Orientation Table - Stachelberg, Czech Republic
Posted by: ToRo61
N 50° 37.810 E 015° 54.682
33U E 564456 N 5609096
The orientation table beside Stachelberg Artillery Fort.
Waymark Code: WMN2CW
Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/13/2014
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The Czechoslovak government built a system of border fortifications, as well as some fortified defensive lines inland, from 1935 to 1938 as a defensive countermeasure against the rising threat of Nazi Germany. The objective of the fortifications was to prevent the taking of key areas by an enemy (not only Germany but also Hungary) by means of a sudden attack before the mobilization of the Czechoslovak army could be completed, and to enable effective defense until allies (Britain and France and possibly the Soviet Union) could help.
The Artillery fortification Stachelberg was planned to be the largest fortress in Czechoslovakia - four infantry forts, two artillery forts, two forts for mortar turret, two forts for artillery turrets and one entrance fort, but only one infantry fort, T-St-S 73 (
visit link) , was completed.
The board shows the surrounding countryside and the locations other planned the forts.