法國人建馬奇諾防線，耗時11年花費50億法郎，卻只用了42天宣告報廢，德軍的矛捅破了法國人的盾 #重返戰場 #二戰 #戰役

The French built the strongest defensive line in the world the Maginot Line to defend against German attacks but France was still defeated by the German army in 42 days Yet the Maginot Line remained intact and became a joke around the world Who exactly was this line defending and what prompted the French to build it This video we take a look at the glory and downfall of the Maginot Line On the morning of November 11 1918 Germany signed an armistice with the Allies After experiencing four years of terrible warfare including the battles of Verdun and the Marne the country lost a million people After seven provinces were destroyed although France became the victor it still feared Germany's resurgence To prevent such a situation from happening again German military leaders and politicians began to plan for the construction of defensive fortifications on the Eastern Front The then French Prime Minister Clemenceau was the first to propose protecting the borders In March 1919 in an office of the French Army headquarters three high-ranking officials fiercely argued over the direction of the French military General Foch's defensive strategy would only result in more French children losing their lives only a bold attack would be a permanent solution General Joseph's wife laughed at this If you still think of them as children you shouldn't send the people to the front lines Can they be stronger than reinforced concrete Large-scale defensive structures are the ultimate defense strategy Being made a commander isn't a large defensive structure expensive As long as it's sufficient it's fine Why do you have to have that damn large project The people's money is never as much as a child's so the Territorial Defense Committee was established in May 1922 to reach a consensus among the three elders The defense system became a topic of conversation among the French people in their spare time On December 28 1929 the Defense Committee decided to adopt the advice of the Marshal The Maginot Line begins preparations War Minister Andre Maginot enthusiastically announces We established the defensive boundary for one purpose: to eliminate future threats and the concrete structure is stronger than a soldier's chest protection We can only stand ready to prevent war Marek tried to get both chambers of the parliament to fund the construction of the line and for the first time received nearly 5 billion old francs At this time the French people began to look upon this impenetrable shield with hope believing it would protect them from the German cavalry forever So how strong was the Maginot Line the massive defense system built by France that made the French feel safe In 1930 the Maginot Line officially began construction consisting of a series of fortifications known as "garnison groups" that formed its various sections In short the group of formulas is essentially an automated defense system composed of cover and turrets for a single entity connected to each other through underground passages The entire Maginot Line stretched 430 kilometers from the northeastern border of France towards the southeast ending at the Alpine border Covering Savoie Dauphine and the French Riviera It extends all the way to the town of Menton and even includes part of the island of Corsica with more than 130 forts of various sizes in the Alpine region Some of them can accommodate a line of more than 200 people and the formation is equipped with mobile turrets which are prepared with anti-tank guns and howitzers The second phase involved building defensive fortifications in the northeast stretching from Flanders to the Swiss border The largest defensive structure in the Maginot Line is the Hakenberg Forts in the Moselle region It consists of 19 combat zones and 10 kilometers of underground tunnels covering an area of 1.6 square kilometers Each battery is equipped with a mobile anti-tank gun that has a range of up to 20 kilometers in all directions The fortress has an intricate network of tunnels that connect its various key points All channels are equipped with a compressed air ventilation system to prevent the castle from being contaminated by asphyxiating gases The narrow-gauge electric train designed inside can temporarily transport soldiers' ammunition and food to the battery Fortress units are typically composed of infantry artillery and engineers consisting of approximately 1000 soldiers The war will be divided into three groups rotating every eight hours A single fortress's cafeteria would likely store enough food for one month providing soldiers with two meals a day Because it was designed based on data from the Battle of Verdun the amount of ammunition it stores internally is extremely large These human-centered designs are primarily intended to enable soldiers to fight more effectively According to the data a combat group can carry out continuous defense for several weeks without supplies However the French were not only defending against Germany on a physical level but also on a psychological one They also built the Maginot Line to convince the Germans that the Maginot Line was impregnable and they started construction of the line at the same time The media spread various exaggerated messages For example the Maginot Line stretched from the English Channel to the Swiss border and had 50 million fortifications The Maginot Line had 10 layers and was deep as a kilometer and in short these smoke bombs were more magical than some science fiction movies Under such reports and publicity the Maginot Line was successfully portrayed as an impregnable fortress They eventually convinced the vast majority of the French people that this line of defense was impregnable that the Germans could never break through But the illusion would eventually be shattered In May 1939 Germany's armored groups executed the Ardennes plan The British evacuation from Dunkirk was successful and the French were thoroughly awakened The Maginot Line could not protect France and the French military high command's generals were also panicked But at this critical moment one person stepped forward: the newly appointed French commander Maxime Weygand Order the start of building a new line of defense a flesh and blood line of defense to protect the French people and the Maginot Line At that time Wei Gang ordered the French army to establish a defensive line between the Somme and Aisne rivers But at this point the French elite forces had suffered a major defeat and the remaining 71 divisions were poorly equipped It would be almost impossible to hold back the Germans' overwhelming