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The Maginot Line (French: Ligne Maginot, IPA: [lˈiɲ maʒinˈo]), (German: Maginot Linie, IPA: [mˈɑɡiːnˌoːt-lˈiːnɪə]), [1] named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, is a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Nazi Germany and force them to ...
Linia Maginota (fr. Ligne Maginot) – nazwa stosowana na określenie francuskich fortyfikacji zbudowanych w latach 1929–1934, a następnie wzmacnianych do 1939 na wschodnich granicach państwa. Przeważnie, mówiąc o „Linii Maginota”, ma się na myśli najsłynniejsze umocnienia – na granicach z Niemcami i Luksemburgiem .
Kiedy Francja szukała wyjaśnień w następstwie II wojny światowej, Linia Maginota musiała wydawać się oczywistym celem: jej jedynym celem było powstrzymanie kolejnej inwazji. Nic dziwnego, że Linia spotkała się z ostrą krytyką, stając się ostatecznie obiektem międzynarodowej drwiny.
3 maj 2019 · The line was not the brainchild of its namesake, André Maginot; that bit of folklore derived from a 1935 newspaper article. Maginot was, however, the second of two persuasive ministers of war—the first being Paul Painlevé—who lobbied tirelessly for the funding to construct the barrier.
29 mar 2018 · Built between 1930 and 1940, France 's Maginot Line was a massive system of defenses that became famous for failing to stop a German invasion. While an understanding of the Line's creation is vital to any study of World War I, World War II, and the period in between, this knowledge is also helpful when interpreting a number of modern references.
24 sie 2009 · By By SLOBODAN LEKIC. 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...
The Maginot Line (French: Ligne Maginot, IPA: [lˈiɲ maʒinˈo]), (German: Maginot Linie, IPA: [mˈɑɡiːnˌoːt-lˈiːnɪə]) [1], named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, is a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Nazi Germany and force them to ...
