Thursday, July 24, 2014

A Maginot Commitment

I had breakfast with a city official this morning. Since both of us are history buffs, before getting down to business we discussed the history books we've been reading. That resulted in a review of decisions made during World War II. A thought came to mind: Once France had invested its time and treasure so heavily in the Maginot Line, what were the odds that it was going to back away from that strategy?

I'll take that even further: Assume that a credible source had leaked the German plan of attack to the French 12 months in advance. Would it have been easy to persuade the French government and military to shift its strategy? 

Probably not.

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