REMARKABLE FRONTIER DEFENCES OF FRANCE'S MAGINOT LINE An artist's impression of the lay-out of the underground forts of the Maginot Line. This series of submerged forts, built at a cost of £80,000,000, covers the Franco-German frontier and is claimed to be impassable. Men s quarters, stores and transport facilities are all below the surface. Latest reports state that the Line i> at present fully manned.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23139, 10 September 1938, Page 13
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65REMARKABLE FRONTIER DEFENCES OF FRANCE'S MAGINOT LINE An artist's impression of the lay-out of the underground forts of the Maginot Line. This series of submerged forts, built at a cost of £80,000,000, covers the Franco-German frontier and is claimed to be impassable. Men s quarters, stores and transport facilities are all below the surface. Latest reports state that the Line i> at present fully manned. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23139, 10 September 1938, Page 13
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