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However, the Dutch had decided to use a more eastern main defence line, the Grebbe Line, and reserved a secondary role for the Water Line. When the Grebbe Line was broken on May 13, the field army was withdrawn to the Water Line. However, modern tactics could circumvent fixed defense lines, as happened during the French Maginot Line.
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]
The Frisian waterline [1] [2] [3] started being built around 1580. The defence line goes from the Zuidersea , along the River Linde, to the De Blesse Bridge. Then, the defence line goes northward to Kuinre by way of Heerenveen , Terband , Gorredijk , Donkerbroek , Bakkeveen and Frieschepalen .
Overview of the Dutch defense lines in 1940. Roman defense line. Upper German Limes Limes Germanicus; Pre-1874 defense lines ... New Hollandic Water Line.
Dutch Waterline; P. Plofsluis This page was last edited on 2 September 2024, at 06:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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.
The Wierickerschans Fort is a part of the Old Dutch Waterline or "Oude Hollandse Waterlinie". This was a defence system that allowed large parts of the country (Holland) to be flooded (inundated). This was a defence system that allowed large parts of the country (Holland) to be flooded (inundated).
The system proved successful on the Hollandic Water Line in rampjaar 1672 during the Third Anglo-Dutch War but was overcome in 1795 because of heavy frost. It was also used with the Stelling van Amsterdam , the Grebbe line and the IJssel Line .