Hermann position

German defensive positions on the Western Front, 1918

The Hermann position was a defensive position of the German troops on the western front during the First World War . At the beginning of September 1918 doubts about the stability of the Siegfried line grew. Therefore one began with the expansion of a rear catchment position, the so-called "Hermann position". This defensive position on the western front began north of Ghent on the coast, followed the Leie and Scheldt rivers at Eeklo and passed into the Hunding position at Marle .

literature

• Jean-Jacques Becker, Gerd Krumeich : The Great War. Germany and France in the First World War 1914–1918 . Klartext Verlag , Essen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8375-0171-1 .
• Susanne Brandt: From the theater of war to the memory room. The Western Front 1914–1940 . Nomos Verlag , Baden-Baden 2000, ISBN 3-7890-6758-X .
• Dieter Storz: The Western Front 1918 . In military history. Issue 3/2008, MGFA, ISSN  0940-4163 .