Maginot Line 1940: battles on the French frontier

Introduction

Chronology

Origins of the Campaign

Opposing Commanders

French commanders

German commanders

Opposing Armies

The French Army

The Wehrmach

Orders of battle

Opposing Plans

French

German

The Campaign

Fall Gelb: the opening moves

Overrun of the Ardennes defences

The capture of Fort La Ferté Battle for the Maubeuge fortifications

Fall Rot: the invasion of France

Envelopment of the Metz region

Operation Tiger: breakthrough in the Sarre

Widening the breakthrough Attacks in northern Alsace

Operation Kleiner Bär: assault across the Rhine

Aftermath

The Battlefields Today

Further Reading

Index