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    Belle, Jacques (January 2021). "De nouvelles unités mécaniques pour la Ligne Weygand". Guerre, blindés et matériel (in French). No. 135. Histoire & Collections...
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    Maginot Line (redirect from Ligne Maginot)
    The Maginot Line (French: Ligne Maginot, [lˈiɲ maʒinˈo]), named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, is a line of concrete fortifications,...
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    Belle, Jacques (January 2021). "De nouvelles unités mécaniques pour la Ligne Weygand". Histoire de Guerre, Blindés et Matériel (in French). No. 135. Histoire...
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    from Dunkirk, which cost the Allies 61 divisions. French commander Maxime Weygand was faced with the prospect of defending a 965 km (600 mi) front from Sedan...
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    français après avoir circulé huit jours dans les lignes allemandes.» Singer, Barnett (2008). Maxime Weygand: A Biography of the French General in Two World...
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    commander-in-chief Maxime Weygand, who congratulated him on saving France's honour and asked him for his advice. On 2 June he sent a memo to Weygand vainly urging...
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    line took effect on 25 June 1940. It was thereafter referred to as the ligne de démarcation. French sovereignty persisted throughout the whole territory...
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    There was some skirmishing between patrols and the French forts of the Ligne Alpine exchanged fire with their Italian counterparts of the Vallo Alpino...
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    Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs, and with the support of Maxime Weygand and Lebrun, Pétain stood firm, which led Laval to withdraw, followed by...
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    1940, Maurras recognized the competence of Marshal Pétain and General Weygand to request the Armistice in a declaration made at Villefranche-de-Rouergue...
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