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  2. Dutch Waterline - Wikipedia

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    The Dutch Water Line proved its value less than forty years after its construction during the Franco-Dutch War (or Third Anglo-Dutch War) (1672), when it stopped the armies of Louis XIV from conquering Holland, although the freezing over of the line came close to rendering it useless. In 1794 and 1795, the revolutionary French armies overcame ...

  3. Dutch Water Defence Lines - Wikipedia

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    The Dutch Water Defence lines (Dutch: Hollandse Waterlinies) [1] is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Netherlands comprising the New Dutch Waterline and Stelling van Amsterdam. The Stelling van Amsterdam was added as a World Heritage Site in 1996, and was extended in 2021 with the New Dutch Waterline in 2021. [2]

  4. Category:Dutch Water Defence Lines - Wikipedia

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    Dutch Water Defence Lines; Dutch Waterline; P. Plofsluis This page was last edited on 2 September 2024, at 06:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  5. West Brabant waterline - Wikipedia

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    The West Brabant waterline [1] (Dutch: West-Brabantse waterlinie) (later: Stelling West Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch military defense line based on inundation. The West Brabant waterline is said to be the second oldest in The Netherlands (after the Eendrachtslinie) and was constructed in 1628 .

  6. Defence lines of the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    Overview of the Dutch defense lines in 1940. Roman defense line. Upper German Limes Limes Germanicus; Pre-1874 defense lines ... New Hollandic Water Line.

  7. Stelling van Amsterdam - Wikipedia

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    The Stelling van Amsterdam was primarily a defensive water line (Dutch: waterlinie). In the event of an enemy attack, large tracts of land around Amsterdam would be inundated with water, preventing the enemy from advancing. Amsterdam would function as a national redoubt or reduit, as the last stronghold of the Netherlands. Forts were built in ...

  8. Fort de Roovere - Wikipedia

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    Model in 1:600 scale of the Fort de Roovere in 1751 The Moses Bridge or Loopgraafbrug (Trench Bridge). Fort De Roovere is an earthen fort, constructed as part of the Dutch Water Line, (Hollandse Waterlinie), a series of water-based defences conceived by Maurice of Nassau in 1628 during the Eighty Years War where it defended against Spanish attackers.

  9. Plofsluis - Wikipedia

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    Building of the lock started in 1937, three years after work started on the Amsterdam-Rhine canal. [1] Two pumping stations were also planned on both sides of the lock, so they could still influence the flow of water, but this was never finished due to the start of the Second World War in 1940. [2]