What is the maginot line?

Question

French?

Answer 1

French defensive line along their German border prior to the 2nd World War

Impenetrable maze of bunkers, trenches and natural terrain.

Was enough a defensive deterrent to force Germany to invade through Belgium and the Ardennes Forest of Luxembourg

Frequently criticized for not extending the entire eastern boundary of France but was a remarkable defensive position

Answer 2

The line of bunkers and deep strong points that held men and artillery that was built from Switzerland to the Ardennes Forest in Belgium..separating France from their old nemesis Germany. The system of fortifications was France's legacy of trench warfare mentality left over from WWI where they lost millions of soldiers. It was an outdated mentality as they were soon too find out in WWII. The line gave the French a false sense of security. In 1939, they began to extend the Maginot Line to the Coast, but too late, the Germans attacked through the Ardennes and the rest was history.

Answer 3

The Maginot line was a series of fortified positions built by the French in the 1930s along their eastern border to defend against another German invasion.Unfortunately for the French,they built the main fortifications along the northeast border with Belgium,the tradional route of German invasion.The Germans came through the Ardennes Forest,south of the main line,rolled up the Maginot Line,and ripped through France almost unimpeded.

Answer 4

ITS A BARRIER THAT THE FRENCH PUT UP AT THEIR BORDER WITH GERMANY IT WAS TO KEEP A GERMAN INVASION OUT. THE GERMANS JUST WENT AROUND IT. THE FRENCH ARE NOT TO SMART WHEN IT COMES TO WARFARE.

The Maginot Line (IPA: [maʒi'noː], named after French minister of defence André Maginot) was a line of concrete fortifications, tank obstacles, machine gun posts and other defenses which France constructed along its borders with Germany and with 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 defences facing Germany while the Alpine Line is used for the Franco-Italian defences. The French believed the fortification would provide time for their army to mobilize in the event of attack. The success of static, defensive combat in World War I was a key influence on French thinking. The fortification system utterly failed to contain the Germans in World War II, and the term is sometimes used today to describe any comically ineffective protection.

Answer 5

"Elaborate defensive barrier in northeastern France built in the 1930s.

Named after its principal creator, Andre Maginot, it was an ultramodern defensive fortification along the French-German frontier. Made of thick concrete and supplied with heavy guns, it had living quarters, supply storehouses, and underground rail lines. However, it ended at the French-Belgian frontier, which German forces crossed in May 1940. They invaded Belgium (May 10), crossed the Somme River, struck at the northern end of the line (May 12), and continued around to its rear, making it useless." (The guns were fixed and all pointed in the same direction and couldn't be reversed.)

Answer 6

A really stupid idea the French had to build a highly fortified defensive barrier consisting of a network of bunkers with interlocking fields of fire, connecting tunnels and natural barriers, which if it every was engaged would be quite formidable, on their western border.

It was built between WWI and WWII and the fire positions could not reverse their field of fire so once an enemy got behind the line it was useless.

The German army simply went north though Luxembourg and Belgium around the line and invaded anyway.

Such is the historical fate of all such "brilliant" military strategies, maybe they should have boned up on their history before spent all that money, it was tried many times before and failed every time. The line simply could be and was avoided.

Answer 7

It was the line of defense the french army had on the german border during the begining of ww2. the German army invaded france by going around that defensive line.

Answer 8

built by the french in between the 1st and 2nd world wars, well fortified positions but with a fatal flaw. the gun ports only faced 1 direction. and could not traverse more than 180 degrees. German forces bypassed them then attacked from the rear. and they were forced to surrender.

Answer 9

the bunkers and military positions the french made before hitler hitler just drove his tanks and troops around them to take control of france in ww2... a big blunder by the french...they left the ends of the line open for infiltration...

Answer 10

Fortification that extended for miles on the Western side of
France to repel the Nazis, (pretty darn formitable too)
unfortunately, the Germans slipped arouns the flanks and
kicked butt.