The Maginot Line:
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Maginot Line
-want Germans to be crippled
-want reparation money
-want a defensive position against Germany
-build fortification along French/German border- modern marvel
-as a result have a weak army
-leads them into a false sense of security
-completely useless
-want Germans to be crippled
-want reparation money
-want a defensive position against Germany
-build fortification along French/German border- modern marvel
-as a result have a weak army
-leads them into a false sense of security
-completely useless
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Summary
After WWI France not only wanted Germany crippled but she also wanted to protect herself from another attach from Germany so they built a wall. However, the wall was unsuccessful. This time the war was much more mobile and the German arm just went around the wall to take over France.
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"All of them, all except Phineas, contrasted at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attached that way..." -John Knowles
Subjunctive Question
Would Fance of faired better against the German invasion if they hadn't infested so much into the maginot line and instead put that towards their own army?