Once known as the "Great Wall of France", the Maginot Line and the Great Wall of China have the same destination, with the continuous advancement of the times, and eventually became a tourist attraction, but the two have a completely different "wind evaluation", the Great Wall has become the Chinese sons and daughters of the Chinese nation industrious, brave, self-reliant, indomitable to resist foreign humiliation of the spiritual symbol, and the Maginot Line is completely reduced to a joke.
There is such a statement on the Internet, that is, "the theory of the uselessness of the Great Wall", in fact, friends who know a little about history know that this is a nonsense, far from saying, if there is no Great Wall, can Emperor Taiji use the detour of southern Mongolia to invade the hinterland of the Central Plains from Xifengkou? Shanhaiguan is also part of the Great Wall, if there is no Great Wall, the tens of thousands of troops of the local garrison, without any support, can withstand the Houjin and Qing cavalry?
Of course, the Great Wall cannot solve all the problems of feudal society, such as the problem of corruption and degeneration, the problem of the people's suffering, nor can it "bless" a feudal regime that will stand for generations, but strategically speaking, in ancient wars, in terms of resisting foreign nationalities, the role of the Great Wall is indispensable, and the role of the Great Wall has been brought into play, and it is unjust to throw all the blame to the Great Wall, which is an injustice, and in the final analysis it is still a human problem.
The same is true of the Maginot Line, which is not laughable or short-sighted in itself, but a strong fortress must be complemented by the right strategy and tactics, otherwise its role will be reduced to chicken ribs.
The Maginot Line itself is the product of failure, starting from its "birth":
During the First World War, France was still intoxicated by the dream of a world power, and its arrogant attitude spread like a virus, and the army certainly had no reason to be spared.
Under the fierce blows of artillery and machine guns, the infantry should have approached the front of the opposing front as quickly as possible and tried to break through, but the French army thought that such a move was not elegant, and the suggestion of running and charging was undoubtedly the greatest insult to the French army.
France's reflection arc is super long, God knows how many circles around the earth, after hundreds of thousands of "lessons" fell to the ground and were harvested for life, France only after realized that there was something wrong, what was wrong?
In 1917, the U.S. army entered the war, in 1918 double 11, Germany was defeated and announced surrender, after the war France finally woke up, attacking at this pace is tantamount to finding death, if you want to maintain elegance, or turtle shell tactics are better, both elegant and safe.
Although there is a certain element of ridicule above, there is no doubt that France's strategy and its military ideology are in line with each other.
Although France won the First World War, the price paid was also extremely heavy, which could not be compensated by the recovery of territory and the reparations of the war.
At that time, France's sentiment of being in peace and danger was heavier than that of defeated Germany, and the surface was incomparably bright, but France, which was in ruins inside, died in the First World War, killed about 1.4 million people, disabled by injuries and 1.5 million people, destroyed a large number of industrial infrastructure, destroyed nearly 60,000 kilometers of railways and roads, and closed 20,000 enterprises on a small land, with debts as high as 34 billion gold francs.
Everything fell into a slump after the war, including the population, its total population was less than 2/3 of Germany's, France's own military strength was not as good as Germany's, and the decline in population and industrial manufacturing capacity brought France a great sense of crisis, because they knew that without the help of Britain, Russia, Italy, and especially the United States, which finally joined the war, France's fate of defeat was almost doomed.
History has always been of extraordinary educational significance, in the past several German invasions must pass through the northeast of France, and this is precisely the most important lifeline of Modern French industry, such as indispensable iron ore resources, iron ore produced in the north accounts for 95% of the total, the density of war resources means the density of war industry, because this effectively saves long-distance transportation costs and time.
France faces two problems, of course, neighboring Germany has this key information, as long as there is no problem in military strength, Germany is ready to convert these industrial advantages into its own resources, and for France, once these precious resources are lost in wartime, everything will be unsustainable, 1 + 1 = 2 for Germany, and zero for France.
Therefore, due to France's shortcomings, whether it is strategic and tactical, or in terms of effective protection of resources, the establishment of the Maginot Line is very necessary, but unfortunately, although the strength of the Maginot Line --- is beyond doubt, not to mention the Maginot Line, that is, its extension line makes Hitler jealous, which is revealed in the course of the battle, but unfortunately, the French politicians who tend to the idea of absolute defense finally have the upper hand, and the opinions of Foch, commander-in-chief of the Allied countries in World War I, are not accepted. Therefore, the strategic role of the Maginot Line was also greatly reduced, and the initiative in the war was completely handed over to Hitler.
The French were not stupid, and even they themselves did not expect a big battle on the Maginot Line, because they were still going the same way as World War I.
His plan was to first establish an impregnable Maginot Line to protect the border security, and then extend the line northward to the Netherlands, Belgium, and the British and French forces to provide mobile support, but it was foolproof, because it was this bridge that fought the First World War, and finally won.
Again, the war initiative. Hitler would not attack the Maginot Line in any case, but he would not be caught in other positional battles, repeating the mistakes of the First World War, Germany chose to drill groves, through the forest of the Ardennes into France, the Anglo-French coalition forces rushing to the aid of the Netherlands naturally did not think, because in their impression, the German mechanized troops were not enough to overcome the ardennes forest mountain road.
After only a dozen days, the French were cut cake, on the one hand, the Dunkirk evacuation, on the other hand, the French surrender, and issued an order to disarm the troops stationed on the Maginot Line, and the Germans who visited the Maginot Line were amazed, and the defense line had all the facilities and resources needed for battle, life, and even entertainment, but unfortunately it did not play any active role on the battlefield, but this was also a blessing for the German army.