dppintr Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 The New Dutch Waterline is a defence line that spans 53 miles. The line starts at Muiden and ends at the Biesbosch and is 2 to 3 miles wide. It consists of 45 forts, 6 fortified towns, 2 castles, 85 machine gun casemates, over 700 concrete troop shelters and casemates as well as more than 100 military sluices and water engineering works. The New Dutch Waterline is the largest National Monument in the Netherlands. Fort Vuren On Thursday we made a sight-seeing trip along the Waterline. A trip report with pictures can be found here -o-o- 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thruster88 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Very interesting for an Aussie we are having 10 days + of 37-42C, 172 is a fantastic aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tillmanr Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 A great report thank you dppintr. Clear skies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenlsa Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 It is nice to read stories from other countries as it all helps to expand our knowledge base. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Anson Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Crikey, that's a lot of history concentrated into one blog. I always imagined Holland as just having defences against invasion by the sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dppintr Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 I always imagined Holland as just having defences against invasion by the sea. That also, of course. Let me add one about that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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