maginot line

Let’s assume the German Revolution ends with a Sparticist Germany occurring concurrently with the Soviet Union. It would strategic sense for the Entente to seize the Rhineland as defensive buffer, but between domestic turmoil and economic woes could they actually hold it, or would they retreat...

OTL, the reason germany was able to go around the maginot was because Belgium wasnt fortified since the Belgians pulled out of collaborative plans. This, in turn, was because Belgium knew france was trying to force the combat north into belgium and avoid fighting on the homefront. But what if...

Static fortifications became significantly less important after gunpowder and especially so after the end of WW1. However they still obviously had strategic uses. What's the most important place and time that a particular line of fortifications could possibly be in the 20th century? How long...

I have heard it both ways that the French Maginot line was either a complete success and a total failure. At the moment I am working on a book talking about its effect. I am arguing that it did everything it needed to do. The French just messed things up afterwards. What I am looking for is...