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200 10$aFortress France$b[electronic resource] $ethe Maginot Line and French defenses in World War II /$fJ.E. Kaufmann and H.W. Kaufmann ; illustrated by Tomasz Idzikowski
210   $aWestport, Conn. $cPraeger Security International$d2006
215   $a1 online resource (220 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [189]-193) and index.
327   $aContents; 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; Index
330   $aThe 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 defen
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