Maginot Line
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The Maginot Line is a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s. Named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, it was constructed on the
Entrance to Ouvrage Schoenenbourg, Maginot Line in Alsace
A soldier from the Cameron Highlanders looks through a periscope in the Fort de Sainghain on the Maginot Line, 3 November 1939.
Food distribution to French troops in Maginot line. 1939.
Casemate of Dambach Nord, Fortified Sector of the Vosges, Subsector of Philippsbourg
Ardennes
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The Ardennes, also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Ger
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…them to move around the fortifications through Belgium. It was impervious to most forms of attack, but in 1940 the Germans invaded through the Belgian Ardennes, immediately to the north, just beyond the end of the main line of fortifications. Based on France's experience with trench warfare during World War…
Landscape of Frahan inside the bend of the Semois
Morphologically connected mountains of Ardennes and Eifel, framed by the rivers Semois, Meuse, Moselle and Rhine. The highest elevation is the Hohe Acht at 746.9 m above sea level. NHN
Arduenna silva between Maas und Rhein
The Ardennes in Belgium