WIESBADEN, Germany - History was not kind to the grand ideas of French Minister of War Andre Maginot. As the namesake for the massive line of fortifications intended to stop Germany from ever again ...
Robert Frost was neither a military strategist nor policy wonk, but his poem “Mending Wall” captures the paradox of defensive walls. While walls are often built to defend against others, those same ...
May 10 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union troops. He spent the next two years in prison. In 1869, the "golden spike" was driven at ...
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I explored the Maginot line’s hidden secrets
This French line of defense, constructed during the 1930s along the border with Germany, is named after Minister of War André Maginot. It extends from La Ferté to the Rhine River, with sections also ...
UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1940: Sketch of the Maginot Line, England, Around 1940 (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) [Entwurfszeichnung f?r die Einrichtungen der Maginot-Linie, England, Um 1940] ‘Whatever form a ...
The Karl-Gerät, literally the Karl-Device, was one of Nazi Germany’s largest siege mortars, and one of the biggest mortars ever built. It is difficult to overstate both the Karl-Gerät’s size... Here’s ...
Investors chase market timing to avoid crashes, but even perfect execution delivers limited gains. History shows discipline ...
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