This zone boundary currently Danube between Hungary and Slovakia became the most heavily fortified in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
on the positions of an ancient castle in the middle of the sixteenth century fortified meeting Danube and Vah against the Ottoman advance. 3 centuries after massive works saturated with strongholds in the northern flank perpendicular and parallel to the narrower Vah (now the Slovak side), while positions were located on the south bank of the Danube with 3 strong (now the Hungarian side).
On the "new" main strength Komarno :
"The fortress is a stark and magnificent example of military stolidity; a structure of prodigious scale, previously besieged by the Tartars, Turks, Napoleonic troops, countless floods and two earthquakes, but rebuilt, strengthened and enlarged each time. At the end of the 19th century, 200,000 troops were stationed in the fortress. Later, in the mid 20th century, 8,000 Soviet soldiers were garrisoned here for 23 years, all but unknown to the residents of Komárno town, who estimated the number of their secreted neighbours based on the quantity of bread delivered each day."
Si quitan zoom podrán ver la situación estratégica del punto: cubriendo las incursiones provenientes de Budapest (ex Buda), for long the forward operating base of the Ottoman Empire, to Bratislava (Pressburg ex) and Vienna, a city 60km from each other.
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