Memorial Site Hasselpath Position 1. German Trench

Type of trench dug by the German forces fort he close protection of much larger intallation, such as main supply roads, concrete or log bunkers of the Siegfried line.
The approach ways were often protected by barbed of concertina wires, booby traps and variety of anti personel mines. In the fall of 1944 there were several road blocks on the Hasselpath Trail and this trench was part of one of those road block protections.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Hans Tasma