Maginot Line

Examples of Maginot Line in the following topics:

• France at the End of the Interwar Period

  • In the 1920s, France established an elaborate system of border defences called the Maginot Line, designed to fight off any German attack.
  • (Unfortunately, the Maginot Line did not extend into Belgium, where Germany attacked in 1940.)

• Dunkirk and Vichy France

  • During the 1930s, the French had constructed the Maginot Line, a series of fortifications along their border with Germany.
  • This line had been designed to deter a German invasion across the Franco-German border and funnel an attack into Belgium, which could then be met by the best divisions of the French Army.
  • The area immediately to the north of the Maginot Line was covered by the heavily wooded Ardennes region, which French General Philippe Pétain declared to be "impenetrable" as long as "special provisions" were taken.
  • The initial plan for the German invasion of France called for an encirclement attack through the Netherlands and Belgium, avoiding the Maginot Line.

• Blitzkrieg

  • Blitzkrieg (German "lightning war") was a German military strategy whereby an attacking force spearheaded by a dense concentration of armored and motorized or mechanized infantry formations with close air support, breaks through the opponent's line of defense by short, fast, powerful attacks and then dislocates the defenders, using speed and surprise to encircle them.
  • Blitzkrieg is a method of warfare whereby an attacking force spearheaded by a dense concentration of armored and motorized or mechanized infantry formations with close air support, breaks through the opponent's line of defense by short, fast, powerful attacks and then dislocates the defenders, using speed and surprise to encircle them.
  • The tactical meaning of blitzkrieg involves a coordinated military effort by tanks, mobilized infantry, artillery, and aircraft, to overwhelm an enemy and break through its lines.
  • The Wehrmacht strategy was more in line with Vernichtungsgedanken a focus on envelopment to create pockets in broad-front annihilation.
  • The French-fortified Maginot Line and the main body the Allied forces which had moved into Belgium were circumvented by a flanking movement through the thickly wooded Ardennes region, mistakenly perceived by Allied planners as an impenetrable natural barrier against armored vehicles. 

• Qualities of Line

  • Quality of line refers to the character that is embedded in the way a line presents itself.
  • Hard-edged, jagged lines present a staccato visual movement, while sinuous, flowing lines create a more comfortable feeling.
  • Horizontal, diagonal, and vertical lines describe a line's orientation.
  • Contour lines define the outer edges of an object.
  • Hatch lines are defined as parallel lines which are repeated short intervals generally in one direction.

• Lines of Cleavage and Surgery

  • Cleavage lines are topological lines drawn on a map of the human body and correspond to the orientation of collagen fibers in the dermis.
  • Langer's lines, sometimes called cleavage lines, are topological lines drawn on a map of the human body .
  • Kraissl's lines differ from Langer's lines in that while Langer's lines were defined in cadavers, Kraissl's lines have been defined in living individuals.
  • The lines described by Kraissl differ in some ways from Langer's lines, particularly on the face.
  • Tension lines of the human skin.

• Line

• The Distance Between Two Lines

• The Existence of Inverse Functions and the Horizontal Line Test

  • Recognize whether a function has an inverse by using the horizontal line test

• Equations of Lines and Planes

  • A line is a vector which connects two points on a plane and the direction and magnitude of a line determine the plane on which it lies.
  • A line is described by a point on the line and its angle of inclination, or slope.
  • Every line lies in a plane which is determined by both the direction and slope of the line.
  • The components of equations of lines and planes are as follows:
  • Now, we can use all this information to form the equation of a line on plane $M$.

• Line of Best Fit

  • The trend line (line of best fit) is a line that can be drawn on a scatter diagram representing a trend in the data.
  • The trend line, or line of best fit, is a line that can be drawn on a scatter diagram representing a trend in the data.
  • Trend lines typically are straight lines, although some variations use higher degree polynomials depending on the degree of curvature desired in the line.
  • The mathematical process which determines the unique line of best fit is based on what is called the method of least squares - which explains why this line is sometimes called the least squares line.
  • having the same number of data points on each side of the line - i.e., the line is in the median position;