Built during the 1930s at enormous cost to protect France's eastern border, it was probably the most expensive and extensive fortification built since The Great Wall of China was constructed. It didn't live up to the 'impregnable' hype and the Germans simply went round it, leaving half the French Army to sit out the battle of France in 1940, while the other half, outnumbered and outmanoeuvred, beat a hasty retreat.
Built during the 1930s at enormous cost to protect France's eastern border, it was probably the most expensive and extensive fortification built since The Great Wall of China was constructed. It didn't live up to the 'impregnable' hype and the Germans simply went round it, leaving half the French Army to sit out the battle of France in 1940, while the other half, outnumbered and outmanoeuvred, beat a hasty retreat.
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