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<p>62.178.205.165: Undid revision 1319380292 by 2A00:807:D7:CD7F:C53E:6269:A946:B377 (talk)</p> <hr /> <div>{{Italic title}}<br /> '''''Festung''''' is the [[German language|German]] word for [[fortress]]. Although it is not in common usage in English, it is used in contexts related to Central European, especially German, history. The term is used:<br /> <br /> * In the names of [[fortress]]es in [[German speaking Europe]]<br /> * For fortified areas in Switzerland's [[National Redoubt (Switzerland)|National Redoubt]]<br /> * In German World War Two propaganda for:<br /> ** [[Fortress Europe|Festung Europa]] — The defensive buildup of Western Europe against the Allies<br /> *** Vital locations along the [[Atlantic Wall#Fortresses|Atlantic wall]], including the entirety of [[Festung Norwegen|Norway]]<br /> ** For key [[German WWII strongholds|strategic locations]] which were to be held at all costs, especially towards the end of the war<br /> *** [[Battle of Stalingrad|Festung Stalingrad]] following the city's encirclement in [[Operation Uranus]]<br /> *** [[Festung Warschau]] — used in different contexts in 1939 and 1944<br /> *** [[Battle of Poznań (1945)|Festung Posen]]<br /> *** [[Battle of Kolberg (1945)|Festung Kolberg]]<br /> *** [[Festung Breslau]]<br /> *** [[Battle of Budapest|Festung Budapest]]<br /> *** [[Festung Königsberg]]<br /> *** [[Alpine Fortress|Alpenfestung]] — the planned national redoubt<br /> ** For proposed [[Nordstern (city)#Atlantic_Wall|post war German exclaves]] in key places such as [[Brest, France|Brest]] and [[Trondheim]]<br /> <br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *''[[Die Festung]]'', novel by [[Lothar-Günther Buchheim]]<br /> <br /> {{Wikt}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{SIA}}<br /> [[Category:German words and phrases]]</div>

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