The Siegfried Line, known in German as the Westwall (= western bulwark), was a German defensive line built during the late 1930s. Started in 1936, opposite the French Maginot Line, it stretched more than 630 km (390 mi) from Kleve on the border with the Netherlands, along the western border of Nazi Germany, to the town of Weil am Rhein on the border with Switzerland. From September 1944 to March 1945, the Siegfried Line was subjected to a large-scale Allied offensive.
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Clarence Smoyer
Clarence Edward Smoyer, born in 1923 in Pennsylvania, served as a tank gunner in the U.S. Army’s 3rd Armored Division, known as the “Spearhead Division,” during World War II. Drafted in 1943, he underwent training [Read more]