stackyFACTSThe popular image of a single imposing concrete blockade wildly oversimplifies the grim historical reality. It was actually a highly complex dual layer system flanking a heavily guarded intermediate strip, specifically engineered to trap anyone who managed to successfully bypass the initial exterior hurdle.
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