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Siegfried Line|ˈsiːgfriːd laɪn|
[tr. G. Siegfriedlinie, f. the name of the hero Siegfried of Wagner's Ring cycle (and of the MHG epic poem the Nibelungenlied).]
The line of fortifications occupied by the Germans in France during the war of 1914–18. Similarly, the line of defence constructed along Germany's western frontier before the war of 1939–45.
[1923Kipling Irish Guards in Gt. War I. 204 The Hindenburg line, known to the Germans as ‘Siegfried’.] 1936H. A. L. Fisher Hist. Europe iii. xxxiii. 1144 A position which had been fortified with elaborate care, and was known by the Germans as the Siegfried and by the English as the Hindenburg line. 1938Times 25 Oct. 14/4 The evening newspapers [in Berlin] published to-day the first photographs of the so-called ‘Siegfried Line’, the massive fortifications which are being erected on the western frontiers of the Reich. 1939Times 22 Sept. 6/7 What song is to be the ‘Tipperary’ of this war? The first candidate would seem to be ‘The Washing on the Siegfried Line’. Its chorus is sufficiently simple and singable:—We're gonna hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line. Have you any dirty washing, mother dear? We're gonna hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line... If the Siegfried Line's still there. 1946R.A.F. Jrnl. May 157, I rode straight through the Siegfried Line with dug-outs and then a line of anti-tank traps strung out across the countryside. 1978E. Malpass Wind brings up Rain xxiv. 221 Cholera..had broken out..in the Siegfried Line. |