MAGINOT LINE

măzhˈĭnō, Fr. mäzhēnōˈ, system of fortifications along the eastern frontier of France, extending from the Swiss border to the Belgian. It was named for André Maginot, who was French minister of war (1929–32) and who directed its construction. Although considered impregnable, the line was still not complete at the outbreak (1939) of World War II. Its actual strength was never tested, for the line was flanked by the Germans in their French campaign of 1940. Like fortified lines since the Great Wall of China, the chief effect it had was to create a false sense of security; it could not eliminate the necessity for mobile warfare, and that particular lesson was thoroughly learned after the French collapse of 1940.

See V. Rowe, The Great Wall of France (1959); J. M. Hughes, To the Maginot Line (1971).

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Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II
Book by J. E. Kaufmann, H. W. Kaufmann; Praeger Security International, 2006
Subjects: Maginot Line (France), World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France
Maginot Line Fortified Regions (RF), 10...Welchsof, 80, 85, 172 Maginot Line Fronts: Alpine sectors, 55...58, 60, 69, 80-87, 118 Maginot Line Funding, 21-22, 69, 85, 91-92 Maginot Line Interval and Supporting...
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The Great Wall of France: The Triumph of the Maginot Line
Book by Vivian Rowe; Putnam, 1961
Subjects: Maginot Line (France), World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France
...quoted, on "unbreakable lines", 42 Coucy-le-Chateau...Fortifications: based on Maginot Line, 75 ; their capture discloses Maginot design, 97 Czechoslovakia...sites, 48 ; timetable of Maginot Line in Revue des Deux Mondes...
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Maginot Imitations: Major Fortifications of Germany and Neighboring Countries
Book by J. E. Kaufmann; Praeger Publishers, 1997
Subjects: Fortification--Europe--History--20th Century, Germany--Foreign Relations--1918-1933, Germany--Foreign Relations--1933-1945
...by the 1930s. To the world the Maginot Line had become a myth and epitomized...The scheme of defense used in the Maginot Line was to be found in the main...the most basic terms these were Maginot "imitations". Either in design...
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French Foreign and Defence Policy, 1918-1940: The Decline and Fall of a Great Power
Book by Robert Boyce; Routledge, 1998
Subjects: France--Economic Policy--1918-1945, France--Foreign Relations--1914-1940, France--History, Military--20th Century, Maginot Line (France), Munich Four-Power Agreement--(1938)
...to the sequelae to the original Maginot Line-the defences behind Luxembourg...correctly noted: Except for the Maginot Line, all the elements that might...out, garrison and maintain the Maginot Line. Some best estimates can, however...
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Patton's Pawns: The 94th Us Infantry Division at the Siegfried Line
Book by Tony Le Tissier; University of Alabama Press, 2007
Subjects: Siegfried Line (Germany), United States--Army--Infantry Division, 94th, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Germany, World War, 1939-1945--Regimental Histories--United States
...City, 293-94 Macon, Pfc., 287 Maculawicz, Pfc. Peter (L302),142 Macumber, Pvt. Clifford R. (G3o2), 8i Maginot Line, 6 Magnuson, Pfc. Melvin C. (2/301), 239 Mahoney, Lt. Riggs (K302), 270 Mainz, 290 Maixner, Maj. Harold...
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Maginot Line or Fort Apache? Using Forts to Shape the Counterinsurgency Battlefield
Journal article by Geoffrey B. Demarest, Lester W. Grau; Military Review, Vol. 85, 2005
Subjects: Battlefields, Fort Apache Reservation, Maginot Line, Military bases, Military history, Military strategy, Rebellions
Maginot Line or Fort Apache? Using...generations after Maguire saw the Maginot Line bypassed and the vaunted...garrisons would play havoc on his line of communication (LOC) and...extending and protecting friendly lines during strategic advances...most careful to secure his line or lines of retreat; he understands...
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Focusing on the Wrong Front: Historical Displacement, the Maginot Line, and the Bluest Eye
Journal article by Jennifer Gillan; African American Review, Vol. 36, 2002
Subjects: Literature and history--Analysis, Morrison, Toni--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Race relations in literature--Analysis, The Bluest Eye (Book)--Reviews, World War, 1939-1945--Literature
...historical displacement, the Maginot Line, and The Bluest Eye by Jennifer...Enloe, Morning. (4.) The "Maginot Line" refers to Frances fixation in...Chelminski, Rudolph. "The Maginot Line." Smithsonian June 1997: 91...
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The Chinese (Broken) U-Shaped Line in the South China Sea: Points, Lines, and Zones
Journal article by Peter Kien-Hong Yu; Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 25, 2003
...Nazi Germanys border, the Maginot Line was, as Anthony Kemp tells...It consisted of initial lines designed to delay the enemy...obstacles, and a final line of defence in the rear. (25) The Maginot with its motto, "None...
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Putting Your Body on the Line: The Question of Violence, Victims, and the Legacies of Second-Wave Feminism
Journal article by Pamela Haag; Differences, Vol. 8, 1996
Subjects: Feminism, Feminist Criticism, Women, Women--United States
...Board was a major surgical operation . . . on the racial Maginot line" which "grafts the nations Mind back onto its Body...its soul" (192, 203). Huey Newton elaborated this line of thought when he described the hero of the Black Panthers...
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French Group-fantasies and the Origins of the Second World War
Journal article by David R. Beisel; The Journal of Psychohistory, Vol. 35, 2008
...elan vital; military weakness; a Maginot-Line mentality; a stupidity, ineptitude...turn helped create a "Maginot-Line" mentality, but it is not clear...first, whether the actual Maginot Line fortifications were more cause or...
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Caught in the Crossfire: As the Maginot Line Celebrates Its 70th Anniversary, John Gimlette Travels to Alsace-Lorraine to Discover a Region That's Often Been at the Very Hub of European Warfare
Magazine article by John Gimlette; Geographical, Vol. 80, September 2008
