Maginot Line

The Maginot Line (French: Ligne Maginot) was a defensive line of concrete fortifications, tank obstacles, artillery casemates and machine gun nests built by France along the border with Germany between 1930 and 1940 with the objective of stopping any German invasion of newly re-acquired Alsace-Lorraine while the French Army fully mobilized and advanced into Belgium for a counterattack. It was named after its main developer André Maginot, French Minister of War between 1929 and 1932. A second line of fortifications known as Alpine Line or "Petite Maginot" run next to the Italian border.

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