troops marching off to France, the Siegfried Line was the subject of a popular song: "We're Going to Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line". A French version by Ray Ventura ("On ira pendre notre linge sur la ligne Siegfried") met a great success during the Phoney War (Drôle de guerre). When asked about the Siegfried Line, General George S. Patton reportedly said "Fixed fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity." See also Similar border fortifications Atlantic Wall Linea P (Spain) Maginot line Międzyrzecz Fortified Region Czechoslovak border fortifications Alpine Wall National Redoubt (Switzerland) Mannerheim Line Surviving elements List of surviving elements of the Siegfried Line Besseringen B-Werk, museum in a preserved bunker complex Orscholz Switch (aka Siegfried Switch), part of Siegfried Line and scene of heavy fighting between German and US troops Regelbau, standard bunker construction Siegfried Line Museum, Pirmasens References Further reading Kauffmann, J.E. and Jurga, Robert M. Fortress Europe: European Fortifications of World War II, Da Capo Press, 2002. – full text External links BunkerBlog: All about German fortifications 1933–1945 Bunkersite.com: About bunkers built by the Germans during 1933–1945 in the whole of Europe http://www.westwallmuseum-irrel.de/ German Doctrine of the Stabilized Front, Report by US Military Intelligence Division, August 1943 Bunkers in Europe (include: Siegfried Line) Pillbox Warfare in the Siegfried Line Storming Simserhof near Bitche – 1944 »You enter Germany: Bloody Huertgen and the Siegfried Line« – Documentary by Achim Konejung and Aribert Weis; 2007 Der Weltkrieg war vor deiner Tuer – The little Siegfried line (German: WMTS Wetterau-Main-Tauber-Stellung) in the east of the Siegfried line German World War II defensive lines Historic defensive lines Military installations of the Wehrmacht World War II sites in Germany Rhine Province