Air filters, Maginot Line, France, 1939.

Air filters, Maginot Line, France, 1939. Conceived by Andre Maginot (1877-1932) as an impegnable wall on France's eastern frontier, the Maginot Line was a vast linked set of fortifications, tank traps and other obstacles, mostly built between 1930 and 1935. In the event of World War II, the line proved completely ineffective, as the invading Germans simply bypassed the fortifications to the north, passing through the supposedly impenetrable Ardennes forest and neutral Belgium. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)
Air filters, Maginot Line, France, 1939. Conceived by Andre Maginot (1877-1932) as an impegnable wall on France's eastern frontier, the Maginot Line was a vast linked set of fortifications, tank traps and other obstacles, mostly built between 1930 and 1935. In the event of World War II, the line proved completely ineffective, as the invading Germans simply bypassed the fortifications to the north, passing through the supposedly impenetrable Ardennes forest and neutral Belgium. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)
Air filters, Maginot Line, France, 1939.
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Credit:
Print Collector / Contributor
Editorial #:
463901365
Collection:
Hulton Archive
Date created:
January 01, 1939
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Source:
Hulton Archive
Barcode:
390006525
Object name:
1646395
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