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So me and a friend were having an argument today, he argued the Maginot was a total waste of money and it's defenses were too spread out to actually be much use if the Germans wanted to make a determined attack there. I argued for its comparatively limited cost, the benefit was well worth it and it made that sector of the front "safe" for the most part.

Obviously no fortification is invincible, but exactly how much of a defense was the Maginot line really? And what if it had been properly extended to the sea at the same levels it was built up in Alsace-Lorraine? Would the Germans be able to smash through the Maginot line on the Belgian border? Would Hitler even try?
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