Dragon's Teeth Along the Siegfried Line - Hollerath, Germany
Exploring WWII tank obstacles along the Siegfried Line - Hollerath, Germany - June 2018
Dragon's teeth – Anti-tank obstacles of the Siegfried Line
Dragon's teeth are square-pyramidal fortifications of reinforced concrete first used during the Second World War to impede the movement of tanks and mechanised infantry. The idea was to slow down and channel tanks into killing zones where they could easily be disposed of by anti-tank weapons.
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Dragon's Teeth - World War II
Army General J. Lawton Collins tells of the fight to take the Siegfried Line in World War II, and of the campaign to cross onto the soil of Germany in this The Big Picture film.
Note... Dragon's Teeth are square-pyramidal fortifications of reinforced concrete first used during World War II to impede the movement of tanks and mechanized infantry. The idea was to slow down and channel tanks into killing zones where they could easily be disposed of by anti-tank weapons. They were employed extensively, particularly on the Siegfried Line.
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WWII - 1939, German Defenses: Siegfried Line w/ Dragon’s Teeth & Bunker Emplacements]
CU Anti-tank Dragon’s Teeth in Siegfried Line aka Westwall w/ farmer grazing sheep thru them. LS along line of Dragon’s Teeth.
01:00:22 Aerial over wide band / 5 rows of Dragon’s Teeth.
01:00:59 CU of metal anti-tank barricade & Dragon’s Teeth. Steel posts & barbed wire alongside canal; reinforced concrete bunkers alongside river; pan to passing barge & emplacements on opposite shore.
01:02:23 CU newly constructed concrete Dragon’s Teeth; aerial along canal or small stream; construction equipment in field.
01:03:19 Pan Dragon’s Teeth behind trees along riverbank. Bunker. Pan razor wire in multiple fences in woods.
01:04:18 Tilt up wooden tower, man climbing ladder; tilt down to German soldier pumping water & washing mess kit outside concrete bunker. Slug.
01:04:39 Stop-motion animation showing development of protection points with bunkers & lookouts.
01:05:02 Pan bunkers built into ground with earthen covering on hillsides; in fields seen from air w/ newly planted shrubs. Bunkers connected into network.
01:06:08 Steel tank trap alongside road; officer on horseback leading marching troops w/ rifles & ammunition boxes. Farmers and women working in fields watch them pass.
01:06:46 Concrete bunker w/ camouflage paint & sign above entrance: Werkgruppe Scharnhorst Panzerwerk 1238. Column of troops enter, seen from inside. Ext. HA entering; interior shot of marching down long corridor w/ electric lights from ceiling. Small train seen on tracks inside. Train w/ soldiers passing inside.
01:08:34 Soldiers boarding elevator cage; others walk up steps alongside. POV from rising elevator.
01:09:07 MCU air pipes along ceiling of tunnel above wooden tables. Pan tools on wall. Men playing cards, smoking & relaxing.
01:09:50 Ext. workers w/ shovels running across dirt to edge & look down. Alongside road, open staff car w/ Hitler up mountain road; German soldiers giving salute by outstretched arms.
01:10:18 MS German officer talking w/ Polish (?) officer. HItler beside fence with Himmler & others; walk into bunker. Shell being hoisted to gun.
01;10:43 CU German pro-Nazi newspaper: Volkischer Beobachter.
01:10;54 LS along Dragon’s Teeth in place. Old couple hoeing between Dragon’s Teeth and crops. Crops & sheep in Dragon’s Teeth area
THE BIG PICTURE THE DRAGON'S TEETH WWII SIEGFRIED LINE 80894
ENTIRE PLAYLIST In August 1944, the first clashes took place.
In this 1962 episode of the U.S. Army's TV show THE BIG PICTURE (00:01:13:00) - THE DRAGON'S TEETH, General J. Lawton Collins (00:10:20:00) tells of the U.S. Army's fight to take the Siegfried.
