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Bookmark or Share- The Maginot Line : History and Guide - Google BooksCasemate Publishers, Jan 1, 2011 - History - 308 pages. The Maginot Line, the complex system of strongpoints constructed between the world wars by the French to protect against attack from...
- Maginot Line | Encyclopedia.comMaginot Line French fortifications on the border with Germany. Designed to prevent a German invasion, it was built between the World Wars and named after André Maginot, French minister of war (1929–32). It contained its own underground railway, hospitals and barracks, and was considered impregnable.
- Why the Massive Maginot Line Failed to Stop Hitler ...Despite its monumental concrete glory, which was the pride of interwar France, the Maginot Line ultimately wasn't able to stop Adolf Hitler's Nazi war machine from quickly overwhelming and occupying France in World War II. But does that mean that the Maginot Line was the colossal blunder that many historians have made it out to be?
- Maginot Line - WikipediaThe Maginot Line (French: Ligne Maginot, IPA: [liɲ maʒino]), named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, is a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Nazi Germany and force them to move around the fortifications.
- Maginot Line: Definition & World War II - HISTORYThe Maginot Line, an array of defenses that France built along its border with Germany in the 1930s, was designed to prevent an invasion. Built at a cost that possibly exceeded $9 billion in...
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