Title

Andre Maginot, French military engineer, 1929. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Andre Maginot, French civil servant, 1929. Maginot (1877-1932) proposed the construction of a vast linked set of fortifications, tank traps and other obstacles on France's eastern frontier. The fortifications, which became known as the Maginot Line, were mostly built between 1930 and 1935. Intended to be an impegnable wall, the line proved completely ineffective in World War II, as the invading Germans simply bypassed the fortifications to the north, passing through the supposedly impenetrable Ardennes forest and neutral Belgium. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1950, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L'Arcade, Paris 8, 1850-1950.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1929

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C53_252

Model release

Non

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

49,9Mo (5,6Mo) / 28,6cm x 43,7cm / 3380 x 5165 (300dpi)

Keywords

standing building buildings people male job man men hat engineering country French France guy occupation clothes weapon weapons gun guns shotgun hunting hunter defence dress fortification military war location century profession thirties concept twenties B&W MONOCHROME warfare World War II World War two WWII black & white black and white B W weaponry 1930s 1920s world war 2 civil servant 20th century The Print Collector Maginot Line military engineering Second World War WW2 photograph portrait 2nd World War Unknown Andre Andre Maginot Maginot photograph portrait