Tags: Military Structure.
The IJssel Line (Dutch: IJssellinie) was the Dutch portion of the NATO Cold War line of defence for Western Europe during the 1950s and 1960s. It consisted of anti-aircraft and four-barrel machine gun bunkers command and hospital bunkers and many Ram and Sherman tank bunkers encased in concrete leaving the turrets exposed. These elements were placed along the IJssel river.Movable floating dams were built in the Lower Rhine and Waal rivers.
