at the end of the twenties, french politician andre maginot proposed building an indestructible defensivehe border with germany. the maginot line, with a total length of over 400 km, was being built. and has been improved for more than 10 years. the french spent a fabulous amount on its construction. amount, about 3 billion francs. powerful fortifications included multi-level underground forts with living quarters, ventilation plants and elevators, electrical and telephone exchanges, hospitals and narrow-gauge railways. the creation of a line does not at all mean that... an enemy strike, secondly, it will make it possible to cover the country until the moment the mobilization, concentration, and transfer of troops are completed and the strike is carried out. when the war began in 1940 , the germans, naturally smart, did not attack to storm this well, practically very difficult obstacle to overcome, they simply passed through belgium, where these fortifications were not there. this is the question that construction of this kind. in september 1938, hitler declared that he intended to annex