offensive without air support Moreover after the Germans captured northern France the A and B army groups prepared to break through the Weygand line the B army group occupied the French capital Paris The A Army Group advanced behind the Maginot Line and in coordination with the C Army Group attacking from the front occupied the Maginot Line as a French force On June 5th the German forces began their attack on the Somme To the surprise of the German forces the armored units did not make smooth progress over the next three days they found the French forces completely different from those of the previous days This was mainly because the French army was now fighting a desperate battle and these soldiers were veteran troops withdrawn from the north Their logistics were well-equipped and supplemented with tanks and equipment and their morale was high having become accustomed to the German attack methods At this time Wei Gang re-established the First and Second Armored Divisions providing fresh blood for de Gaulle's Fourth Armored Division Then implement the hedgehog tactic and execute the deep defense operation and delay tactics The troops were stationed in villages and cities of all sizes and also had defensive fortifications set up around them in all directions This move successfully deepened the French defensive depth The French forces defended their positions at all costs inflicting heavy losses on the German army such as the German Army Group B at that time Their 47 divisions have a large mobile force But in the 48 hours before the attack there was no breakthrough at all so the German army had to rely on the air force After the German Air Force deployed bombers to destroy a large number of French artillery pieces the French Air Force also began to operate frequently 500 bombing missions were completed between June 5th and 10th But because of this they suffered heavy losses and could not be replenished soon the Germans completely gained air superiority and the French positions and armored units were subjected to fierce bombing The vanguard of the French Tenth Army located south of Abbeville was crushed and forced to retreat along the Seine towards Rouen and the south The German army finally crossed the river and resumed its rapid advance After this battle the French army could no longer organize a large-scale operation and the fall of the Maginot Line was now inevitable In fact even before the front line was still resisting the German forces The German Army Group C located to the east of France attempted to break through the Maginot Line but the attempt failed at the northernmost end of the Maginot Line The German forces launched an eight-hour offensive resulting in 46 of their own killed and 251 wounded But the French army only lost two men it must be said that the Maginot Line was indeed solid After the initial defensive line was breached Guderian's 19th Army rushed toward the French-Swiss border preparing to encircle the French forces in the Forêt de l'Argonne The German 16th Army attacked the weak rear of the Maginot Line from the west to capture Verdun Toul and Metz When the German Army Group B began its attack on Paris and Normandy Army Group A also launched an attack on the rear of the Maginot Line On June 15th Army Group C launched Operation Tiger across the Rhine River to attack France As the German army began its attack the French people's morale had already collapsed although their equipment was still excellent their minds were only thinking about how to escape from the Maginot Line Only a few French troops remained holding the line The First Army of the Germans bombarded the French positions with 1000 various artillery pieces However most of the German artillery were relics from World War I and could not penetrate the thick armor of the Maginot Line Only 16 88-mm guns could shake the fortress To further support the offensive Germany also deployed 150mm guns and eight railway guns while assembling the Fifth Air Force for aerial support But progress remains slow The remaining French forces inside the Maginot Line launched an unrelenting counterattack The city of Sorel-En-Brie fired 15 802 75-millimeter shells at German infantry It was also the French position that came under the most German artillery fire yet its thick defenses prevented its destruction On the same day the Germans launched Operation Tiger they also initiated Operation Bear the Seventh Army's five assault divisions had 400 artillery pieces They crossed the Rhine River into the Colmar area and advanced toward the Vosges Mountains On June 17 German forces pushed the French 104th and 105th Divisions into the Forêt de Parc while also advancing into Strasbourg On the same day General Guderian's 19th Army reached the Swiss border cutting off the Maginot Line from the rest of France Most French troops surrendered on June 25 and the German forces announced they had captured 500 000 prisoners The French government fled to Bordeaux a week ago and Paris had already fallen three days earlier The German forces had also begun urging surrender But some of the main fortresses of the French Maginot Line continued to fight until July 10th The last of the French forces surrendered at the request of Alphonse Georges According to statistics out of the 58 main fortresses on the Maginot Line only 10 were captured by the Germans during combat The rest was all captured after the French army surrendered This shows that the Maginot Line itself was very strong so what was the reason for the Maginot Line's collapse The collapse of the Maginot Line was crushed by the French army's rigid and outdated thinking Behind this line represented an outdated military theory The war is primarily based on infantry attacks It still requires breaking through strong fortifications and then advancing slowly This completely ignores the strategic depth defense and only focuses on defending infantry The idea of ignoring the threat of tanks is the root of the Maginot Line's collapse When the German armored tide surged forward France's depth could not withstand the impact of mechanized forces French forces used tanks as auxiliary support for infantry The French military leadership did not step out of the circle of victory from World War I treating the airplane as a tool to extend the range of artillery on the Maginot Line Bringing conservative ideas to World War II led to the joke of the Maginot Line Would the Germans still be able to take France in 42 days if the Maginot Line were extended to the English Channel Welcome to leave comments in the discussion section this is Da Bing see you next time on the show