Tegart's wall

Tegarts fence (English Tegart 's wall, Hebrew גדר הצפון ) was the unofficial name of the time of the British Mandate over Palestine erected barbed wire fence on the northern border of the country. The fence was built in 1938 to prevent the connection of Syrian and Lebanese forces on the Arab uprising. The fence was 75 km long. Five so-called Tegart forts and 20 pillboxes, a special kind of fence British fort, were built along the fence. The fence was at the instigation of Charles Tegart, who had been sent by the British government as a consultant to combat terrorist activities in 1938 to Palestine, built. Ultimately, however, he proved to be very effective. 1942, the fence was dismantled to use the barbed wire in the African campaign on the British side. The forts and some of the pillboxes are still visible to this day.