The petit ouvrages had three or four blockhouses each, in a rough hemisphere to the front, still vulnerably to being bypassed and attacked in the flank, while the grands ouvrages had six to eight, in ...

In the 1930s the Maginot Line was viewed as a military marvel, an impregnable network of underground fortifications stretching along France's border with Germany — from Belgium to Switzerland — ...

There’s nothing like a visit to France to get away from a German summer of nonstop rain or unairconditioned buildings during a heat wave. The escape is even better when the attraction in France is ...

Robert Frost was neither a military strategist nor policy wonk, but his poem “Mending Wall” captures the paradox of defensive walls. While walls are often built to defend against others, those same ...

After the horrific events of World War I, France was convinced that the German menace was not gone forever. To better protect their country from another devastating German invasion, French military ...

WIESBADEN, Germany - History was not kind to the grand ideas of French Minister of War Andre Maginot. As the namesake for the massive line of fortifications intended to stop Germany from ever again ...

After the German army breaks through the French lines at Sedan, the left flank of the moving army has to be secured. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Turing Fellow at Yale's Center for Collaborative Arts and Media This article is more than 4 years old. In the 1930’s, France built ...

The petit ouvrages had three or four blockhouses each, in a rough hemisphere to the front, still vulnerably to being bypassed and attacked in the flank, while the grands ouvrages had six to eight, in ...