Defence lines of the Netherlands
Roman defense line
Pre-1874 defense lines
- Circumvallatielinie van Groenlo
- Frisian Water Line
- Groningse Waterlinie
- Helperlinie
- West Brabant waterline
- Linie van Beverwijk
- Linie van de Eems
- Linie van de Eendracht
- Linie van Noord-Holland
- Oostfrontier
- Hollandic Water Line
- Positie van 's-Hertogenbosch
- Staats - Spaanse Linies
- Stelling West Noord-Brabant
- Zijper Stelling
- Zuider Frontier
Fortification law 1874
The Vestingwet or Wet tot regeling en voltooiing van het vestingstelsel was signed on 18 April 1874. The law dealt with the defense of the Netherlands against enemy attacks.The main principle was defense by flooding where as the army of the Netherlands would withdraw to the area around Amsterdam. After the Franco-Prussian War it became clear that a new defense plan was needed. The law was made by the Minister of War August Weitzel under King Willem III. The Law became dysfunctional at 28 March 1938.
- Grebbe Line
- IJssel Line
- New Hollandic Line
- Defence Line of Amsterdam
- Stelling van het Hollandsch Diep en het Volkerak
- Stelling van de monden der Maas en van het Haringvliet
- Werken aan de Westerschelde
- Zuiderwaterlinie
Interbellum (1918–1940)
- Bath & Zanddijk Stellingen
- Geullinie
- Grebbe Line
- IJssel Line
- Kazematten Afsluitdijk
- Maaslinie
- Linge - Waallinie
- Oranjestelling
- Peel-Raam Line
- Waal-Maaslinie
- Weerstandslinies Noord-Oost Nederland
World War II (1939–1945)
During the occupation of the Netherlands, the Germans made fortifications to stop the Allies from liberating the Netherlands and to protect their V2 rocket platforms in the Netherlands. The Germans built new defense lines like the Atlantic Wall but also reused the Dutch defense line like the Grebbe line.- Assenerstellung / Frieslandriegel
- Atlantic Wall
- Brabantstellung
- Vordere Wasserstellung
- Hintere Wasserstellung
- Panther Line
- IJsselstellung