Maginot Line
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The Maginot Line was a vast system of French defensive fortifications built along the country’s eastern border before World War II, intended to deter a German invasion.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
border defense system
→
line of fortifications → military fortification system → |
| aftermath | partly dismantled after World War II → |
| builtBy | French Third Republic → |
| bypassedThrough |
Ardennes Forest
→
Belgium → |
| constructionEnd | early 1940s → |
| constructionStart | late 1920s → |
| country | France → |
| currentUse |
military museums
→
tourist attractions → |
| designedBy | French military engineers → |
| doctrine | emphasis on defense over offense → |
| era | interwar period → |
| extendsFrom | near the North Sea → |
| extendsTo | toward the Mediterranean Sea → |
| feature |
ammunition depots
→
anti-tank obstacles → artillery casemates → command centers → fortified machine-gun positions → living quarters for troops → underground bunkers → underground railways → |
| garrisonedBy | French Army → |
| inception | 1929 → |
| locatedAlong |
French–German border
→
French–Italian border → French–Luxembourg border → France–Switzerland border →
surface form: "French–Swiss border"
|
| locatedIn | eastern France → |
| material |
armored turrets
→
reinforced concrete → steel → |
| namedAfter | André Maginot → |
| notableBattle | Battle of France → |
| politicalSupporter | André Maginot → |
| purpose |
to delay an invading army
→
to deter German invasion → to protect French industrial regions in the northeast → |
| significantSection |
Fort Hackenberg
→
Ouvrage Schoenenbourg → Ouvrage Simserhof → |
| status |
partially abandoned
→
partially preserved → |
| symbolizes |
military strategic miscalculation
→
static defense strategy → |
| usedInConflict | World War II → |
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "French eastern frontier defenses"
subject surface form: "Eastern France"
this entity surface form: "Maginot Line fortifications in Moselle"
this entity surface form: "French Maginot Line"
this entity surface form: "Maginot Line fortifications"
subject surface form: "Western Front (World War I)"
this entity surface form: "Maginot Line (later associated region, not WWI fortification)"
this entity surface form: "northeastern Maginot Line"