Because it lulled the French into a false sense of security. The were so confident their concrete wall would keep the pesky Germans out, they over-estimated the difficulty the Germans would have moving armour through the Ardennes in Belgium - the only obvious way into France. Charles de Gaulle had warned them that the Ardennes were not impenetrable, but the Maginot Line was erected anyway. In April of 1940, Germany set up a small diversionary force in front of the Maginot Line and began moving the bulk of their troops and armour through the "impenetrable" Ardennes forest (the tanks kept to the road and the troops marched through the woods).
The next month (May), Germany arrived behind the Maginot Line. That would be humiliating enough in itself, if a fatal flaw had not been discovered - the cannons that pointed East, towards Germany, could not be turned around. The French at the line were quickly overwhelmed, and Germany conquered the entirety of France by July.
Epic fail.
In Northern France behind the Maginot Line.
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The Ardennes Forest (the s is silent) the ONLY open space in the Maginot Line where the French did not think Hitler would cut a path to France by marching through the forest.
There are many Maginot Line related websites on the net including Maginot Line and Maginot Line At War. Many of these websites have links from Wikipedia and deal with the history of the location.
No, the Maginot Line was an entirely French endeavour.
Translocation and the Maginot Line are very different things. Translocation means to change position.Ê The Maginot Line was a static line of fortification on the French and German borders in the 1930's.
In Northern France behind the Maginot Line.
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what is the name of the line of fortification built along france's north eastern frontier between 1920 and1936
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France, and the Maginot Line ultimately failed to serve its intended purpose.
The battle line in France is called the Maginot line. The German line was called the Hindbergh line. The Maginot was not able to prevent the German invasion of the 1930s
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Maginot Line.