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Title:Fortress France : The Maginot Line & French Defenses in World War II
Series:(Stackpole Military History Series)
Author:J E Kaufmann & H W Kaufmann
ISBN:0811733955 : 9780811733953
Illustrations:b/w photos & illus
Format:Paperback
Size:155x230mm
Pages:200
Weight: .446 Kg.
Published:Stackpole Books - December 2007
List Price: 10.5 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Military history: France: European history: Second World War


Between the world wars, France constructed a vast and complex array of defences designed to prevent German forces from penetrating the French heartland as they had during World War I. Among these was the famous Maginot Line, the last of the great gun-bearing fortifications, but France also built defences along its coasts and in its territories in North Africa. Fully illustrated with photos, maps, and drawings, Fortress France describes the design and construction of these fortifications, discusses French defensive doctrine and strategy, and explains why these efforts proved unable to stop the German attack in the spring of 1940. Includes finely detailed plans, diagrams, and schematics of forts, blockhouses, turrets, artillery pieces, tanks, and more.

Marching to the Wrong Tune; The Maginot Line; Closing the Gaps from the North Sea to the Mediterranean; Sea and Air Defences; The March to Defeat; The French Army and the Maginot Line at War; Conclusion.