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Missile defense system: a Maginot line for 21st century?(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ In the 1930s, using the newest defense technology, the French created the Maginot line. The heavily fortified border was designed to keep Germany from overrunning France.
Indeed, German forces didn't pierce it. Instead, the Nazis simply ran an end run to Paris by way of Belgium.
"A passive defense, no matter what the era, generally doesn't work," said Raymond Callahan, the author of three books on World War II. "These things end up being surmountable inconveniences for the attacker."
The lesson of the Maginot line is a favorite ...
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It's HMS Subterfuge; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.(Features)
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; ...Capt Jerauld Wright, went to pick up French General Henri Giraud, who was escaping from the Germans. Why did the...operated under the command of another country's flag? HENRI HONORE GIRAUD (1879-1949), a French general who fought in both...
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The Yanks are coming.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...British submarine Seraph went to pick up French General Henri Giraud who was escaping from the Germans. Is it true that...operated under the command of another country's flag? HENRI HONORE GIRAUD (1879-1949), a French general who fought in both...
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WWII Submariner Bill Jewell, 90, Dies
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...missions was to bring French Gen. Henri Honore Giraud, in Vichy France hiding from the...Africa. There was one problem: Giraud's intense dislike for the British...board a British boat. To lure Giraud, Mr. Jewell's boat set sail...
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Eisenhower as 'military statesman'.
Magazine article from: The New Leader
; ...through Tunisia. He therefore recognized Darlan as governor general of French North Africa and granted General Henri Honore Giraud control over the Vichy forces in Africa. In return, Ike received assurances that the French would stop fighting...
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SCENE; EAT, DRINK AND ENJOY -- THINGS TO CHECK OUT IN PARIS.
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; ...74-10-10. ARTS MAJOR Juxtaposing Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographs and...with those of French cult author Jean Giraud, better known as Moebius. Both infuse...temple-like shop at 3 Rue du Marche Saint Honore. The shop's brown velvet walls, snakeskin...
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