Berlin
On November 11, 1945, just six months after the end of the Second World War, the Red Army erected a series of Soviet monuments in the German capital Berlin.
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Aachen
In 1938, the Organization Todt, the construction company of the German Third Reich, began constructing the West Wall (or Siegfried Line), a German defence line from the Netherlands to the Swiss border.
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At the end of the First World War, the French Army built an observation tower to monitor potential movements of the German forces.
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In 1926, the French Ministry of Defense unveiled plans to fortify the country's eastern borders against possible surprise attacks, such as during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.
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Tête des Faux is a 1208-meter-high mountain in the French Vosges, and its large stature also explains the strategic role it played during the First World War.
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