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Maginot Line

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1940Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1940

Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel10 May 1940

Aachen · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The assault on the Maginot Line begins

Adolf Hitler5 June 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Operation, Fall Rot (Case Red), German forces outflank the Maginot Line

Adolf Hitler14 June 1940

Maginot Line · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Maginot Line is penetrated at Saarbrucken

Names involved

Adolf HitlerErwin Johannes Eugen Rommel

Provenance

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