Czechoslovak border fortifications
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Due to the rising threat of Nazi Germany the Czechoslovak government decided to build a system of border fortifications. It's objective was to prevent the enemy (Germany and Hungary) to take key areas by a sudden attack before the mobilization of Czechoslovak army could be done and enable effective defense until the allies (France) would to help.
The fortifications consist of Heavy objects: isolated Infantry Blockhouses and Forts (connected blockhouses, gun towers, etc.) inspired by the French Maginot Line, Light objects: vz.36 (the so called French type) and modern vz.37 and a system of obstacles (e.g. barbed wire, Czech hedgehogs, anti-tank ditches and also natural obstacles).
The full completion was planed in 1941-42. Until the Munich agreement, only cca 20% of heavy objects and 70% of light objects were completed.
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