What is Maginot Line?
[[File:Maginot Line-en.svg|thumb|right|A map of the Maginot Line in France]] The '''Maginot Line''' ({{lang-fr|Ligne Maginot}}, {{IPA-fr|liɲ maʒino|IPA}}) was a long line of [[wall]]s, [[fort]]s, and armed defenses that the [[France|French]] built after the [[First World War]]. It is named after [[André Maginot]], who was the French [[Minister]] of war when it was built. The Maginot Line was made of a number of [[fortification]]s and [[bunker]]s, close to the French border to [[Germany]], [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]] and [[Italy]]. Today, the fortifications towards Italy are commonly called [[Alpine Line]]. The Maginot Line was built between 1930 and 1940. During the First World War, the German Army had built the [[Hindenburg Line]], which is similar. The plan was that the French army would have time to get ready and go north to [[Belgium]] and win any battle with the German army there. In the [[Second World War]] the German army and French army met in the [[Ardennes (forest)]] in Belgium. The French army lost, opening the way to German victory in the [[Battle of France]]. {{history-stub}} [[Category:Fortifications of World War II]]