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09-12-2009, 03:54 PM
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| I think the Maginot line was mearly a thorn in the butt of the Germans. I don't think the argument of "Did it make the Germans go around.....yes" means it was an effective defence and did it's job. If that was the case, build a 20 foot high 10 foot thick concrete wall and it would be just as "effective" because you will still have to go around.
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09-14-2009, 11:54 AM
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| True Thor, but a wall as you suggest does not fire back!
__________________ Bryon O P-61 Black Widow-Mistress of the Night! "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." George S. Patton "Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government." "Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away." |
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09-14-2009, 02:24 PM
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| Understood Messy. Either way, I bet the Germans suffered just as many casualties going around the Maginot line as they would have going around a concrete wall. Actually, I'm just assuming that. I have never read anything about the Germans actually fighting their way around. I just always heard they went around it.
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09-14-2009, 02:40 PM
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| I have read accounts of the Allies going up against the line while it was in German hands, and they took some pretty large casualties as they did not have the proper training nor the weapons to attack the line.
__________________ Bryon O P-61 Black Widow-Mistress of the Night! "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." George S. Patton "Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government." "Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away." |
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09-14-2009, 03:11 PM
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