The Great Wall of France: The Triumph of the Maginot Line
by Rowe, Vivian
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- good, ex-lib.
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Putnam, [1961]. First American Edition. good, ex-lib.. 22 cm, 328, illus., chronology, index, boards and edges soiled, usual library markings, tear at spine. Interesting investigation into the strategic concept behind the design and construction of the French Maginot line, which was originally intended to protect the heavy industrial regions of the Alsace-Lorraine.
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- Seller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 24716
- Title
- The Great Wall of France: The Triumph of the Maginot Line
- Author
- Rowe, Vivian
- Book Condition
- Used - good, ex-lib.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1961]
- Keywords
- WWII, Strategic Defenses, Fortifications, Edouard Daladier, Gamelin, Heinz Guderian, Panzers, Pretelat, Maginot Line
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- Spine
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- Soiled
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