THE MAGINOT LINE

Armenian Reporter, The | March 3, 2001| | Copyright

Yeretsian, Ara K.
Armenian Reporter, The
03-03-2001
THE MAGINOT LINE

One of my dear, dear friends is upset. He does not like the title of the
article: "The Only Possible Model for Church Unity." He thinks it reflects
"Maginot Line psychology."

The Maginot Line was a system of fortifications built by France after WWI,
designed to prevent a frontal assault by the Germans. It was supposed to be
the absolute, definitive and only effective barrier against the German
Danger, because it extended about 200 miles along the northeastern border
of France. The Germans invaded France in 1940 by flanking the line ...

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