The Maginot Line
![Regierung des Vereinigten Königreichs: The Maginot Line, Grafik, undatiert [vor 1962]; Bildquelle: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maginot_Linie_Karte.jpg?uselang=de. Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany.](http://ieg-ego.eu/illustrationen/der-deutsch-franzoesische-grenzraum/the-maginot-line-img/@@images/bb451091-fdd6-4fba-bd29-58c9ddd3b273.jpeg "The Maginot Line IMG")
Consisting of a series of bunkers, the Maginot Line was built from 1930 onward between Alsace-Lorraine and the Saarland, and was intended to protect the French Republic.
Government of the United Kingdom, The Maginot Line, graphic, no date [before 1962]; image source: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maginot_Linie_Karte.jpg?uselang=de. 
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