Built to be impenetrable, the Maginot Line was France’s answer to future invasions—an immense fortress stretching across its eastern border. But when WWII came, it faced a very different kind of enemy ...

Even though millions of French troops were manning the defensive Maginot Line in early 1940, Hitler's brilliant blitzkrieg strategy caught the Allies by surprise, and Germany occupied France ...

is to be ready to hurt the enemy more than he can hurt the U.S. “A Maginot Line on the ground is bad enough,” said one Air Force officer last week. “There isn’t any line you can hold in ...