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bigred · « **Reply #1 on:** November 03, 2003, 08:41:40 PM »

maginot line???

Corsair · « **Reply #2 on:** November 03, 2003, 08:52:24 PM »

'Tis the Maginot line.

I don't know the specific gun, though.

frank3 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 04, 2003, 08:53:32 AM »

wow! nicely defended!:eek:

straffo · « **Reply #4 on:** November 04, 2003, 09:12:16 AM »

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Originally posted by frank3
wow! nicely defended!:eek:

but useless ...

Pongo · « **Reply #5 on:** November 04, 2003, 10:49:47 AM »

Would have been very usefull..if the French or British armys were attacking. Not much use against the German General staff though.

Nod · « **Reply #6 on:** November 04, 2003, 10:51:52 AM »

yah, the germans basically just drove around it.

my guess is maginot line too......

john9001 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 04, 2003, 11:48:42 AM »

it was not "useless",the germans never attacked it, the problem with the Maginot line is that it did not extend all the way to the coast, the French foolishly thought the ardenn forrest and Belgian/Holland could defend the northern French border.
Had the Maginot line gone all the way to the coast , the invasion of France might have had a different ending.

Soulyss · « **Reply #8 on:** November 04, 2003, 01:18:32 PM »

But the Germans did attack the Maginot Line as part of the invasion of France. This task was given to Army Group C under Colonel General Von Leeb. This was done after the drive to the sea and the British evacuation at Dunkirk. The German Army penetrated the Maginot Line on June 14th, the same day as german troops entered Paris.

This all according to Mellenthin in "Panzer Battles"

scJazz · « **Reply #9 on:** November 04, 2003, 01:31:54 PM »

Maginot Line... and yes it was worthless.

The German Blitzkrieg rather than sitzkrieg combat theory pretty much wiped out the whole idea of static defense emplacements. They just bypassed the whole bloody thing then came back and shattered what was left.

Then the stupid buggers went and built up the Coastal Defenses to stop Operation Overlord. Guess there is no underestimating the power of human stupidity.

brady · « **Reply #10 on:** November 04, 2003, 09:11:50 PM »

maginot line, it is:)

NoBaddy · « **Reply #11 on:** November 04, 2003, 10:50:05 PM »

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Originally posted by brady
maginot line, it is:)

DAMN!!! I thought it was a German mushroom farm!!!

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #12 on:** November 05, 2003, 01:04:29 AM »

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Originally posted by john9001
it was not "useless",the germans never attacked it, the problem with the Maginot line is that it did not extend all the way to the coast, the French foolishly thought the ardenn forrest and Belgian/Holland could defend the northern French border.
Had the Maginot line gone all the way to the coast , the invasion of France might have had a different ending.

The Germans attacked the Maginot line by the rear (French Side). Even by the "unprotected side", some of the strongholds couldn't be taken. it's Petain that had to order the defending soldiers to surrender.

To this day, the Maginot line still has some active sections. The germans had the Sigfrid line or something like that matching ours, but it was actually a decoy. "Nothing" was in it.

moot · « **Reply #13 on:** November 05, 2003, 01:58:39 AM »

what's a vent doing exposed like that?

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #14 on:** November 05, 2003, 02:17:29 AM »

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Originally posted by moot
what's a vent doing exposed like that?

Thats where our action hero drops in the grenades - duh...