Roman defense line Upper German Limes Limes Germanicus
Pre-1874 defense lines Circumvallatielinie van Groenlo http://www.engelseschans.nl/ Site with English summaryhttp://www.circumvallatielinie.nl/ Dutch site with new discovered parts of the line Frisian Water Line (Friese Waterlinie) Groningse Waterlinie Helperlinie West Brabant waterline Linie van Beverwijk Linie van de Eems Linie van de Eendracht Linie van Noord-Holland Oostfrontier Hollandic Water Line (Oude Hollandse Waterlinie) Positie van 's-Hertogenbosch
Staats - Spaanse Linies
Stelling West Noord-Brabant Zijper Stelling Zuider Frontier
Fortification law 1874 The Vestingwethttp://www.forten.info/index.htm?http://www.forten.info/wetten/vestingwet.htm Text of the Fortification Law (eng: Fortification Law) or Wet tot regeling en voltooiing van het vestingstelsel (eng: Law to regulate and complete the fortification) was signed on 18 April 1874. The law dealt with the defense of the Netherlands against enemy attacks.
The main principle was defense by flooding where as the army of the Netherlands would withdraw to the area around Amsterdam. After the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) it became clear that a new defense plan was needed. The law was made by the Minister of War August Weitzel under King Willem III. The Law became dysfunctional at 28 March 1938.
Grebbe Line (Grebbelinie)http://www.grebbelinie.nl/ Dutch site of the Grebbe Line IJssel Line (IJssellinie) New Hollandic Line (Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie) Defence Line of Amsterdam (Stelling van Amsterdam)http://www.stelling-van-amsterdam.nl/?art_id=57 English information about the Defense Line of Amsterdam Stelling van het Hollandsch Diep en het Volkerak Stelling van de monden der Maas en van het Haringvliet Werken aan de Westerschelde Zuiderwaterlinie (Which includes the West Brabant waterline)
Interbellum (1918–1940) Bath & Zanddijk Stellingen Geullinie Grebbe Line (Grebbelinie) IJssel Line (IJssellinie) Kazematten Afsluitdijk Maaslinie Linge - Waallinie Oranjestelling Peel-Raam Line (Peel-Raamstelling) Waal-Maaslinie Weerstandslinies Noord-Oost Nederland
World War II (1939–1945) During the occupation of the Netherlands, the Germans made fortifications to stop the Allies from liberating the Netherlands and to protect their V2 rocket platforms in the Netherlands. The Germans built new defense lines like the Atlantic Wall but also reused the Dutch defense line like the Grebbe line.
Assenerstellung / Frieslandriegel Atlantic Wall (Atlantikwall) Brabantstellung Vordere Wasserstellung Hintere Wasserstellung Panther Line (Pantherstellung) http://www.grebbelinie.nl/page/pantherstellung Dutch information about the Pantherstellung IJsselstellung
Cold War (1946–1991) During the Cold War a defence line was created to slow down a potential Soviet attack on the Netherlands.http://www.ijssellinie.nl/ENGELS/index.html English information about the Ijssel Line
IJssel Line (IJssellinie) (1953–1964)
Maps of the defense lines
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