2,000 Volts

The 2,000 Volts wire ran almost 200 Km (125 Miles) long through villages, orchards, meadows, woodland, over brooks - even over the river Meuse.

Picture: On the right side of the wire: Belgium, occupied by the Germans. On the left side: neutral Holland.

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