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    André Maginot (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁe maʒino]; 17 February 1877 – 7 January 1932) was a French civil servant, soldier and Member of Parliament....
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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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    The Maginot Line (French: Ligne Maginot, IPA: [liɲ maʒino]), named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, is a line of concrete fortifications...
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    retirement and the death of André Maginot on 7 January 1932: War: André Tardieu Interieur: Pierre Cathala Agriculture: Achille Fould André François-Poncet upon...
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    adopted unanimously by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. It was André Maginot, Minister of Pensions, himself a war cripple, who presided over the...
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    volumes (1936–37) André Tardieu – President of the Council and Minister of Interior Aristide Briand – Minister of Foreign Affairs André Maginot – Minister of...
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    haut-commandement". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 29 February 2020. Zeller, André (1974). Dialogues avec un général. Presses de la Cité. p. 14. Government...
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  • graves. It was initiated in 1923 by Verdun veteran André Maginot, who would later create the Maginot Line. The ossuary was officially inaugurated on 7...
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    integration of NATO. The barracks was named for André Maginot, the Minister of War responsible for the Maginot Line, who had served as an enlisted man at Verdun...
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    It was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran André Maginot, who would later approve work on the Maginot Line. The ossuary was officially inaugurated on...
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    then proposed two fortified regions. The Maginot Line, as it came to be called, (named after André Maginot the former Minister of War) thereafter occupied...
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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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    Édouard Herriot, and Aristide Briand against the candidate of the right, André Maginot. The appointment of Frédéric François-Marsal was taken as a provocation...
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    Adolphe Landry - Minister of Marine André Honnorat - Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts André Maginot - Minister of War Pensions, Grants, and...
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    1926–1929 Succeeded by Lucien Hubert Preceded by André Maginot Minister of War 1930–1931 Succeeded by André Maginot Preceded by Édouard Daladier Minister of Foreign...
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    June – 26 August 1914 Gaston Doumergue 26 August 1914 – 20 March 1917 André Maginot 20 March – 12 September 1917 René Besnard 12 September – 16 November...
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    of Marine Léon Bérard – Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts André Maginot – Minister of War Pensions, Grants, and Allowances Edmond Lefebvre du...
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  • Paul Deschanel, Raymond Poincaré, Louis Barthou, Albert Lebrun, André Tardieu, André Maginot, Pierre-Étienne Flandin Rad/MR: Émile Combes, Georges Clemenceau...
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    1938) February 17 Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer, writer (d. 1904) André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932) February 19 – Gabriele Münter, German painter...
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    frontier, with covered infantry positions between the main fortifications. André Maginot, the Minister of War (1922–1924, 1929–1930 and 1931–1932) became the...
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    railway. They were acquitted. On June 6, 1923 the Minister of Defense, André Maginot, inaugurated a monument to the victims in the cemetery of Saint Michel...
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    Minister of Finance Edmond Lefebvre du Prey - Minister of Foreign Affairs André Maginot - Minister of War Justin de Selves - Minister of the Interior Paul Jourdain...
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    the Maginot Line. This line of military fortifications along France's Eastern border was largely designed by Painlevé, yet named for André Maginot, owing...
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    André Maginot 3 November 1929 21 February 1930 110 days Tardieu I 128 René Besnard 21 February 1930 2 March 1930 9 days Chautemps I 129 André Maginot...
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    additional wound. Sergeant André Maginot General Pierre Billotte Major Hélie de Saint Marc General Raoul Salan Resistance fighter André Girard General Edgard...
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  • presidents from 1913 to the present: 1913–21: Albert Feyerick 1921–24: André Maginot 1925–28: George van Rossem 1929–32: Eugène Empeyta 1933–48: Paul Anspach...
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    Adolphe Landry – Minister of Marine André Honnorat – Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts André Maginot – Minister of War Pensions, Grants, and...
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    November 1929 led to a right-wing government under André Tardieu until February 1930 that made André Maginot war minister. Attacked as a right-wing Catholic...
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  • 1931 – Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856) 1932 – André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877) 1936 – Guy d'Hardelot, French...
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  • 1877 – Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author (d. 1904) 1877 – André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (d. 1932) 1879 – Dorothy Canfield Fisher...
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