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Hindenburg line
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Hindenburg line
n
(Historical Terms) a line of strong fortifications built by the German army near the Franco-Belgian border in 1916-17: breached by the Allies in August 1918
[named after Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (1847-1934), German field marshal and statesman]
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They were, however, forced out within hours by murderous machine gun and artillery fire from the defenders who, because of confusion and simple bad planning by the Australian artillery, were able to inflict enormous losses on the troops that reached and lodged in the Hindenberg Line.
Jonathan Walker, The blood tub: General Gough and the battle of ... by Beveridge, Graeme / Journal of the Australian War Memorial
The former infantry scout was also in the Allied advance into the Hindenberg Line in the closing weeks of the war.
Great War survivor Ted dies, aged 103; TRIBUTES POUR IN FOR MAN WHO ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
He was a member of the Advanced Signal Section and one of the first to cross the bridge at Bellenglise when the Allies breached the Hindenberg Line in 1918.
Proudly they spoke of God, of luck, of lost friends..and of how they ... by Antonowicz, Anton / The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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