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Maginot Line

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Maginot Line

French fortification system along the German frontier from Switzerland to Luxembourg built 1929–36 under the direction of the war minister, André Maginot. It consisted of semi-underground forts joined by underground passages, and was protected by antitank defences; lighter fortifications continued the line to the sea. In 1940 German forces pierced the Belgian frontier line and outflanked the Maginot Line.
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More recently, it was occupied by German forces during World War II, when they attacked France through the Ardennes forest, avoiding the Maginot Line of defence.
Exploring a very rural retreat; There's an adventure waiting to ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
For months they were surrounded by unmoving workforces and half dug trenches - a bit like a modern Huddersfield version of the Maginot Line.
THEY'RE DOING THE BUSINESS; Tamanna's Birchencliffe by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
The Cowie Line, a smaller version of the famous Maginot Line of defences designed to stop the German advance into France, runs west from Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, to the foothills of the Grampians.
FORTRESS SCOTLAND; REVEALED by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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