WE SMASHED THE SIEGFRIED LINE, THE VAUNTED GERMAN
“WEST WALL”
(1,2,3,4) This was the sort of experience with the Siegfried Line common to all XII Corps units during the breakthrough-concrete "Dragon's
Teeth" running across the fields along the edges of the wood; white phosphorus shells bursting against a dark pillbox; smashed reinforced
concrete ruins of the demolition strong point; and lines of prisoners marching back through the broken defenses.(Source: 1, 2, & 4) photos
by T/5 Millard McKee, 315th Engineer Combat Battalion, 90th Infantry Division; (3) 80th Infantry Division; (5) The 166th Engineers find
good use for materials from a wrecked Siegfried Line pillbox near Beistorf, Germany, 19 February 45. It is being turned into crushed rock
for road and bridge repairs.