The defense systems of Germany and France in World War II along the Maginot Line and the
Westwall are generally known and well researched in Western Europe. That the Metaxas Line is
the Greek equivalent is hardly known. Much has been written about the battle for the Metaxas
Line but a detailed description of this defensive system is still not available. This bunker
line served as a defense against possible Bulgarian attacks and would probably have been
successful if Bulgaria had attacked but it was overcome by the Wehrmacht in 1941 with great
difficulty. Heinz A. Richter describes in his study the topographical military and
fortification details of the Metaxas Line on the basis of a memorandum of the Wehrmacht
published in 1942 and not yet evaluated as a source.
