The namesake of this project, who also served as the chief lobbyist for its funding, was succeeded in his highest position by Paul Painlevé.
A plan to get around the result of this project, known as Case Yellow, may have been postponed on account a plane crash in the Mechelen Incident. The namesake of this project, who also served as the chief lobbyist for its funding, was succeeded in his highest position by Paul Painlevé. This project centered around 142 ouvrages [oo-vrazh], many of which were concentrated around (*) Metz, and which were spread out all the way to Dover Beach. This project, funded in 1929 by a grant of 3.3 billion francs, was rendered mostly ineffectual because the enemy it was meant to repel decided to attack through the forest of Ardennes with Panzers, violating Belgian neutrality as it did during World War I. For 10 points, name this line of defenses that failed to protect France from German invasion during World War II.
A plan to get around the result of this project, known as Case Yellow, may have been postponed on account a plane crash in the Mechelen Incident.
Maginot Line