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WWII: U.S. Army Breaks Through Siegfried Line - 1944 | Today in History | 3 Oct 16
On October 3, 1944, during World War II, U.S. Army troops cracked the Siegfried Line north of Aachen, Germany.
American's advancing into Germany have passed through the anti-tank defences of the Siegfried Line. Many of the forts and pill boxes they over ran have been blown up. One pill box had been carefully camouflaged to look like a mountain chalet.
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Germany's Siegfried Line (1938)
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Siegfried Line.
M/S of a train pulling trucks of stone rumbling out of a tunnel. Various shots as they construct the fortifications. M/S of concrete pylons on the surface to stop tanks. M/S as German soldiers wheel a big gun up into a tunnel. M/S of a barbed wire fence. Various shots of soldiers running down the steps and along the corridors of the underground shelters. M/S of their dormitory. M/S as men line up at sinks to get washed. M/S as a cook pours water into a pan out of a big vat. Various shots as two soldiers climb a ladder. M/S as a soldier looks out through a slit. M/S exterior of the pylons snaking away.
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Siegfried Line near Aachen
Siegfried Line near Aachen showing dragon's teeth antitank obstacles from the air. M4 Sherman tanks roll through at the end.
Best Documentary 2017 ۩ The Last Defense of the German Siegfried Line (720p HD)
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The Siegfried line or known in Germany as the West wall
Showing Hitler's western border wall and probobly the best ever built in human history, mind blowing engineering involved and as usual with the Germans lots of concrete.
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Destruction Of The Siegfried Line (1947)
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The Siegfried Line, Germany.
The German fortifications along the Siegfried line are destroyed by explosives.
Various shots of blockhouses before the explosion. MS French and American officers discussing the placing of the mines and look around the site. VS The explosion with clouds of white smoke bellowing into the sky. VS The shattered blockhouses, with officers walking among them to inspect the damage.
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[WWII - 1944, Siegfried Line & Huertgen Forest Fighting, Oct-Nov44]
Soldiers on truck pulling gun into forest. Trucks pulling artillery on muddy road; into forest. Setting up antiaircraft gun in forest - loading ammunition and firing. Night or dusk firing tracers. Small camp with a few tents in forest - men shaving - cooking at campfire.
23:20:53 Infantry on road in forest, advancing gingerly in woods - firing machine-gun.
23:22:05 Dozens of miserable-looking German prisoners into truck.
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Sowing The Dragon's Teeth
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The Dragon's Teeth - WWII's formidable Nazi obstacles
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Best Documentary 2016 HD The Last Defense of the German Siegfried Line (720p HD)
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Höckerlinie bei Hollerath, Westwall, Drachenzähne, WWII
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Clashes on the Siegfried Line 1944 - part 2
In August 1944, the first clashes took place on the Siegfried Line; the section of the line where most fighting took place was the Hürtgenwald area in the Eifel, 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Aachen. An estimated 120,000 troops—plus reinforcements—were committed to Hürtgen. The battle in this confusing, heavily forested area claimed the lives of 24,000 troops plus 9,000 non-battle casualties.[5] The German death toll is not documented.
After the Battle of Hürtgenwald, the Battle of the Bulge began, starting at the area south of the Hürtgenwald, between Monschau and the Luxembourgish town of Echternach. This offensive was a last-ditch attempt by the Germans to reverse the course of the war. It cost the lives of many without producing any lasting success.
There were serious clashes at other parts of the Siegfried Line and soldiers in many bunkers refused to surrender, often fighting to the death. By early 1945 the last Siegfried Line bunkers had fallen at the Saar and Hunsrück.
Assault of the Dragon's Teeth
Dragon's teeth (German: Drachenzähne, literally Dragon Teeth) were square-pyramidal fortifications of reinforced concrete used during the Second World War to impede the movement of tanks. This is a common and trite delusion.
What you are about to watch is a extremly rare glimpse into the diabolical deeds of the Dragon's Teeth. Very few people know of the true deceptiveness of the Dragon's Teeth. At least, very few who are still living...