Fortress Europe

Fortress Europe (German: Festung Europa) was a military propaganda term used by both sides of World War II which referred to the areas of Continental Europe occupied by Nazi Germany, as opposed to the United Kingdom across the Channel.

and Melilla (Spain) (from Morocco)

and Maltese coast (from Libya and Tunisia)

(Spain) (from Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauritania)

(Turkey) (from Near East)

Eastern border of the (from Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia)

South-Eastern border of the (from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia)

(from Morocco)

and North Aegean (from Near East)

German defences on the Western Front of World War I

German defences against France in World War II

French defenses against Germany constructed for World War II

The last fortified defence line of Finland against the Soviet Union in World War II

dividing line through Europe during the Cold War