Fortifications in Siberia
Strong Defences i| Erected by Soviet
I "VERDUNS” of the far I EAST
Wnltcd Press Association— By Electric ’ Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Sunday, 7 p.in. LONDON, Jan. 11.
'lhe Morning Post’s Riga correspondent says that Soviet fortifications on the 1500-mile front from Baikal to Vladivostok arc noaring completion. Details have been kept secret, but it is known that they include numerous forts, anti-aircraft bases and underground barracks of reinforced concrete. A mile behind the first line is a second lino, and between arc numerous "tank traps,” fitted with Sovietinvented tank mines; also special sectors. called death-traps, where the enomy would bo allowed to penetrate. Several auxiliary railways have already been built in tho Baikal, Amur and Vladivostok regions. The fortifications in the latter region extend two miles behind Vladivostok, while the Nikolsk and Blagovyeshchensk stations are described by the Soviet as the “Verduns” of tho Far East.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 10, 13 January 1936, Page 7
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