Petržalka fortifications, Czechoslovak fortification near Bratislava. By the end of the 1930s, Czechoslovakia had fortified its borders with thousands of reinforced concrete strongholds in response to Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. The fortification of Slovakia’s most important city had political and military reasons. First military fortifications were constructed in Petržalka in 1934, by order of general Šnejdárek, being among the first fortification objects built on the area of Czechoslovakia after World War I.
By the end of the 1930s, Czechoslovakia had fortified its borders with thousands of reinforced concrete strongholds in response to Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. The fortification of Slovakia’s most important city had political and military reasons. First military fortifications were constructed in Petržalka in 1934, by order of general Šnejdárek, being among the first fortification objects built on the area of Czechoslovakia after World War I.
Size: 6016px × 4016px
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Photo credit: © Oleksandr Rupeta / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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