FRANCE’S EASTERN FRONTIER. FORTIFICATIONS This map illustrates the “Maginot line,” where France is carrying out her “watch on the Rhine.” The helmet-like designs with pointing guns indicate large and small armoured forts. The heavy lines mark armoured chambers. A recent cablegram stated that France had decided to assemble a similar number of troops on the French side of the frontier to that assembled by Germany in the Rhineland.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22834, 19 March 1936, Page 13
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68FRANCE’S EASTERN FRONTIER. FORTIFICATIONS This map illustrates the “Maginot line,” where France is carrying out her “watch on the Rhine.” The helmet-like designs with pointing guns indicate large and small armoured forts. The heavy lines mark armoured chambers. A recent cablegram stated that France had decided to assemble a similar number of troops on the French side of the frontier to that assembled by Germany in the Rhineland. Otago Daily Times, Issue 22834, 19 March 1936, Page 13
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