Definition of Siegfried line

1. Noun. German fortifications facing the Maginot Line.

Generic synonyms: Fortification, Munition
Group relationships: Deutschland, Federal Republic Of Germany, Frg, Germany

Lexicographical Neighbors of Siegfried Line

Sidney Caesar
Sidney James Webb
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Webb
Sidon
Sidonian
Sidonians
Sidonie-Gabrielle Claudine Colette
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
Sieg Heil
Siege Perilous
Siegel zero
Siegert
Siegert's sign
Siegfried
Siegfried line (current term)
Siegle
Siena
Sienese
Sienna
Siennese
Sierpinski gasket
Sierpinski triangle
Sierra
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone monetary unit
Sierra Leonean
Sierra Leoneans
Sierra Leonian
Sierra Leonians

Literary usage of Siegfried line

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The Siegfried line announced that the German reply was "Hammer away until ... He wished to apply the same process to the Siegfried line, believing it would ..."

2. Ludendorff's Own Story, August 1914-November 1918: The Great War from the by Erich Ludendorff (1919)
"... FIRST HALF OF The Withdrawal to the Siegfried line—The Reasons for Defensive Tactics in the West—The Russian Revolution—America's Declaration of War—The ..."

3. Ludendorff's Own Story, August 1914-November 1918: The Great War from the by Erich Ludendorff (1919)
"... FIRST HALF OF The Withdrawal to the Siegfried line—The Reasons for Defensive Tactics in the West—The Russian Revolution—America's Declaration of War—The ..."

4. The Great War by George Henry Allen, Henry C. Whitehead, French Ensor Chadwick (1919)
"Von Hindenburg's strategic retreat to the "Siegfried" line. The devastation of the relinquished territory. The revised plans of the British and French. ..."

5. Military Geography for Professionals and the Public by John M. Collins (2000)
"Dragons' Teeth were merely the most visible defenses along the Siegfried line that buttressed Germany's borders with France, Luxembourg, and Belgium during ..."

6. Seventy-first New York in the World War by Robert Stewart Sutliffe (1922)
"The Siegfried line is considered to afford the most favorable conditions for a ... For this reason outposts will be established before the Siegfried line, ..."

7. The Book of History: A History of All Nations from the Earliest Times to the by James Bryce Bryce, Holland Thompson, William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1920)
"Another had driven the enemy from the bank of the canal, pushed along the Siegfried Line and carried the German trench system west of the canal as far as ..."

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