Maginot line

“The Maginot Line has come to symbolize everything wrong with the Allied strategy in the years leading up to the Second World War… But was it really the disaster many have suggested?” WORLD WAR ONE...

German invasion of Low Countries 10 May 1940

The Maginot Line was a series of fortifications built by the French Government in the 1930s. It ran along the border with Germany and was…

The Maginot Line defenses were built after World War I, when France was looking for a way to stop German aggression and a similar war.

The Maginot Line.

The Maginot Line, considered by many to be one of the greatest and most expensive military mistakes of all time; a name rarely spoken of today except to recall something that people hope will prove effective but instead, fails miserably. But here, inside the forgotten underground bunkers that line

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The Maginot Line was an engineering marvel that France hoped would prevent any further incursions. Here's what it was and why it failed to function as intended.

Map to Maginot Line

La Ligne Maginot en Alsace du nord, Tourisme Historique, Le fort de Schoenenbourg, un monument d'histoire et de technique

Abandoned Maginot Line (While the fortification system did prevent a direct attack, it was strategically ineffective, as the Germans invaded through Belgium, outflanking the Maginot Line.)

The Maginot Line

Maginot Line Museum - Sospel, France

The Maginot Line, an array of defenses that France built along its border with Germany to prevent a German invasion, failed completely during World War II.