Subjects: Historic sites--Description and travel, Maginot Line--Description and travel, Maginot Line--History
Caught in the Crossfire: As the Maginot Line Celebrates Its 70th Anniversary...region represents the political fault line of Europe, the point at which its...During the First World War, the front line ran across the Vosges, and has now...
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The Failure of the Maginot Line
Magazine article by Chieh Chieng; The Antioch Review, Vol. 62, Fall 2004
...respectively. Perpendicular lines crisscrossed their faces...something better than the Maginot Line," Doctor Lum said...the time. Dont be the Maginot Line." "What does stubbornness have to do with the Maginot Line?" Melvin asked...
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America's Maginot Line
Magazine article by Paul Bracken; The Atlantic Monthly, December 1998
Subjects: Asia--Military policy, International relations--Military aspects, United States--Military policy
Americas Maginot Line. by Paul Bracken The development of ballistic missiles that any country...sober rethinking, forward engagement is likely to produce an American Maginot Line around Asias rim, as myopic demands to stay there automatically lead...
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America's Maginot Line: Our Bases in Asia Are Becoming More Vulnerable to Attack by Ballistic Missiles ... at Stake Is the United States' Reputation as the World's Lone Superpower
Magazine article by Paul Bracken; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 282, December 1998
Subjects: Asia, Military bases--Asia, Missiles, United States, United States. Armed Forces
Americas Maginot Line: Our Bases in Asia Are Becoming More Vulnerable to Attack by Ballistic...sober rethinking, forward engagement is likely to produce an American Maginot Line around Asias rim, as myopic demands to stay there automatically lead...
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A Maginot Line for Missile Defense
Magazine article by Llewellyn D. Howell; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 129, July 2000
Subjects: Antimissile missiles--Analysis, Ballistic missile defenses--Analysis, Military policy--Political aspects
A Maginot Line for Missile Defense. by LLEWELLYN D. HOWELL AMERICANS are again scurrying through the arguments about whether to try to institute...
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Mandy's 'Maginot Line' Jibe at the French over Bra Wars
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 7, 2005
Mandys Maginot Line Jibe at the French over Bra Wars. Byline: BENEDICT BROGAN PETER...protectionist trade policies to the countrys ill-fated wartime Maginot Line. The Maginot Line was the costly string of forts supposed to keep out the invading...
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The Maginot Line Doesn't Always Hold
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 30, 2007
The Maginot Line Doesnt Always Hold. Byline...firewalls, or at least Maginot Lines. The public-opinion...conventional wisdom says her Maginot Line cant be breached, but...about Marshal Petains Maginot Line, too, and Herr...
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More Technology Needed; Heavy Armor Is Today's Maginot Line Delusion
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 22, 2009
Subjects: Armor--Military aspects, France (World War II)--Military aspects
...Technology Needed; Heavy Armor Is Todays Maginot Line Delusion. Byline: John R. Guardiano...the modern-day equivalent of the Maginot Line when farsighted military leaders...Combat Systems (FCS) vehicles. The Maginot Line was a series of heavily protected...
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A Maginot Line of Defense; U.S. Airliner Security Is Woefully Inadequate
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 8, 2002
A Maginot Line of defense; U.S. airliner security is woefully inadequate Byline...just one way to bring down a plane. As usual, the West is building a Maginot defense against yesterdays terror attacks, but ignoring tomorrows. In...
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EU Opt-Outs Provide Maginot Defence
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 16, 2007
...EU Opt-Outs Provide Maginot Defence. Byline: JOE...of erecting a feeble Maginot Line todefend British interests...was talking up his red lines by falsely portraying...putting up these red lines to wriggle out of hismanifesto...However, like the Maginot Line,they do not live up...
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Maginot Line
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MAGINOT LINE mazh ino, Fr...was named for Andre Maginot, who was French minister...never tested, for the line was flanked by the...1940. Like fortified lines since the Great Wall...Hughes, To the Maginot Line (1971...
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World War II
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...French spent an inactive winter behind the Maginot Line , content with blockading Germany...Belgium; on May 13 they outflanked the Maginot Line. Their armored columns raced to...through the strongly fortified Siegfried Line and overran W Germany. German collapse...Allied advance moved inexorably, in two lines that converged on Japan, through scattered...
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Fortification
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...developed along two general lines: permanent sites built in...second half of the 19th cent., lines of smaller forts and entrenched...inspired the construction of the Maginot Line . That elaborate system of...beginning of World War II, the Maginot Line was quickly outflanked...
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Trench Warfare
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...barrages. The idea of an uninterrupted line defense held the imagination of the French...between the two world wars, and they built lines of field fortifications known as the Maginot Line and the Siegfried Line. The advent of mechanized warfare made...
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Gamelin, Maurice Gustave
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...World War II broke out, he commanded the Allied forces. Considering France ill prepared for war, he relied on the Maginot Line and on passive warfare. In May, 1940, Germany began to overrun France; on May 19, Gamelin was replaced by Gen...
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