Date: October 26th, 2006

French housing estates: the phony war?

26 October, 2006 (10:04) | Uncategorized |

 After Hitler’s armies made common cause with Stalin’s to carve up Poland, a curious inactivity descended.  Britain and France were at war with Germany, yet there were no shots fired, no troop movements. 
 

A series of casements leading to underground villages, with machine gun emplacements above
 
The French crouched behind their impregnable Maginot Line, waiting — waiting, [...]