Maginot Line defense

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:castle
gptkbp:builtBetween 1929
1938
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:French_government
gptkbp:bypassedDuring gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkbp:canBeBypassedBy gptkb:German_Army
gptkbp:cost about 3 billion French francs
gptkbp:extendsTo gptkb:Luxembourg
gptkb:Switzerland
gptkbp:features fortresses
underground tunnels
bunkers
artillery casemates
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:French_Army
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maginot Line defense
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Ouvrage_Billig
gptkb:Ouvrage_Bréhain
gptkb:Ouvrage_Coume
gptkb:Ouvrage_Denting
gptkb:Ouvrage_Fermont
gptkb:Ouvrage_Four-à-Chaux
gptkb:Ouvrage_Galgenberg
gptkb:Ouvrage_Hackenberg
gptkb:Ouvrage_Hochwald
gptkb:Ouvrage_Immerhof
gptkb:Ouvrage_Kobenbusch
gptkb:Ouvrage_La_Ferté
gptkb:Ouvrage_Latiremont
gptkb:Ouvrage_Laudrefang
gptkb:Ouvrage_Michelsberg
gptkb:Ouvrage_Molvange
gptkb:Ouvrage_Mont_des_Welches
gptkb:Ouvrage_Montmedy
gptkb:Ouvrage_Otterbiel
gptkb:Ouvrage_Rochonvillers
gptkb:Ouvrage_Schiesseck
gptkb:Ouvrage_Schoenenbourg
gptkb:Ouvrage_Sentzich
gptkb:Ouvrage_Simserhof
gptkb:Ouvrage_Soetrich
gptkb:Ouvrage_Ste-Agnès
gptkb:Ouvrage_Sud-Est
gptkb:Ouvrage_Vaux
gptkb:Ouvrage_Zeiterholz
gptkbp:influencedBy World War I experiences
gptkbp:length about 450 miles
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:France
gptkbp:mainLine gptkb:Alsace
gptkb:Lorraine
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:André_Maginot
gptkbp:notExtendedTo Belgian border
gptkbp:purpose defend France from German invasion
gptkbp:status gptkb:tourist_attraction
partially preserved
gptkbp:symbolizes military overreliance on static defenses
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:French_Resistance
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5