| From 'Tank War' by Janusz Piekalkiewicz
Wednesday 24 January 1940 Quote: Dutch Defensive Installations
Amsterdam; The Dutch news agency Algemeen Nederlandsch Persbureau (ANP) announced:
Dutch defensive installations are of modern design and strongly fortified. Thus during an attack the army would not have to fight in the open field, but could hold defensive lines capable of intercepting the enemy. Both fronts are protected by watercourses and floodplains. Ditches up to 1,500 feet wide have been dug and filled with water as tank obstacles. In addition, the terrain has been studded with countless minefields, machine gun nests, etc. Especially important is the fact that the defences are not visable from the outside.
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