Le chant des partisans (Paroles) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUZWlf_vuKg ****************************** On ira pendre notre linge sur la Ligne Siegfried https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqLeOSM3IcQ ******************************************** The washing on the Siegfried line | |||
In 1939, at the outset of the Second World War, the French territory was protected on the east by the Maginot line, an imposing range of fortifications erected on the left bank of the Rhine. On their own side of the river, the Germans in turn put up their own fortifications, known as the “Siegfried line" in honour of the Nibelungen heroes.
The Siegfried line was comparable to the Maginot line only in Nazi propaganda, not with much conviction though. Given that Hitler’s strategy was purely offensive, the Siegfried line only served as a protection in the west during the invasion of Poland , which upon accomplishment made the line available to Hitler for the launching of German armoured divisions in yet another Blitzkrieg in the west, passing through Belgium . A concrete antitank block along the Siegfried line, the “Dragon’s Teeth” Quite interesting was the washing job announced in the song, but which, unfortunately, was far from the reality. Total disillusion! In a matter of weeks, ill-equipped French and British troops, outclassed by German armoured vehicles, were beating a retreat, allowing the Germans to come and “hang their washing on our Maginot line”, and making Führer Adolf Hitler, accompanied by his senior Nazi authorities, to strut about on the Paris Trocadéro esplanade. It wasn’t until five long years afterwards that allied troops finally succeeded to hang their own washing too on the vestiges of the Siegfried line ************************************************************************ |
samedi 1 août 2015
chanson nous pendrons notre linge sur la ligne siegfried et Le chant des partisans (Paroles)
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