Tegart's fence

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A “ pillbox ” built in the late 1930s along Tegart's fence, which still stands near the Goren industrial zone in northern Israel

Tegart's fence ( English Tegart's wall , Hebrew גדר הצפון) Was the unofficial name of the time of the British Mandate over Palestine erected barbed -Zauns on the northern border of the country. The fence was built in 1938 to prevent Syrian and Lebanese forces from joining the Arab uprising . The fence was 75 kilometers long. Five so-called Tegart forts and 20 pillboxes , a special kind of British fence fortress, were erected along the fence. The fence was erected at the instigation of Charles Tegart , who was sent to Palestine by the British government in 1938 as an advisor on combating terrorist activities. Ultimately, however, it turned out to be ineffective. In 1942 the fence was dismantled to use the barbed wire in the African campaign on the British side. The fortresses and some of the pillboxes can still be seen to this day.

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