Maginot line
A wonderful example of how well-laid plans can be screwed up by something you thought was good luck.Impressive line of military fortifications on the Franco-German border built in the years prior to
1940, designed to force the Germans to repeat the
Schlieffen Plan of
1914 attack France through Belgium, if at all.And, indeed, this is precisely what the Germans had planned to do, and the French had planned to stop. And all would have been well for the French, if a German idiot flying out to brief a forward commander hadn't essentially sent a copy of the invasion plans to French high command, forcing the Germans to come up with a new plan. They did. It involved the
Ardennes, which was the place the French hadn't bothered to seriously defend. Ouch.
Maginot Line
by Alexei on Mar 21, 2003 12:30:40
Example:
Frenchie#1: We must stop the Germans and show off to the pathetic USA!
Frenchie#2: Oui, let us build a huge defensive wall with cannons and guns that only
face one direction!
Frenchie#1: Brilliant! uhh.. what is the German army doing behind our wall?
Frenchie#2: Damn cheaters, they went around! No fair! Time out!
wahhhhhhhhhh!
GOD: hehehehe, silly french people...
Maginot Line
by Unknown on Jun 07, 2003 00:08:56
An extremely impressive wall that streched from the southern, Italian border of France, to the cross-section of the borders of Belgium, France, and Germany.
Impressive though it was, the Germans bypassed it by passing through neutral Belgium. While the rest of the world was warning them, the French wanted proof. (Much like they wanted proof of
Saddam's Weapons of Mass Destruction.) Unfortunately, their version of proof was several hundreds of tanks
rolling through France waving the Nazi flag.
Example:
The Maginot Line was named after an
architect whose name just happened to be Maginot.
The French were stupid enough to think that they had the full backing of
Belgium, and that
Erwin Rommel had forgotten his World Geography.
Maginot Line
by harry flashman on Jul 12, 2003 06:16:41
Example:
Gerta, looks like rain, put the bratwurst away, get the kids in
the Benz, we're going frog hunting at the
Maginot line.