| Certainly the Maginot Line was constructed in the service of a defensive strategy. |
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| He criticised France's reliance on the Maginot Line for defence against Germany and called for the formation of mechanised armoured columns. |
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| Against this sort of attack, nuclear shields and Star Wars weaponry look as irrelevant as the Maginot Line. |
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| This is reminiscent of the utter failure of the invincible Maginot Line or the unsinkable Titanic. |
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| A lot of Republican candidates are trying to finesse the establishment-Tea Party Maginot Line and be both things to all people. |
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| As an ally of France, they were able to get advice on the Maginot design and apply it to Czechoslovak border fortifications. |
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| Thus the Germans were able to avoid a direct assault on the Maginot Line by violating the neutrality of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. |
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| The 1st Army also conducted two attacks against the Maginot Line further to the east in northern Alsace. |
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| When the French Army failed in Belgium, the Maginot Line covered their retreat. |
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| During the 1930s, the French had built the Maginot Line, fortifications along the border with Germany. |
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| The main section of the Maginot Line ran from the Swiss border and ended at Longwy. |
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| At the same time, French divisions were ordered to withdraw to their barracks along the Maginot Line, beginning the Phoney War. |
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| Maginot Line fortifications were manned by specialist units of fortress infantry, artillery and engineers. |
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| There are 142 ouvrages, 352 casemates, 78 shelters, 17 observatories and around 5,000 blockhouses in the Maginot Line. |
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| Both static and mobile artillery units were assigned to defend the Maginot Line. |
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| By May 1940, the 1st Army Group was responsible for the defence of France from the Channel coast to the west end of the Maginot Line. |
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| Meanwhile, to the east, Army Group C was to help Army Group A encircle and capture the French forces on the Maginot line. |
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| After Army Group B had begun its offensive against Paris and into Normandy, Army Group A began its advance into the rear of the Maginot line. |
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| German attempts to break open or into the Maginot line prior to Tiger had failed. |
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| However, on the same day, Guderian's XIX Korps reached the Swiss border and the Maginot defences were cut off from the rest of France. |
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| Of the 58 major fortifications on the Maginot Line, just 10 were captured by the Wehrmacht in battle. |
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| During the 1930s, the French had constructed the Maginot Line, a series of fortifications along their border with Germany. |
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| To prevent similar German attacks in the future, France later built a massive series of fortifications along the German border known as the Maginot Line. |
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| Historic borders such as the Great Wall of China, the Maginot Line, and Hadrian's Wall have played a great many roles and been marked in different ways. |
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| The initial plan for the German invasion of France called for an encirclement attack through the Netherlands and Belgium, avoiding the Maginot Line. |
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| Rather undashingly he was captured in June 1940 as a sergeant in the Maginot Line, but escaped the following year to join a colonial infantry unit. |
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| German tanks outflanked the Maginot Line and pushed deep into France. |
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| The psychological factor of the Maginot Line has also been discussed. |
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| The design of the casemates is similar to the ones found in the southern part of the Maginot Line and photographs of them are often confused with Maginot forts. |
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| Part of the rationale for the Maginot Line stemmed from the severe French losses during the First World War, and their effect on the French population. |
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