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The '''Siegfried Line''' (German: ''Westwall'') was a line of fortifications erected by the government of Nazi Germany in the 1930s to protect its western frontier with France and Belgium; it ran largely parallel with the French [[Maginot Line]], extending from Kleve (near the Dutch city of [[Nijmegen]]) to the Swiss border. During the early days of the [[Second World War]] (the so-called [[Phony War]]} the line was mocked in a British popular song:
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The '''Siegfried Line''' (German: ''Westwall'') was a line of fortifications erected by the government of Nazi Germany in the 1930s to protect its western frontier with France and Belgium; it ran largely parallel with the French [[Maginot Line]], extending from Kleve (near the Dutch city of [[Nijmegen]]) to the Swiss border. During the early days of the [[Second World War]] (the so-called [[Phony War]]) the line was mocked in a British popular song:
    
''We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line.
 
''We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line.
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