HITLER'S EASTERN WALL
BUILT IN POLAND According to the Polish Feature and News Service, the construction of new and formidable defences in Poland has begun, far outrivalling the Siegfried Line. All the inhabitants have been evacuated from the banks of the Vistula River for a distance of two miles on the west bank and three miles on the east so as to permit the installation of every known military device and to create an impassable barrier to a Russian advance into Germany. The line starts at a point north of "Warsaw—the nearest point to the existing defences of East Prussia—and terminates at a point past Cracow. Since the occupation of France, the Germans have made a most exhaustive study of the Maginot Line, some of the unique features of which will be embodied in the new Vistula fortifications. These will be nearly 500 miles long, as they will follow the course of the river to the point where they will connect with the defence system of East Prussia.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXX, Issue 13668, 16 June 1942, Page 2
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