Deutschen Reiches (bei den Alliierten auch unter dem Namen Siegfried Linie bekannt), war ein über ca. 630 km verteiltes… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Siegfried 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… … Universalium
Siegfried Line — Sieg|fried Line, the a line of military defences that the German armies built on the ↑Western Front during World War I and before and during World War II … Dictionary of contemporary English
Siegfried line — Sieg′fried line n. why a zone of fortifications in W Germany facing the Maginot line, erected before World War II … From formal English to slang
Siegfried 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 …
Siegfried line — noun German fortifications facing the Maginot Line • Instance Hypernyms: ↑fortification, ↑munition • Part Holonyms: ↑Germany, ↑Federal Republic of Germany, ↑Deutschland, ↑FRG … Useful english dictionary
Siegfried Line — Defensive fortification built by Germany along its western border before World War II … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
