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View of the Maginot Line
A view of the Maginot Line, a French defensive wall built after World War I. It was intended to deter a German invasion. France, 1940.
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A view of the Maginot Line, a French defensive wall built after World War I. It was intended to deter a German invasion. France, 1940.
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