title: Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II (Praeger Security International)
author:  J.E Kaufmann 
description: "[T]his is an excellent and well-researched book and the fullest account in English so far." - <strong>The Bulletin of the Military Historical Society</strong><br /><br />"[D]escribes the background and development both of the Maginot Line between the world wars to protect France from a German ground assault, and of coastal defenses France developed to provide additional security." - <strong>Reference &amp; Research Book News</strong><br /><br />"<i>Fortress France</i> is an excellent guide to all aspects of French military doctrine and policy in the decade before the German invasion. Full of details, it would make an excellent addition to the collection of any historian interested in the other side of the 1940 campaign or the minutiae of fortification construction. Service school libraries would certainly benefit by adding this book to their collections." - <strong>Army History</strong>
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  # Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Henry Labouchere
  
  
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  * [PREFACE.](dibes_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER I.](dibes_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II.](dibes_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III.](dibes_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV](dibes_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V.](dibes_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI.](dibes_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VII.](dibes_split_9.html#1_0_9)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VIII.](dibes_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IX.](dibes_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER X.](dibes_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XI.](dibes_split_13.html#1_0_13)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XII.](dibes_split_14.html#1_0_14)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XIII.](dibes_split_15.html#1_0_15)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XIV.](dibes_split_16.html#1_0_16)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XV.](dibes_split_17.html#1_0_17)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XVI.](dibes_split_18.html#1_0_18)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XVII.](dibes_split_19