Dutch artillery caught in the marsh during army tests of frontier flood defences. The area was inundated to hide tank barriers and other traps laid by the Dutch. These sectors are claimed to be almost impregnable to mechanised units.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 January 1940, Page 6
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39Dutch artillery caught in the marsh during army tests of frontier flood defences. The area was inundated to hide tank barriers and other traps laid by the Dutch. These sectors are claimed to be almost impregnable to mechanised units. Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 January 1940, Page 6
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