*blocks your path*

>>2244218
It would have been REALLY FUCKING COOL if we saw how well the line actually worked

>>2244223
Technically we did

>>2244241
Yeah, Germans just went around it. Pretty much did what a fortification is supposed to do.

>>2244218

What was the point of building a fortification that you can literally just walk around?

>>2244261
the maginot line was supposed to link up with similar belgian defenses that were never built

>>2244261
I think that was the point. Force the Germans into Belgium and beat them there.

>>2244261
They never expected Germans to go around all the defences a second time through Belgium.

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>>2244218
pshhh nothing personal static defense

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>>2244218
*blocks your path*

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>>2244602

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*BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT*

>>2244602
VISIBLE

FROM

SPACE

>>2244633
the mongolians literally just went around it

>>2244261
The point was to force the Germans into belgium (and perhaps trigger Great Britain's entry into the war like in WW1 on the off chance france goes to war with Germany but Britain doesn't as could have happened during the Munich crisis).

"hurr durr the french never saw it coming" is a historical myth. The French failure was entirely due to failure of general command, failure of tank doctrine, and failure to take note of the spearhead in the Ardennes before it was far too late.

>>2244656
It actually isn't.

>>2244693

Joke might be on you, I think that guy may have been pretending to be retarded

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>>2244218
*blocks your bridge*

>>2244266
Why is Belgium so fucking terrible?

>>2244261

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcDL-UhCQK8

>>2244947
Only reason Belgium even excists is because Brits had an autistic fit when France tried to take it for themselves.

>>2244947
actually the french asked belgium to build defenses on the french-belgian border and didn't offer to cover the costs
belgium in turn responded if they wanted defenses there, they could bloody well build them with french money because they weren't going to pay out of their own pocket just to get turned into another great war style battleground

>>2244982
Lol did this really happen? Are the French so retarded?

>>2244947

>France: Belgium, my friend, let us build defenses in your country to deter German invasions.
>Belgium: No, it might give the Germans a reason to attack us as part of a war with you!
>France: Okay, we'll just have to build up our own border with Germany. Enjoy being Johann's passing lane.

>>2244987
yeh, it wasn't exactly on the border but basically the french plan was for belgium to surrdender 80% of its territory including virtually all the industry and population to the germans in case of war, then use belgium instead of france as a battleground for the war
belgium wasn't particularly happy about this idea

belgium also managed to intercept several of the german plans of assault from a crashed plane
the french high command refused to even look at the intel

>>2244218
Takes the Belgian super highway to Paris

>>2244664
also a failure to properly appreciate the destructive potential of close air support

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>Build a fuckhuge defensive line
>Belgium tells you to fuck off when you demand they help you with your stupid project.
>Decide to stick with the plan, even though Belgium tells you repeatedly that the Germans are just going to go around
>get your shit pushed in, and decide to blame Belgium because they didn't help
Fuck the french, desu.

>>2244602
all it would take is one artillery peice to knock that shit over

>>2244261
you can never block everything, you can try really hard and maybe do pretty good but you'll never ever block everything
you must block strategically

>>2244947
>make a country out of thin air
>expect it to function

look what happened in africa senpai