The defensive doctrine upon which France had built the Maginot Line wrongly assumed that an attack by Germany would be from the front as had been common in the Great War. The Ardennes was considered to be terrain that an attacker would not attempt. France had not fortified the Belgian route and by fienting at the fortified front and attacking through the Ardennes and the Low Countries, the German's Second Army Group was able to penetrate France in depth. The static defense had failed.
The Ardennes are a region of forests in the Ardennes mountain range, which is located in Belgium, Luxembourg and France. It was where the Battle of the Bulge in 1944 took place.
Nazis would probly use whats more convenient to them
The German military, in its invasion of France, was helped by the Ardennes gap in the Maginot Line. Germany invaded France on May 10, 1940.
by sending tanks through the ardennes
They were called Nazis.
Bastogne is in the Ardennes.
Army of the Ardennes was created in 1792.
Army of the Ardennes ended in 1794.
Battle of the Ardennes happened in 1914.
CS Sedan Ardennes was created in 1919.
Operation Ardennes happened on 2007-06-17.
The Ardennes is a heavily forested region in Belgium, where the Battle of the Bulge occured.
The Ardennes are a region of forests in the Ardennes mountain range, which is located in Belgium, Luxembourg and France. It was where the Battle of the Bulge in 1944 took place.
Circuit des Ardennes - cycling - was created in 1930.
Wehrmacht forces for the Ardennes Offensive happened in 1944.
The motto of Ardennes Chasseur Regiment is 'Resiste et mords'.
The Ardennes region can be found in France, Europe. It it well-known worldwide for its local delicacy Ardennes Pate, which is made from pork liver and often eaten with bread.