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I have heard that the reason that France did not build the Maginot Line across the border with Belgium was because they were afraid of alienating the Belgians. However, when the Belgians eventually stopped talking about all the defense agreements and such with France, the building of the Line resumed, but by then it was too late. If this is true, then is it at all possible for France to just say "screw Belgium, we're building the Line across they're border anyways"? If so, could they have done it, and how much effect would it have had?
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