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Hindenburg Line (Siegfried-Stellung), a system of fortified and entrenched reserve positions stretching 80 km southeast from Arras to Soissons, France, built by the Germans in the winter of 1916-17. On 2-3 September 1918 the Canadian Corps broke open its northern hinge (the Drocourt-Quéant switch, or Wotan-Stellung) and compelled those German units west of the line to withdraw to it. At the end of the month another Canadian assault forced a crossing of the Canal du Nord, near Cambrai. Again outflanked, the Germans abandoned the line and continued their retreat to the east.
Author
BRERETON GREENHOUS
Links to Other Sites
Vimy Ridge
This website offers a brief account of the battle of Vimy Ridge in World War I. Includes photographs of military action taken by Canadian photographer Jack Turner. From Library and Archives Canada.
CBC: Vimy Ridge Remembered
A multimedia CBC feature devoted to the stories of Canadian veterans who fought on the front lines at Vimy Ridge in World War I.
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