02765nam 22005774a 450 991045457100332120200520144314.01-282-40601-997866124060100-313-02474-X(CKB)1000000000806454(EBL)491257(OCoLC)62877175(SSID)ssj0000337827(PQKBManifestationID)11266295(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337827(PQKBWorkID)10294873(PQKB)11222113(MiAaPQ)EBC491257(Au-PeEL)EBL491257(CaPaEBR)ebr10349237(CaONFJC)MIL240601(EXLCZ)99100000000080645420050902d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFortress France[electronic resource] the Maginot Line and French defenses in World War II /J.E. Kaufmann and H.W. Kaufmann ; illustrated by Tomasz IdzikowskiWestport, Conn. Praeger Security International20061 online resource (220 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-275-98345-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-193) and index.Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Marching to the Wrong Tune; Chapter 2 The Maginot Line; Chapter 3 Closing the Gaps from the North Sea to the Mediterranean; Chapter 4 Sea and Air Defenses; Chapter 5 The March to Defeat; Chapter 6 The French Army and the Maginot Line at War; Chapter 7 Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; IndexThe Maginot Line was the last great gun-bearing line of subterranean forts built before World War II. Although it acquired an unjustified reputation as a white elephant, the Maginot Line fulfilled the role for which it was built, allowing the French High Command the opportunity to mass its forces and counter the German invasion. Unfortunately, the French leadership failed to make the most of its assets, with the resulting disastrous outcome.||During the 1920s, the French High Command formulated a number of offensive plans to strike at Germany, but by the end of the decade, it switched to defenWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsFranceMaginot Line (France)Electronic books.World War, 1939-1945Campaigns940.54/2143Kaufmann J. E870364Kaufmann H. W870365MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454571003321Fortress France1943036UNINA