According to the standard telling of the tale, the Maginot Line, the most expensive military project ever undertaken at the time—the F-35 of it’s day—was a mighty, nigh-unassailable fortification, ...

Key Point: Not unlike many an expensive military project, the Maginot Line was not all it was advertised to be. According to the standard telling of the tale, the Maginot Line, the most expensive ...

FORT DU HACKENBERG, France - In the 1930s the Maginot Line was viewed as a military marvel, an impregnable network of underground fortifications stretching along France's border with Germany. Winding ...

FORT DU HACKENBERG, France - In the 1930s, the Maginot Line was viewed as a military marvel, an impregnable network of underground fortifications stretching along France's border with Germany - from ...

In response to the costliest battle in history, the Battle of Verdun, Marshal Joseph Joffre first proposed a line of fortifications be built to defend the open borders of the French frontier bordering ...

This French line of defense, constructed during the 1930s along the border with Germany, is named after Minister of War André Maginot. It extends from La Ferté to the Rhine River, with sections also ...

WIESBADEN, Germany - History was not kind to the grand ideas of French Minister of War Andre Maginot. As the namesake for the massive line of fortifications intended to stop Germany from ever again ...

The Maginot Line: A New History by Kevin Passmore confronts the myths surrounding the fall of France in 1940.

After the horrific events of World War I, France was convinced that the German menace was not gone forever. To better protect their country from another devastating German invasion, French military ...