Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II

by Tomasz Idzikowski, J.E. Kaufmann, H.W. Kaufmann

Book Overview

Guide to the French defenses encountered by the German blitzkrieg in 1940 Includes finely detailed plans, diagrams, and schematics of forts, blockhouses, turrets, artillery pieces, tanks, and more

Between the world wars, France constructed a vast and complex array of defenses designed to prevent German forces from penetrating the French heartland as they had during World War I. Among these was the famous Maginot Line, the last of the great gun-bearing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811733955
• ISBN13: 9780811733953
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"