maginot line

The Maginot Line (IPA: [maʒi'noː], name after French minister of defense André Maginot) was a line of concrete fortifications, tank obstacles, artillery casemates, machine gun posts, and other defenses, which France constructed along its borders with Germany and Italy, in the light of experience from World War I, and in the run-up to World War II. Generally the term describes either the entire system or just the defenses facing Germany, while the Alpine Line is used for the Franco-Italian defenses.

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In the 1930s, France built this elaborate barrier as a permanent defense against German attack
In 1929 France began building this line as a fortification against Germany
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In the 1930s, along its border with Germany, France built this defensive barrier, named for the French Minister of War; it failed because the Germans simply invaded through Belgium
De Gaulle wanted a small, mobile army vs. static theories like this defensive "line" named for a Minister of War
Surely you joke, no? Zees defensive pre-WWII "line" on ze German border was perfect until ze Belgians caved

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Irony can never be more than our own personal Maginot Line; the drawing of it, for the most part, purely arbitrary.
$CL_F The '75th' parallel. Battle at the maginot line....let's watch. $UWTI
Reading article about WW2. It says, "France's Maginot Line Helped More Than You Think." Absolutely. I had tons of thoughts on this matter.
Colts are playing a Maginot Line like defense here. It's a bold strategy. Let's see if it pays off Cotton.
RT @BACowett: Jonas Gray went around that lineman roadblock like it was the Maginot Line.
Jonas Gray went around that lineman roadblock like it was the Maginot Line.
The Maginot Line, strategic vs. tactical thinking and something about the #Oilers and Taylor Hall:
RT @CBechtel66: Maginot Line: 50 large forts about 9 miles apart linked by smaller forts RT …
RT @triptych_angel: The guys in town last night wouldn't understand the meaning of boundaries if I'd physically rebuilt my own personal Ma…
Maginot Line: 50 large forts about 9 miles apart linked by smaller forts RT @Sarko_Junior
The guys in town last night wouldn't understand the meaning of boundaries if I'd physically rebuilt my own personal Maginot line
RT @madefromhistory: The Maginot Line consisted of 50 large forts about 9 miles apart linked by smaller forts http:/…
The Maginot Line consisted of 50 large forts about 9 miles apart linked by smaller forts
Art is everywhere: Frescoes on the Maginot line. @MessyNessyChic #art #war
Need to trim the beard. It’s crossing the neck-Maginot line.
@slipperyseal good thing we have that Maginot line up Lismore way
busetdah kalah gue di maginot line-_-
Q: what does "maginot line" translate to in German? A: "speed bump ahead"
After Maginot Line, #Greece 's national football team the biggest failure in Europe, so far.
RT @Nicolucci1899: French officials say that the runaway tiger got to Paris by going around the Maginot Line.
Vox does a Slate Pitch: the Maginot Line wasn't a bad idea!
@keozeo We need a Maginot Line ;)
tonight Germany will come up against the most ineffectual defence they've encountered since the Maginot Line ...too soon? #GERGIB
Art at War: Lost Frescoes of the Maginot Line. @MessyNessyChic #art #war
@suadadalsalhy @AliShroogi Than what? Build Maginot Line and stand guard forever on the borders and in every village!
Art at War: Lost Frescoes of the Maginot Line: via @messynessychic
.@binarybits RE: Maginot line, I thought the Ardennes forest gap was the problem, not immobility
French officials say that the runaway tiger got to Paris by going around the Maginot Line.
Bloor Street is the Maginot Line of snow. #dlws
Art at War: Lost Frescoes of the Maginot Line | Messy Nessy Chic
Art at War: Lost Frescoes of the Maginot Line
So... about that Maginot Line... I'm really not so familiar with French anything except Fries. But those are Freedom now.
RT @jhsparacino70: @DavidWDoughty Major defense technology failure; Maginot Line.
@jtomase @BrinkPG which is a little like saying the Maginot Line had containment problems
@DavidWDoughty Major defense technology failure; Maginot Line.
That this exists at all makes me happy. That it has multiple entries makes me really happy.
@jayofdoom Apparently you didn't blitzkrieg around the germ's Maginot Line hard enough.
Astonishing frescoes from the Maginot Line!
We visited the Maginot Line two years ago in the Ardennes region of France....
@bencubby @MichaelPascoe01 they said the same thing about the maginot line have we learnt nothing
#LestWeForget Jean Fromentin (1917-2012), 37th R.I.F. (France), Maginot Line (Bitche District) #POW 1940-1945. Stalag Va. Ludwidsburg.
@ianbremmer Same logic that gave us the maginot line.
A MAGINOT LINE IN THE SKY | New York Post
@TheWarRoom_Tom you're a war college professor, so maybe you've heard of the Maginot Line?
#Panthers O-line about as useful as the Maginot Line. Yeah, figure that reference out.
@ski0331USMC The Maginot Line, for instance, was a brilliantly conceived ploy to get American GIs into France. @Sharlynegger
@MrDylanCollins but did the foreign secretary guarantee you that the maginot line would hold?
"The Florange Law and its MAGINOT line made of double voting rights supposed to protect French industries"
"Though the Wehrmacht has reached Paris, we retain complete confidence in the Maginot Line." -- #dempostmortem
@josh_ross How about actual care, not just insurance? Here's this:

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