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THE INTRICACIES OF THE MAGINOT LINE
The Wench system ot underground deicnce which renders the Eastern frontiers of France impregnable
to ground attack. A diagrammatic drawing (from the Illustrated London News) with the
surface cut away to show the interior of the hillside transformed into a stronghold invisible to the
enemy. It was designed by Mr. Andre Maginot, French Minister for War. It was said to be the
strongest system oi underground galleries ever constructed: but Herr Hitler responded by erecting
"17.00(1 of the most gigantic fortresses in the world, behind these three or four-fold lines of fortifications
stand the entire German people in arms."
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