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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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