Question

4. What are Blitzkrieg and the Maginot Line? (world war 2)

Answer 1

the Maginot line was a large fortification that ran along french/German borders, it became liability when Germans attacked France in 1940 using blitzkrieg -that is a tactic that emasculated the Maginot lines purpose.

Answer 2

Blitzkrieg: A German war doctrine in using tanks, airplanes, and infantry to strike together and strike fast in unexpected places.

Maginot Line: One of the then most heavily defended area, complete with trenches and pillboxes, that stretch from northern part of France (bordered with Germany) to the southern part. The Northern part was weaker, due to the miscalculation that the Germans could not bring their armored divisions through Ardenness forest.


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