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What was the name of the French fortifications along the French and German border?
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The line of bunkers designed to fend off German invasions was called "la ligne Maginot" (the Maginot line; it is named after the Defense minister who had it built).
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What was the line of Fortresses along the French border called?
La ligne Maginot was a defensive line along the German border.
What was the names of the fortifications built along France's north-Easter frontier between 1920-1936 for defence against German invasion?
Maginot Line
What was the Siegfried line?
In World War Two, German defensive fortifications generally ran along the German border in the west. These included minefields, tank traps & bunkers. The bunkers were armed with machine guns and anti-tank weapons. The line was constructed to protect Germany from the Allies that were advancing through France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. It was difficult to breech the Siegfried Line and impossible to bypass.
What was the line of defense along the French-German border called?
trenches I suspect the answer you're looking for is the Maginot Line...but it was actually constructed after the end of WW I, between 1930 and 1940.== Perhaps the term you're looking for is "Western Front". The "Eastern Front" was on the other side of Germany and faced Russia. Hope this helps - I WarnerThis seems to be from a crossword+word search. It is Western Front.Magenot and Zeigfreid
What is the Maginot line was it successful where is it?
A line of French fortifications along the French side of the France/Germany border. It was basically intended as a super trench to block any German invasion as soon as it began. It was built between the end of WW1 and the beginning of WW2 at enormous expense to the French. It was completely unsuccessful in WW2 as Germany simply went around it by sending tanks and infantry through Belgium and Holland to the north and flying planes full of paratroops and bomber planes directly over it. It still is where it was, but all the armaments are removed, some sections are museums.
What is the marinot line?
The Maginot Line was a line of French fortifications along the French/German border.
What were the french fortifications along their shared border with Germany?
The maginot line
What is the string of bunkers and fortresses that lined the french side of the border?
It was called the Maginot Line, a series of French, not British, fortifications along the German border which were supposedly impenetrable. The Germans avoided this by flanking the line and going around it, invading France through the Ardennes and the Low Countries.
What was the name of the french defensive line?
'la ligne Maginot' (named after a Defence minister) was a line of fortifications along the German border, supposed to hold back a German invasion. Indeed, they took another route.
Who built the barlin wall?
The East German Army Engineering Command built the Berlin Wall, and also the fortifications along the inter-German border.
What was the line of Fortresses along the French border called?
La ligne Maginot was a defensive line along the German border.
What were the fortifications along France's border with Germany?
Maginot line
What is a vast fortification that spread along the French and German border to protect the French from a possible attack?
The Maginot Line
French failed line of defense?
The French failed line of defense during World War II was the Maginot Line. This series of fortifications was built along the French-German border to deter an invasion, but the Germans circumvented it by attacking through the Ardennes Forest, which was lightly defended. This led to the rapid defeat of France in 1940.
What river runs along the border between France and Germany?
the Rhine river - (French: le Rhin, German: der Rhein)The southern part of the French-German border follows the river Rhine. The northern part does not follow any river.
Why did the German troops go through belgium in ww1?
German troops crossed through Belgium in an attempt to flank the French forces lined in trenches along the border.
Is Geneva in France?
In Switzerland, but tucked along the French border.
