Festung
Festungis a genericGermanword for afortress.Although it is not in common usage in English, it is used in a number of historical contexts involving German speakers:
- For historicalfortressesinAustria,GermanyorSwitzerland
- As part of the reasoning given by the German Army (Heer) for the slow progress of theSiege of Warsaw
- ForGerman WWII strongholdswhich were to be held at all costs, especially towards the end of the war:
- Alpine FortressorAlpenfestung
- Atlantic wallorFestung Europa— a military propaganda term from the Second World War which referred to the areas of Continental Europe occupied by Nazi Germany.
- Stalingrad(seeBattle of Stalingrad)
- Warsaw(Festung Warschau) see also theWarsaw Uprising
- Poznań(Battle of Posen)
- Kolobrzeg(Battle of Kolberg)
- Piła(Festung Schneidemühl)
- Wrocław(Festung Breslau)
- Budapest(Battle of Budapest)
- Kaliningrad(Festung Königsberg)
- For entire countries such asNorwaywhich were heavily fortified in World War II. SeeFestung Norwegen.
- For proposed post war German enclaves (festungen,literally "strongholds" ) in places such asBrestandTrondheim(seeNordstern (city) § Atlantic Wall)
- For plannednational redoubtssuch as Switzerland'sNational Redoubt(Schweizer Alpenfestung).
See also
[edit]- Die Festung,novel byLothar-Günther Buchheim
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