The Maginot Line (French: Ligne Maginot, [lˈiɲ maʒinˈo]), named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, is a line of concrete fortifications,...
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Maginot Barracks, military installation in France Maginot Line, a line of concrete fortifications in France named after André Maginot List of Maginot...
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best known for his advocacy of the string of forts known as the Maginot Line. Maginot was born and grew up in Paris but spent extended vacations in Revigny-sur-Ornain...
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Battle of France (section Maginot Line)
During the 1930s, the French built the Maginot Line, fortifications along the border with Germany.[page needed] The line was intended to economise on manpower...
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Here is the list of all ouvrages of the Maginot Line, organized by sector and type of fortification. Ouvrage translates as "works" in English: published...
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Fall Rot (section Maginot Line)
Maginot Line. On 15 June, Army Group C launched Operation Tiger, a frontal assault across the Rhine into France. German attempts to break the Maginot...
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The Alpine Line (French: Ligne Alpine) or Little Maginot Line (French: Petite Ligne Maginot) was the component of the Maginot Line that defended the southeastern...
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claimed that the Mannerheim Line was stronger than the Maginot Line. The Finns originally aimed to make its defence line impregnable, however actual construction...
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line built during the late 1930s. Started in 1936, opposite the French Maginot Line, it stretched more than 630 km (390 mi) from Kleve on the border with...
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for the explicit purpose of destroying the main forts of the French Maginot Line, the strongest fortifications in existence at the time. The fully assembled...
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France P107 Laffly S15 Laffly V15 SOMUA MCG Citroën U23 Renault AGx Maginot Line List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II List of...
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used on the Maginot Line. It was a variant of the MAC 24/29, adapted to firing from interior firing ports in the bunkers of the Maginot Line. Philippe Truttman...
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French war planning 1920–1940 (section Maginot Line)
offensive through the Low Countries, outflanking the Maginot Line from the north, an attack on the Maginot Line or an invasion through Switzerland. No contingency...
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modernisation and mechanisation programme, including the completion of the Maginot Line defences. Édouard Daladier supported Gamelin throughout his career, owing...
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the French had constructed the Maginot Line, a series of fortifications along their border with Germany. This line had been designed to deter a German...
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"Imagine Me in the Maginot Line" (sometimes "Imagine Me on the Maginot Line") is a 1939 comedy song written by Harry Gifford and Fred E. Cliffe for the...
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M.I.B (band) (section 2011–17: Most Incredible Busters, dorm accident, Illusion, and The Maginot Line and disbandment)
album. On March 31, 2014, M.I.B. released their second studio album, The Maginot Line. The music video for the title track, "Chisa Bounce", was released on...
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The Maginot Line, 1928-45. Vanelle, Jeff., Boulanger, Vincent. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 1-84176-646-1. OCLC 56538717. Romanych, Marc (2010). Maginot Line 1940 :...
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the west. The line was made up of concrete bunkers and gun emplacements, somewhat similar to, but less elaborate than the Maginot Line. It was not a continuous...
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Ouvrage Schoenenbourg (category Maginot Line)
Ouvrage Schoenenbourg is a Maginot Line fortification. It is located on the territory of the communes of Hunspach, Schœnenbourg and Ingolsheim, in the...
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force would navigate through the Ardennes Forest and move around the Maginot Line at the weakest part of the Allied defences. The force would then move...
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Pacific War. The concept came from France's Maginot Line, built after World War I. The British believed the line could protect the colony from Japanese invasion...
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(Highland) Infantry Division and reinforcements, had taken over part of the Maginot Line for training. The force fought with local French units after 10 May,...
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series of fortifications known as Alpine Line, or the Little Maginot Line. In contrast to the Maginot Line facing the German border, the fortifications...
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tanks of the World War II era, as well as in fortifications such as the Maginot line. It is also sometimes known as the JM Reibel, from Jumelage de mitrailleuses...
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on fixed defenses. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bar Lev Line. Maginot Line, a chain of French fortifications that was bypassed by the Germans...
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the Haguenau sector of the Maginot Line. The Casemate de Rountzenheim Sud is an interval infantry casemate of the Maginot Line. The casemate is in the town...
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Flexible defense (section Blockade line)
large and expensive concrete fortifications as the systems such as the Maginot Line were. Their protective capacity hinges on multiple lines of obstacles...
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for war relied on the Maginot Line fortifications along the German–French border protecting the region of Lorraine but the line did not cover the Belgian...
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commanding the Third Army Group stationed along the river Rhine manning the Maginot Line. During World War I, Besson commanded the 4th Zouaves Regiment. In the...
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