“BELT OF CONCRETE”
FRENCH FRONTIER DEFENCES.
(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 10.55 p.m.) Paris, October 7. “A huge belt of concrete is France’s safeguard against invasion,” declared Mr Paul Hemier, Under-Secretary for Air, after inspecting France’s new frontier defence system which is being completed in 1934. He said the fortifications were especially strong on the south-eastern frontier. “From Briancon to Nice our chain of fortresses and pillboxes will withstand any attack, even from the air,” he said.
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Southland Times, Issue 21832, 8 October 1932, Page 5
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