NOUN
- a fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable, it was easily overrun by the German army in 1940
How To Use Maginot Line In A Sentence
- Certainly the Maginot Line was constructed in the service of a defensive strategy.
- But Germany later invaded by going around ( "outflank") the Maginot Line. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
- The Maginot Line, the massive series of fortifications built by France in the 1930s to defend its borders with Germany and Italy, is perhaps the most maligned collection of fortifications ever built.
- Historically, immovable objects are easy to out maneuver and real long-term stubbornness is the Maginot Line of negotiating styles.
- He criticised France's reliance on the Maginot Line for defence against Germany and called for the formation of mechanised armoured columns.
- The French adopted a rigidly set-piece defensive attitude, epitomized by the Maginot Line, while the Germans opted for fluid mobility, eventually epitomized by the panzer divisions.
- Although the Maginot Line stopped short of the Ardennes, much of this area consisted of steep hills covered by thick forest, and its western extremity was protected by the deep and wide River Meuse with its steeply escarped banks.
- This is reminiscent of the utter failure of the invincible Maginot Line or the unsinkable Titanic.
- Against this sort of attack, nuclear shields and Star Wars weaponry look as irrelevant as the Maginot Line.
