Maginot Line

E1519
border defense system line of fortifications military fortification system

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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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Maginot Line canonical 34
Maginot Line fortifications 2
French Maginot Line 1

Statements (49)

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 (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Phoney War → location → Maginot Line ⓘ
Siegfried Line → oppositeOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
Sitzkrieg → involves → Maginot Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maginot Line defenses
Fort Hackenberg → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
Ouvrage Schoenenbourg → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
French–Luxembourg border → relatedTo → Maginot Line ⓘ
Saar Offensive → frontLineFeature → Maginot Line ⓘ
eastern France → containsFortification → Maginot Line ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern France
Ouvrage Simserhof → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
Ouvrage Simserhof → hasCategory → Maginot Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maginot Line fortifications in Moselle
André Maginot → honouredIn → Maginot Line ⓘ
André Maginot → hasPartInName → Maginot Line ⓘ
Drôle de guerre → hasFront → Maginot Line ⓘ
Western Front → notableFeature → Maginot Line ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Front (World War I)
this entity surface form: Maginot Line (later associated region, not WWI fortification)
Fortified Sector of Thionville → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
Moselle department → knownFor → Maginot Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maginot Line fortifications
Fortified Sector of Haguenau → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
Fortified Sector of Haguenau → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: northeastern Maginot Line
Commission d’Organisation des Régions Fortifiées → mainSubject → Maginot Line ⓘ
Commission d’Organisation des Régions Fortifiées → appliesTo → Maginot Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: French eastern frontier defenses
Commission d’Organisation des Régions Fortifiées → relatedTo → Maginot Line ⓘ
Maginot → hasAssociatedWork → Maginot Line ⓘ
World War II defences → hasPart → Maginot Line ⓘ
Siegfriedstellung → influencedBy → Maginot Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Maginot Line
Franco-German border → associatedWithMilitaryStructure → Maginot Line ⓘ
Ouvrage Hackenberg → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
Ouvrage Michelsberg → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
Ouvrage Mont des Welches → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
Ouvrage Galgenberg → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
Ouvrage Sentzich → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
Ouvrage Soetrich → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
Ouvrage Soetrich → connectedTo → Maginot Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maginot Line communications network
Ouvrage Bousse → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
Ouvrage Angevillers → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
Ouvrage Angevillers → partOfMilitaryLine → Maginot Line ⓘ
Ouvrage Kobenbusch → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
Ouvrage Oberheid → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
Ouvrage Immerhof → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
CORF → mainSubject → Maginot Line ⓘ
CORF → operatingArea → Maginot Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maginot Line sectors
CORF → notableProject → Maginot Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maginot Line in northeastern France
Alpine fortified sectors → partOf → Maginot Line ⓘ
Mareth Line → similarTo → Maginot Line ⓘ
Pays de Bitche → hasAttraction → Maginot Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maginot Line fortifications
Metaxas Line → similarTo → Maginot Line ⓘ