Despite being a technological marvel, and the most sophisticated and complex set of fortifications built up to that time, it failed to save France from crushing defeat in 1940.

• 尽管它曾是那个年代的技术奇迹，同时也是那个年代最为精密和复杂的防御体系，可它并没有将法国从1940年的决定性的失败中挽回。