The border fortification - Nachod, Czech Republic
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The one of the well maintained and often visited military fortifications from the time before 1938 is located beside Nachod town in East Bohemia.
Waymark Code: WMN5YF
Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/01/2015
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Nachod town is located very close to the international border with Poland. Before 1938, however, this today Poland territories belonged to Nazi Germany.
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 border was very heavily fortified by series of the fortresses (
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This model of the fortification of Nachod town is located in Nachod Regional Museum (
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