Thursday, July 5, 2012

The Maginot Line

The World Book Encyclopedia.  Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, 1970
Richard S. Lambert.  The Twentieth Century Canada Britain USA.  Toronto:  The House of Grant (Canada) Ltd., 1960.  Lambert was Oxford educated, "Supervisor of School Broadcasts, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation"
    
Lt. Col. Eddy Bauer,  Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia.  H.S. Stuttman Inc., 1972, 1979.
"Above, a platoon of British troops marches into one of the fortresses of the Maginot Line on November 3, 1939.  British brigades served with French units in the Maginot Line largely so that the troops could learn to cooperate with each other efficiently."

Below, a fortress in the Alps, on Swiss soil facing the Italian border.

Lt. Col. Eddy Bauer,  Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia.  H.S. Stuttman Inc., 1972, 1979.

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