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Festung is a generic German word for a fortress. Although it is not in common usage in English, it is used in a number of historical contexts involving German speakers: * For historical fortresses in Austria, Germany or Switzerland * As part of the excuse given by the German Army (''Heer'') for the slow progress of the Siege of Warsaw * For German WWII strongholds which were to be held at all costs, especially towards the end of the war: * * Atlantic wall or ''Festung Europa — a military propaganda term from the Second World War which referred to the areas of Continental Europe occupied by Nazi Germany. * * Stalingrad (see Battle for Stalingrad) * * Warsaw (Festung Warschau) see also the Warsaw Uprising * * Poznań (Battle of Posen) * * Kolobrzeg (Battle of Kolberg) * * Piła (Festung Schneidemühl) * * Wrocław (Festung Breslau) * * Budapest (Battle of Budapest) * * Kaliningrad (Festung Königsberg) * For entire countries such as Norway which were heavily fortified in World War II. See Festung Norwegen. * For proposed post war German enclaves in places such as Brest and Trondheim. * For planned national redoubts such as Switzerland's National Redoubt (Schweizer Alpenfestung). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Festung」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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