VALUE OF FRENCH DEFENCES
REVEALED IN TESTS BY GERMANY
Bombing of Czech Fortifications
Lessons Learned From Attacks “MOST IMPREGNABLE IN HISTORY” United Press Association—By ffiectrk Telegraph -Cnpvrlcht (Received October 30, 7.30 p.m.) PRAGUE, October 29. The newspaper “Express”, the mouthpiece of the Czech National League, states that the German tests of the forfeited Czech fortifications, proved that the Maginot line is the most impregnable in the history of warfare. Military experts staged a full dress attack, with heavy artillery. Fifty heavy bombers failed to break the line. An average of fifty bombs was required to smash one dugout. Then only the roof was demolished.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21181, 31 October 1938, Page 9
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104VALUE OF FRENCH DEFENCES Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21181, 31 October 1938, Page 9
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