Dragon’s Teeth – Westwall (Siegfried Line) 🇩🇪 Anti-tank obstacles built by Nazi Germany before WWII, forming part of the defensive Siegfried Line along the western border. #Westwall #SiegfriedLine #DragonsTeeth #WW2History #WWII #MilitaryHistory #AntiTank #GermanDefenses #Fortifications #HistoryReels #AbandonedHistory #WarHistory #ww2 #abandoned #military #history #ww2history #urbex #germany #german #foto #photografia #dji #dron #spirituality #quebec #edmonton | Bunkry a pevnosti

On 15 september 1944, 9th Infantry Division,39th Infantry Regiment and Combat Engineers cracked the Siegfried Line north of Aachen in Germany. | Joël Stoppels Battlefield Tours

In the fall of 1944, the U.S. First Army fought one of the fiercest urban battles of World War II — the Battle of Aachen. From mid-September to October 21, American forces encircled and stormed the first German city to fall to Allied forces. The fighting was brutal. Aachen’s natural defenses, and its position along the Siegfried Line, made it a fortress. Despite an ultimatum to surrender, German forces refused, determined to hold the city at all costs. After bitter, house-to-house combat, Aachen