Segment 1 — The Hook

In the spring of 1939, French troops at Ouvrage Hackenberg rotated through underground barracks connected by electric railways, confident that the 1,500-meter-deep concrete positions could absorb any artillery barrage Germany might direct at them. The line had been built to force any future invasion into a slow, grinding battle along a narrow front where French artillery and reserves could dominate. ...

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