Trump Mocks France for World War Losses

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57. This is one of those historical myths that stubbornly refuses to die

The Maginot line did exactly what it was designed to do - force the Germans to fight through Belgium, which is where most of the French military and BEF were deployed. The major error the French made was assuming that the attack would come through the flat northern terrain in Flanders, instead of the hilly forests of the Ardennes, which they incorrectly judged as impenetrable terrain for the sort of tank warfare the Germans had used in Poland.

That being said, the French political and military leadership certainly had a ton of problems, including an outdated military doctrine, and political instability. But the idea that the just naively sat behind their Rhine fortresses just isn't true at all.