![A view of part of the Maginot Line, a French defensive wall built after World War I to deter a German invasion. [LCID: 18017]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/6b2b9b6e-3d79-49c3-8020-0d135edf7668.jpg)
A view of part of the Maginot Line, a French defensive wall built after World War I. It was intended to deter a German invasion. France, ca. June 1940.
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