André Maginot
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André Maginot was a French civil servant, soldier and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his advocacy of the string of forts known as the Maginot Line.
André Maginot
Minister of the Colonies André Maginot and Louis Franchet d'Espèrey in Africa
André Maginot Memorial, Verdun battlefield, original design Gaston Brouquet, dedicated 1966.
Monument to Andre Maginot, Verdun (close up detail of statuary)
Aristide Briand
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Aristide Pierre Henri Briand was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic. He is mainly remembered for his focus on international issues
Painting by Marcel Baschet
Briand with British Army officer John Maxwell
Briand (centre) with members of the French delegation including Henri Fromageot and Philippe Berthelot at the Locarno Treaties, 1925 Autochrome by Roger Dumas
Aristide Briand and Gustav Stresemann