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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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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 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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    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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    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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    (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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    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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    Ouvrage Fermont (category Maginot Line)
    Ouvrage Fermont is a gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line, part of the Fortified Sector of the Crusnes in northeastern France, near the community of Montigny-sur-Chiers...
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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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    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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  • Double Crime in the Maginot Line (French: Double crime sur la ligne Maginot) is a 1937 mystery crime film directed by Félix Gandéra and starring Victor...
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    obstacles. The Mannerheim Line used many different obstacles, including several types of anti-tank obstacles. The Maginot Line used many different obstacles...
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