Cobbler line
Battle of the Netherlands
Maastricht - Mill - The Hague - Rotterdam - Zeeland - Grebbeberg - Afsluitdijk - bombing of Rotterdam
Invasion of Luxembourg
cobblestone line
Battle of Belgium
Fort Eben-Emael - KW line - Dyle plan - Hannut - Gembloux - Lys
Battle of France
Royal Marine - Ardennes - Sedan - Maginot Line - Weygand Plan - Arras - Boulogne - Calais - Dunkirk ( Dynamo - Wormhout ) - Abbeville - Lille - Paula - Fall Rot - Aisne - Alps - Cycle - Saumur - Lagarde - Aerial - Fall Braun
The Schuster Line was a line of defense that had been built in Luxembourg shortly before the Second World War . It was named after the Luxembourg State Secretary for Bridges and Road Construction Joseph Schuster.
The cobbler line consisted of 41 concrete barriers and iron gates; 18 bridge blocks (along the German border), 18 road blocks at the German border and five road blocks at the French border. The roadblocks were set up about a kilometer inland in a zigzag pattern, covered on both sides by barbed wire entanglement. Nine military radio stations were set up along the German border. A central radio receiving station was set up in the St. Espirit barracks in the capital Luxembourg.
The line could not slow down the German advance significantly during the invasion of Luxembourg on May 10, 1940 (during the western campaign ). The iron gates were torn down and ramps were built over the concrete blocks to allow people to drive over them. Some obstacles were simply blown away.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wagner from Strassen, Raymond. " Verziel mer vum Krich ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. "; De Cliärrwer Kanton, Edition Spéciale 2001 (in Luxembourgish).
- ↑ Thomas, Nigel (2014). Hitler's Blitzkrieg Enemies 1940: Denmark, Norway, Netherlands & Belgium (illus. Ed.). Bloomsbury. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-78200-597-1 .
- ^ Government of Luxembourg. Luxembourg and the German Invasion, Before and After, Hutchinson & Co.Accessed 19 August 2016
- ↑ Milmeister, Jean: "Storm on the" Schusterlinie. "In: Letzeburger Sonndesblad 113 (1980), No. 19, p. 6.
literature
- Léon N. Nilles: The Schuster Line: A concrete block against the Wehrmacht. In: Lëtzebuerger Journal 53 (2000), No. 88 (May 9), pp. 10-11. ff .; OCLC 54517360
- Jean Milmeister: Storming the "cobbler line." In: Letzeburger Sonndesblad 113 (1980), No. 19, p. 6.
- Félix Streicher: "Une drôle de petite armée" in the drôle de guerre. The Luxembourg Force Armée between September 1939 and May 1940. In: Hémecht. Journal of Luxembourg History 71/3 (2019), pp. 279–309.