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French fortification system along the German
frontier from Switzerland to Luxembourg built
1929-36 under the direction of the war
minister, Andre Maginot. It consisted of
semi-underground forts joined by underground
passages, and protected by antitank defences;
lighter fortifications continued the line to
the sea. In 1940 German forces pierced the
Belgian frontier line and outflanked the
Maginot Line.