The string of French and British bunkers along the German border was known as the Maginot Line. Constructed primarily by France in the 1920s and 1930s, it was a series of fortifications designed to deter a German invasion. While it included various bunkers, artillery casemates, and underground tunnels, the line ultimately proved ineffective during World War II as German forces bypassed it through Belgium, leading to the fall of France in 1940. The Maginot Line symbolizes the limitations of static defense strategies in the face of mobile warfare.
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.
Maginot Line
The French fortification built between Germany and France in the years preceding World War II was called the Maginot Line. Constructed in the 1920s and 1930s, it was designed to deter a German invasion and protect France's eastern border. The line consisted of a series of fortresses, bunkers, and obstacles, but ultimately proved ineffective when German forces bypassed it during the 1940 invasion by attacking through Belgium.
German troops crossed through Belgium in an attempt to flank the French forces lined in trenches along the border.
'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.
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.
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).
Maginot Line
A strongly defended area on the eastern border of France where British and French concentrated their troops in the early days of WWII, anticipating a German attack
A historic German city close to the French border
The Maginot Line was a line of French fortifications along the French/German border.
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.
No. People in France speak French. Some of the people near the French-German border learn German in school though.
The Maginot Line spanned the entire German-French border - from Belgium to Switzerland - and was about 720km (450mi) long.
La ligne Maginot was a defensive line along the German border.
The Maginot Line
German, French, and Italian